{"id":6642,"date":"2020-06-18T08:00:53","date_gmt":"2020-06-18T07:00:53","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/nl\/stbarbaras\/?p=6642"},"modified":"2020-06-18T00:16:29","modified_gmt":"2020-06-17T23:16:29","slug":"r-e-thursday-18th-june","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/nl\/stbarbaras\/2020\/06\/18\/r-e-thursday-18th-june\/","title":{"rendered":"R.E- Thursday 18th June"},"content":{"rendered":"

Good morning boys and girls. I hope you are all enjoying our ‘Health Week’ so far, keeping active and healthy!<\/p>\n

Let\u2019s start today as always with our morning prayer.<\/p>\n

God Our Father, as we prepare to begin our work, we ask you to help us to use properly the many gifts that you have given us, so that we may fully benefit from our day together.<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n

St Barbara Pray for us.<\/strong>\ud83d\ude4f<\/em><\/p>\n

Feast of the Birth of John the Baptist.\"\"<\/a> <\/strong><\/p>\n

During the month of June, we celebrate the Birth of John the Baptist. We celebrate his birth on the 24th<\/sup> June. So today, we are going to be learning about the ‘Birth of John the Baptist’.\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n

Who is John the Baptist? <\/strong><\/p>\n

John was the first man to publicly identify Jesus as the coming Messiah.<\/p>\n

Before he was born <\/strong><\/p>\n

\u00a0<\/strong>John the Baptist is a very special Saint, before Saint John the Baptist was even born. God announced his birth to John\u2019s Father Zechariah through the angel Gabriel. We know of someone else who had a visit from the angel Gabriel? Can you think who this might be?<\/p>\n

Let\u2019s have a listen to the video below to find out more about his birth and why it is so important:<\/p>\n