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Jesus and the 

Holy Family 

CATECHIST’S GUIDE 

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sessions in 2021/2022. 

This sample session includes sample 

Catechist’s Guide pages followed by 

Student Workbook pages. 

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Session 9 

Jesus Loves 

and Heals 

the Sick 

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Jesus Loves and Heals the Sick 

Session 9 at a Glance 

Learning Goals 

• In the Gospels, Jesus continually sought out the sick to help them. 

• Jesus shows us that He is the Son of God by healing the sick. 

• Jesus wants to comfort and be near us when we are sick. 

• We can pray and ask God to heal our friends and family. 

Session Plan Chart 

OPTION A 

CATECHIST’S 

GUIDE PAGES 

STUDENT 

WORKBOOK PAGES 

Warm-Up pg. 4 pg. 23 

Activity: Jesus Heals the Sick pg. 6 pg. 24 

Formative Assessment: Praise the Lord 

• You will need: the video at SophiaOnline.org/Hallelu 

pg. 8 pg. 25 

OPTION B 

Warm-Up: Who Is Jesus? 

• You will need: scissors, glue 

CATECHIST’S 

GUIDE PAGES 

pg. 10 

STUDENT 


N/A 

Activity: Little Girl, I Say to You, Arise! pg. 13 pg. 29 

Formative Assessment: Little Girl, I Say to You, Arise! (continued) pg. 14 pg. 30 

OPTION C 

CATECHIST’S 

GUIDE PAGES 

STUDENT 


Warm-Up pg. 17 N/A 

Activity: St. Blaise pg. 18 pg. 31 

Formative Assessment: Get-Well Prayer Card pg. 20 pg. 32 

Vocabulary Your Students Will Learn 

• A prophet is a person who announces that God is close to His people and proclaims God’s 

Promise. 

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Jesus Loves and Heals the Sick

Jesus Heals 

the Blind Man 

by 

Carl Bloch 

Praise the Lord 

Hallelu! Hallelu! Hallelu! Hallelujah! 

Praise ye the Lord! 

Little Girl, 

I Say to You, 

Write 1, 2, 3, or 4 in each circle 

to put the story in order 

Arise! 

Get-Well Prayer Card 

J esus H eals the S ick 

Match the pictures of the sick with 

the pictures of them healed 


Praise ye the Lord! Who Is Jesus? 

Cut out the pictures 1 

and paste them in 

Praise the correct ye the spaces. Lord! 

Hallelujah! 

Then trace the path 

of the disciples. 


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Hallelujah! 

1 

2 

St. Blaise 

St. Blaise was a doctor and a bishop 

who healed the sick and the wounded. 

What should the little girl be given to eat? 

Circle your choice or draw your own food. 

Dear Jesus, we ask that 

You bless and heal 

_________________________ 

You are the Messiah, the Son 

of God. You love us. Your 

will be done. We praise You. 

Amen. 


Hallelujah! 


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3 

4 

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Connections to the Catechism in This Session 

• Catechism of the Catholic Church 549 

• Catechism of the Catholic Church 1503–1510 

Key Scripture 

He will wipe every tear from their eyes, and there shall be no more death or mourning, wailing 

or pain. 

— Revelation 21:4 

He said, “Go and tell John what you have seen and heard: the blind regain their sight, the 

lame walk, lepers are cleansed, the deaf hear, the dead are raised, the poor have the good news 

proclaimed to them.” 

— Luke 7:22 

“Little Girl, I say to You, arise.” 

— Mark 5:41 

Prayer for This Session 

Dear Jesus, Divine Healer of the sick, we place our sick under Your care and ask that You 

restore them to health again. Most of all, give us the grace to remember Your will and know 

that whatever You do, You do for the love of us. Amen. 


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Option A Session 9 

Session 9 

Option A 

Option A 

Warm-Up 

A. Begin by having your students repeat this session’s prayer after you, line by line. 

Dear Jesus, Divine Healer of the sick, we place our sick under Your care and ask 

that You restore them to health again. Most of all, give us the grace to remember 

Your will and know that whatever You do, You do for the love of us. Amen. 

B. Next, help the students remember times when they were sick or when someone in their family 

was sick. This will help you gauge their questions and concerns about sickness and death. Here 

are some guiding questions for the discussion: 

• What happens when you get sick? 

• Do you get to eat special food and get special drinks? 

• Has someone in your family been sick? 

• What made him or her feel better? 

Note: Your students may ask you questions about people who have died from an illness. It is up 

to you how to handle this topic. If it is just one child, maybe handle it individually. If many of 

your students have questions, you can share the Gospel message that Jesus conquered suffering 

and death. Even though we will still die, we will rise again and live forever. Children need to 

know about Heaven! 

