First Century
Zechariah, Elizabeth, and John, First Century
November 5
Elizabeth was Mary’s cousin. She was married to Zechariah. They did not have children. One day an angel appeared to Zechariah when he was praying. The angel told him that he and Elizabeth would have a son named John. Elizabeth and Zechariah were very happy. When John grew up, he was filled with the Holy Spirit.
Discuss: How are you filled with the Holy Spirit?
Elizabeth was Mary’s cousin. She was married to Zechariah. They did not have children. One day an angel appeared to Zechariah when he was praying in the Temple. The angel told him that he and Elizabeth would have a son named John. Elizabeth and Zechariah were very happy. When John grew up, he was filled with the Holy Spirit. He told people they had to stop doing bad things and love God. He was known as John the Baptist because he would baptize people in the River Jordan. He baptized Jesus there.
Zechariah was a priest in the Temple at Jerusalem. Elizabeth was known as a very pious woman. They were both very old when they had their son John. Elizabeth is a patron Saint of pregnant women. Saint John the Baptist is often shown as a hermit, sometimes holding a lamb, or carrying a staff that ends in a cross. He is the patron Saint of Puerto Rico and many cities in Europe.
Activity
Build an Angel
Visual/Spatial
Remind the child that an angel visited Zechariah to tell him of John’s coming.