1. Jesus Christ, Son of God

2. The Name Jesus  Often parents think about the names of __________ members and ________ when thinking of a name for their child  In the Bible people’s names often describe he roles they played in God’s plan of ______________  The Hebrew name Jesus means “______ __________”  The very name of Jesus reveals that he is the ___________ of the world

3. Titles for Jesus  All of God’s promises in the Bible come true in _________  Jesus is the ________, the ________ and ________ of the world  These titles express our ________ in who Jesus is and the work the Father sent him to do

4. Titles for Jesus: Messiah  Throughout the ______ ____________, God promised to send a messiah  The title messiah means “________ ______”  The Messiah would save, or deliver God’s people from their _______  Matthew’s Gospel tells that ________ _________ the Apostle confessed his faith in Jesus to be the Messiah

5. Titles for Jesus: Christ  The English word Christ is used for the Hebrew word ________ and the Greek word ________  Through Jesus we have been freed from ____ and given new ______  Saint ___________ wrote, Christ Jesus came into the world to save _______ (1 Timothy 1:15)

6. Titles for Jesus: Lord  The Israelites used the word Lord for God in place of the divine name ________  When we call Jesus “Lord” we are professing our faith that Jesus Christ is truly ______  He is the ______ of God, the ________ divine Person of the ________ _________

7. The Announcement of the Birth of Jesus  The Angel Gabriel told Mary that the ______ _________ would come to her and that she would conceive a son and name him _______  We call this moment in the life of Mary the _____________  After the birth of Jesus, _______’s Gospel tells us that an angel of God appeared to the _________, announcing them the birth of Jesus  The angel said to them, “Do not be _______; for behold, I proclaim to you _______ _________ of the great joy that will be for all people. For today in the city of _________ a ________ has been born for you who is _________ and _________ (Luke 2:10-11)

8. The Birth of Jesus  The Church names the mystery of the Son of God becoming man the ___________ and means “________ on _________”  Jesus is true ______ and true _______  We read in Luke’s Gospel, “Joseph too went up from Galilee from the town of _________ to Judea, to the city of David that is called __________.  The story of the ________ of the infant Jesus lying in the __________ in ___________ is told over and over, year after year  The account of the birth of Jesus is found only in the Gospels of Saint ________ and Saint ________

9. Mary, the Mother of Jesus  Mary and Joseph shared the ________ faith with Jesus  Luke’s Gospel tells us that when Jesus was twelve years old, Mary, Joseph, and Jesus traveled to Jerusalem to celebrate the Jewish feast of ________  When Jesus was an adult, Mary sometimes traveled with him and the ________  John’s Gospel tells us that at a wedding in _______ there was little ______ left and Mary let Jesus know this. Jesus responded by changing ________ in six stone jars into _______

10. Mary, the Mother of God  Each year on ___________ 1st, the __________ of Mary, the Mother of God we remember and celebrate that Mary is the Mother of Jesus who is true _____ and true ______  This honor God has blessed Mary with is a _________ of ________

11. Mary, our Mother  Mary is our _________ Mother and the Mother of the ________  We take Mary, our ________, into our homes and into our _______ as the disciple John and the early _________ did  We believe that Mary cares for us, watches over us, and wants us to grow closer to __________

12. Madonna and Child  From the early days of the Church, the Church has expressed her ________ to Mary through ______  The word _________ means “My Lady” and manifests the love and devotion of the ________ for Mary