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the Blind Man 

by 

Carl Bloch 

Jesus Loves and Heals the Sick 23 

C. Next, have your students turn to Jesus Heals (page 23 in the Student 

Workbook). Tell them to look at the painting for a few minutes in silence. 

After a minute ask your students the following questions: 

• What do you like about this painting? Accept reasoned answers. 

• Do you recognize any of the people in this painting? Jesus 

• Who is Jesus speaking to? A blind man 

• What is Jesus doing? Holding out his hand or healing the man. 

• What are the other people in the picture doing? Watching Jesus. 

• Would you like see Jesus heal the blind man? Yes. 

D. Wrap up the discussion by explaining to your students that Jesus came to save us so that 

suffering and death are temporary. Jesus conquered suffering and death for us. And even 

though they still exist right now, they will not exist in Heaven: “He will wipe every tear from 

their eyes, and there shall be no more death or mourning, wailing or pain” (Revelation 21:4). 

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Warm-Up Worksheet 

(page 23 in the Student Workbook) 


Jesus Heals 

the Blind Man 

by 

Carl Bloch 


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Option A 

OPTION A > Activity: Jesus Heals the Sick 




A. Next, have your students turn to Jesus Heals the Sick (page 24 in the 

Student Workbook). 

B. Explain to the children that Jesus loves the sick especially. He promised 

to send comfort and peace to all the sick and suffering. Briefly tell 

the following stories of the three people Jesus healed in the Gospels. 

Optionally, you may want to pause between each story in order to let your 

students find the correct pictures and match them. 

C. When Jesus was teaching everyone about the love of God, many sick people 

came to Him to be healed. Read aloud to your students these three stories 

about Jesus: 

Story 1: There was a blind man who was sitting in the road and was yelling very loudly, 

“Jesus, Son of David, have mercy on me, a sinner.” Everyone around him told the blind man 

to be quiet and stop shouting. But Jesus stopped and asked, “What do you want me to do for 

you?” And the blind man answered, “Lord, please help me see.” Jesus told him, “Have sight. 

Your faith has saved you.” And immediately, the blind man could see and began praising 

and giving glory to God. Everyone around him saw this healing and began to praise God! 

(paraphrase of Luke 18:35–43) 

Story 2: When Jesus went into a synagogue, He saw a man with a withered hand. His 

hand was misshapen and skinny. Many people knew that Jesus could cure him, but they 

didn’t want Jesus to do it because it was the day of rest. But Jesus was sad that they didn’t 

understand that it is always right to do good things every day. So, he said to the man with 

the withered hand, “Stretch out your hand,” And the man stretched it out, and it was strong 

and whole. Jesus healed the man and taught us that we should praise the Lord and do good 

things every day. (paraphrase of Mark 3:1–6) 

Story 3: Once when Jesus was teaching about the love of God, He was in a crowded house. 

It was so crowded that no one could get in through the door. But there was a sick man who 

could not use his arms and legs. His friends had to help him get close to Jesus by lowering 

him on a stretcher through an opening in the roof. Jesus saw the man lying on the stretcher 

and said, “Your sins are forgiven.” Now, in the room were people who did not believe Jesus 

could forgive sins and started grumbling. So Jesus decided to show them that He could 

forgive sins and show them that He could heal the man’s body too. And He said to the man 

on the stretcher, “I say to you, rise, pick up your stretcher, and go home.” And the man got 

up, and picked up his stretcher, and went home glorifying and praising God. 

D. After they have listened to the stories, the students can trace the letters for Jesus Heals the Sick, 

and if they have not done it before now, can match the pictures that retell each story. 

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Activity Worksheet 


Session 9 

Option A 




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Session 9 

Option A 

OPTION A > Formative Assessment 

A. After the students have finished the worksheet, ask them what each of the healed people did 

right after they had been healed. They praised God. 

B. What should we do after Jesus heals us from sickness or offers us comfort when we are sick? 

We should praise God. 







Hallelujah! 


Hallelujah! 


Hallelujah! 


C. Next, tell the children that they are going to learn a song of praise for God. 

Here are the lyrics, which also appear on their workbook on Praise the Lord 

(page 25 in the Student Workbook): 





Praise ye the Lord! Hallelujah! 




Optional Video 

Optionally you could show this version with a teacher and children from England, 

found at Sophiaonline.org/Hallelu 

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Formative Assessment Worksheet 









Hallelujah! 


Hallelujah! 


Hallelujah! 



