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Rejoice! To you, who has shown Christ as the loving Lord!
Let the little children come to me, and do not forbid them, for
such is the Kingdom
Sunday, March 30, 2014 V
Climbing up the laddClimbing up the laddClimbing up the
laddClimbing up the laddNow, were more than halfway finished
with Great Lent!Today is the 4th Sunday, when
we remember St. John Climacus. St. John was a monk
who wrote an important (but very hard to read!) book. In
this book, he gave advice about how we can go up the lad
derto heaven! (Thats what Climacus means of the
ladder.)
St. John wrote how we Christians must always be tryingharder and
harder to grow close
to Christ. Thats our goal.
Maybe one day, when youre
older, youll have a chance to
read and study his book. But for
member one thing he wrote: Dothat you fall every day; do not
gi
your ground courageously. And
guardian angel will honor your p
So remember, as YOU are trying
climb the ladder to grow closer t
youre going to make mistakes! But as St. John tells us, dbrave
and try harder next time!
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Whats in an icon?
UNSCRAMBLEIT!
UNSCRAMBLEIT!
UNSCRAMBLEIT!UNSCRAMBLEIT!
This is an icon showing peo-ple trying hard to climb the
ladderto heaven!
Can you see Who is blessing
them at the top?
Unscramble
each of the
clue words.
Take the let-
ters that ap-
pear in
boxes and un-
scramble them
for the final
message.
Answers:John,Ivercon,Iconoclast,Athos,Climacus,Ladder.FinalPhrase:Dontgiveup!
A WONDER-WORKING ICTHE PORTRAITISSA ICON
!
We remember this special icon tomorrow, on Monday
