What's a saint?
Children's sermon
Object:
a picture of one or more saints with halos around their
heads
Good morning! Today is All Saints' Day. What's a saint? Can
anybody tell me? (Let them answer.) Before I tell you exactly
what a saint is, let me show you this picture that somebody
painted. Here we see some people with halos around their heads.
They were painted this way to show that they were saints. The
artist felt that saints were very special people who were so
close to God that they were different than normal people like you
and me. The halo was painted there to identify them as being
these special saints.
Now, I want to tell you that this isn't true. Saints are
people who love Jesus and try to do what he tells them to do. Do
each of you love Jesus and do you try to do what he tells you to
do? (Let them answer.) Well, that makes each of you a saint and
that means this is your day, too.
What were some of the things Jesus told us to do? (Let them
answer.) He told us to love one another, to love our enemies, to
be generous with people in need, and a lot of other things. One
of the hardest things he told us to do was to do to others what
we want them to do to us. What do you think he meant by that?
(Let them answer.) Yes, it means we should never do something to
another person that we wouldn't want them to do to us. We don't
want anyone to hit us or call us bad names, so we must not do
that to others. On the other hand, we do want people to love us
and to help us when we need help, so we need to do that for
others. If we try to do these things and all the other things
that Jesus wants us to do, then we are his people and we are
entitled to be called saints.
Dear God: We do believe in Your Son, Jesus, and we want to do
what he tells us to do. Help us to be Your saints. Amen.
anybody tell me? (Let them answer.) Before I tell you exactly
what a saint is, let me show you this picture that somebody
painted. Here we see some people with halos around their heads.
They were painted this way to show that they were saints. The
artist felt that saints were very special people who were so
close to God that they were different than normal people like you
and me. The halo was painted there to identify them as being
these special saints.
Now, I want to tell you that this isn't true. Saints are
people who love Jesus and try to do what he tells them to do. Do
each of you love Jesus and do you try to do what he tells you to
do? (Let them answer.) Well, that makes each of you a saint and
that means this is your day, too.
What were some of the things Jesus told us to do? (Let them
answer.) He told us to love one another, to love our enemies, to
be generous with people in need, and a lot of other things. One
of the hardest things he told us to do was to do to others what
we want them to do to us. What do you think he meant by that?
(Let them answer.) Yes, it means we should never do something to
another person that we wouldn't want them to do to us. We don't
want anyone to hit us or call us bad names, so we must not do
that to others. On the other hand, we do want people to love us
and to help us when we need help, so we need to do that for
others. If we try to do these things and all the other things
that Jesus wants us to do, then we are his people and we are
entitled to be called saints.
Dear God: We do believe in Your Son, Jesus, and we want to do
what he tells us to do. Help us to be Your saints. Amen.