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Session 9 

Option B 

Option B 

Warm-Up 

A. Begin by leading your students in the prayer for this session. 




B. Remind the students that Jesus heals the sick and promises that He will always be near us. 

Jesus did this in the Gospel both to show people that He is God and promise them that He was 

going to save them from their sins by dying and rising from the dead. Jesus is the Messiah. 

Thousands of years before Jesus was born, God promised that the Messiah would come. And 

everyone was wondering if Jesus was truly the Messiah. 

Who Is Jesus? 

Cut out the pictures 


the correct spaces. 



3 

4 

2 

1 

2 

3 

4 

1 

C. Next, have your students turn to Who Is Jesus? (page 26 in the Student 

Workbook), which tells the story of John the Baptist’s disciples asking Jesus 

if He is the Messiah and returning with the message. To start, introduce the 

students to John the Baptist. 

D. Explain to your students that John the Baptist was the greatest of the 

prophets. Prophets are people who announce that God is close to His 

people and proclaim God’s promises. John the Baptist was also Jesus’ 

cousin, and even before he was born, he knew that Jesus was the Son 

of God and would save all people from sickness, suffering, and sin. Even 

before he was born, John leaped for joy because Jesus was near. But not 

everyone knew this. 

E. Before you begin, have the students cut out the disciples from pg. 27, or you can glue them 

to popsicle sticks. 

F. Have your students find the 1 on their sheet. Tell them that John told his disciples to go ask 

Jesus who He was so that they would know Jesus was God. Have the students find the number 

2 , where Jesus is with His disciples. The disciples asked Jesus, “Who are you?” And Jesus said 

something mysterious. Read aloud to your students what Jesus said: 

He said, “Go and tell John what you have seen and heard: the blind regain their sight, the 

lame walk, lepers are cleansed, the deaf hear, the dead are raised, the poor have the good 

news proclaimed to them.” (Luke 7:22) 

G. Have your students find 3 : the disciples return to John and tell him the good news. 

H. Have them move to 4 : and John rejoiced because now his disciples knew that Jesus was the 

Messiah. 

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Option B 

Who Is Jesus? 




1 



2 

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4 

2 

3 

4 

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OPTION B > 

Little Girl, 

I Say to You, 



Arise! 

Activity 

A. Have your students turn to Little Girl, I Say to You, Arise! (page 29 in the 

Student Workbook). Ask them who is in the picture. Ask them what they 

think Jesus is saying to the little girl. 



B. Next, read aloud to your students the story of Jesus raising the little girl 

from the dead from Mark 5:35–43. While you are reading, they can color the 

picture and trace the powerful words of Jesus. There are three sight words 

that your students can trace. You may want to discuss them at this point or 

later. 

A man named Jairus asked Jesus to save his daughter from a very serious sickness. While 

he was asking Jesus for help, people came to tell him that his daughter had died. But Jesus 

said, “Do not be afraid; just have faith.” Jesus went to Jairus’ house and went inside. He saw 

all the people around weeping and wailing, and he said to them, “Why this commotion and 

weeping? The child is not dead but asleep.” And the people who were wailing and weeping 

started to make fun of Jesus and not believe in Him. So He told them to go out and went 

into the little girl’s room. Only her father and her mother and Jesus’ disciples were in the 

room. Jesus took the little girl by the hand and said, “Talitha koum,” which means, “Little girl, 

I say to you arise.” And the little girl, who had been so sick and so still, got up and started 

walking around. Everyone was shocked and speechless, and Jesus said that she should be 

given something to eat. 

C. When you have finished reading the story, encourage a few students to retell the story in their 

own words by looking at the picture. Help them say the words of Jesus, “Talitha koum” which 

is pronounced “Talita koom” and means in Aramaic, “Little girl, I say to you, arise.” Explain that 

Jesus’ words have the power to erase sickness and death. Jesus’ words always have that power. 

The power of Jesus’ words today are in the sacraments. 


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Session 9 

Option B 

OPTION B > 

Formative Assessment 

A. Ask one or two students to retell the story of Jairus’ daughter. You may want to let them act it 

out once or twice. Some students can play the parts of the parents, others can play the wailing 

people, one student can be Jesus, and another can be the little girl. At the end of the story, Jesus 

tells them to give the little girl something to eat. 

B. Have your students turn to page 30 in the Student Workbook and put the story in order, and 

then circle or draw a picture of what this little girl would eat as her first meal after being sick. 

