New Year's Lesson 2025: Epiphany PDF

New Year’s Lesson 2025 Articulate the message of this new year through the Epiphany story Guess the words… From the gospel reading last Jan 5, 2025, identify the following Guess the words… 1. …the birthplace of Jesus. _ _ _h_ _ _ _ _ Guess the words… 2. …Jesus was born du...

New Year’s Lesson 2025 Articulate the message of this new year through the Epiphany story Guess the words… From the gospel reading last Jan 5, 2025, identify the following Guess the words… 1. …the birthplace of Jesus. _ _ _h_ _ _ _ _ Guess the words… 2. …Jesus was born during the days of King _____. ___o_ Guess the words… 3. From the east, these men arrived at _________ looking for the newborn king. ___u____ _ Guess the words… 4. The reason for these men in going to Jerusalem was to ______ the newborn king.. ___s___ Guess the words… 5. When King Herod heard about the the newborn king, he was deeply _______.. _r______ Guess the words… 6. The ____ preceeded the wise men at its rising and it stopped to where the child was.. __a_ Guess the words… 7. After giving homage to the newborn King, the wise men offered their _______.. g____ Guess the words… 8. These gifts are gold, frankincense and _______.. m____ Guess the words… 9. Although, instructed by King Herod to return to him, the wise men, through their ______, were informed by God to pass by another way.. __e__ Guess the words… 10. For them to pass by another route was a wise decision because in reality, King Herod’s intention was not to worship the newborn king but to ______ him.. __l_ Let us be familiar with the story A Reading from the gospel of Matthew (Mt 2:1-12)  A Reading from the gospel of Matthew (Mt 2:1-12) 2 After Jesus was born in Bethlehem in Judea, during the time of King Herod, Magi from the east came to Jerusalem 2 and asked, “Where is the one who has been born king of the Jews? We saw his star when it rose and have come to worship him.” 3 When King Herod heard this he was disturbed, and all Jerusalem with him. 4 When he had called together all the people’s chief priests and teachers of the law, he asked them where the Messiah was to be born. 5 “In Bethlehem in Judea,” they replied, “for this is what the prophet has written: 6 “‘But you, Bethlehem, in the land of Judah, are by no means least among the rulers of Judah; for out of you will come a ruler who will shepherd my people Israel.’’ 7 Then Herod called the Magi secretly and found out from them the exact time the star had appeared. 8 He sent them to Bethlehem and said, “Go and search carefully for the child. As soon as you 9 After they had heard the king, they went on their way, and the star they had seen when it rose went ahead of them until it stopped over the place where the child was. 10 When they saw the star, they were overjoyed. 11 On coming to the house, they saw the child with his mother Mary, and they bowed down and worshiped him. Then they opened their treasures and presented him with gifts of gold, frankincense and myrrh. The good news of our salvation Praise to you Lord, Jesus Christ Lessons Who and what you are is God’s gift to you Who and what you have become is your gift to God Ang tanong… What kind of gift will you be to God? May the good Lord reward us always 