A Note about Meditating on Scripture 

When meditating and praying with Scripture, it is important to associate it with 

concrete images. Although the detail of being given something to eat might seem 

trivial, it is a concrete image for the students to connect with their experience with 

the little girl. And many spiritual commentators identify these words of Jesus as an 

allusion to the mystery of the Eucharist. For the students, however, their memory 

of recovering from illness will very likely involve food. So the exercise here is to 

reinforce that this little girl was truly healed and truly brought back to life because 

of Jesus. 

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Little Girl, 

I Say to You, 

Arise! 


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Session 9 

Option B 

Activity Worksheet, continued 


Session 9 

Option B 



3 1 4 2 



30 


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Option C Session 9 

Option C 

Warm-Up 

A. Begin by leading your students in the prayer for this session. 




B. Next, explain to your students that you are going to play a game from a story from the Bible. 

• You, the catechist, are going to pretend to be a very grumpy judge who is asleep and doesn’t 

like to be wakened. 

• One student is going to come up to your desk and knock very loudly. 

• You should wake up loudly with a blustery voice and ask, “Who is that?” 

• The student should tell you that she is poor and needs justice. 

• You tell that student to go away. 

• Each student should have a turn playing the widow and coming up. The more blustery you 

tell them to go away, the better. 

• When the last student, or the last student you have time for, comes up to your desk, you 

should get up and say, “Okay, okay, I will give you justice; just let me sleep!” 

C. Explain that Jesus told His disciples this story and that the judge was a grumpy old man 

and after the woman knocked over and over and over again, he got up and gave her what 

she wanted. But God is not a grumpy old man. He is greater and better than any man, and 

He is our Father, who loves us, and so we can keep knocking, knowing that He will always 

get up and hear our prayers right away. 


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Option C 

OPTION C > 

Activity 

A. Start by explaining to your students that when Jesus went to be with His Father in Heaven, 

He gave the apostles and the saints the ability to heal in His name. All the apostles and 

many of the saints ask Jesus for us to be healed. They are just like the woman who knocked. 

One of these saints was St. Blaise. 

St. Blaise 



B. Next, have your students turn to the picture of St. Blaise (page 31 in the 

Student Workbook). Have your students color the picture while you read 

aloud the story of St. Blaise. 

If you go to church on February 3, your priest might give the 

blessing of the throats after Mass. He will hold two crossed candles 

(the candles were blessed during the feast of the Presentation, 

which celebrates when Mary and Joseph offered Jesus to God 

in the Temple) to your throat and say these words: “Through the 

intercession of St. Blaise, bishop and martyr, may God deliver you 

from every disease of the throat and from every other illness: in 

the name of the Father, and of the Son, and of the Holy Spirit.” 

St. Blaise was a doctor who healed the sick and the wounded. He 

lived in ancient Armenia which is now called Turkey. But he felt 

called by God to heal a different kind of sickness, the sickness of 

the soul. St. Blaise became a bishop so he could heal the wounds of 

souls by ministering the sacraments. 

St. Blaise was put in jail because he would not pretend that a 

false god was God. While he was in jail, an upset woman brought 

her son to the jail cell. A fishbone was stuck in the boy’s throat. The 

terrified mother worried that her son would choke to death. She 

begged St. Blaise for help. She knew he was a holy man and that 

God would listen to his prayers. St. Blaise felt compassion for the 

mother and her boy. He prayed to God for a cure, and God listened 

to his prayer. The boy was healed, and his mother cried tears of joy. 

St. Blaise, protect me from all sickness, in particular sickness of 

the throat. 

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St. Blaise 




31 


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Session 9 

Option C 

OPTION C > 

Formative Assessment 

A. Tell your students that they are going to make a get-well prayer card to give to someone who is 

sick. The card will tell the person that Jesus loves him or her and that they will pray for Jesus to 

heal him or her. 




_________________________ 




B. Have the students turn to Get-Well Prayer Card (page 32 in the Student 

Workbook). They can decorate the outside edge of the card with all their 

favorite things. And in the middle they should write the name of the person 

they are praying for. 

Amen. 

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Formative Assessment Worksheet 


Session 9 

Option C 




_________________________ 




Amen. 

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STUDENT 

WORKBOOK 

Sample pages


Jesus Heals 

the Blind Man 

by 

Carl Bloch 


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Session 9 

Option A 




24 









Hallelujah! 


Hallelujah! 


Hallelujah! 



25

Session 9 

Option B 

Who Is Jesus? 




1 



2 

26 



1 

4 

2 

3 

4 

3 


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Session 9 

Option B 

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Little Girl, 

I Say to You, 

Arise! 


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Session 9 

Option B 





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St. Blaise 




31

Session 9 

Option C 




_________________________ 




Amen. 

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