• We need

§ €20, the newer the better

§ a newspaper

Activity

We will learn that

§ we are precious in God’s eyes

§ God is present, even in the pain and suffering

• Activity

We show the children a €20 and ask if they want it

We crumble the €20 in our hands. We open it; it is wrinkled. Do they still want it?

We throw it on the floor and step on it. We pick it up; now it is wrinkled and dirty. Do they still want the €20?

Yes? Why?

Because the value of the €20 did not change.

There are times when we put too much weight on what others think about us. If those close to us, repeatedly tell us that we are good for nothing, that everything we do is wrong, we will start to believe them. But God gave each one of us many talents. If we think that we are not as good as others, that we are not worth the while, that we do not make a difference, we cannot discover the talents God has given us.

God gave us these talents/beautiful qualities, for our own good and for the good of others. We are precious in the eyes of God. How can God, who takes care of the sparrows, not take care of us? He gave us these talents as gifts, but we must believe in ourselves to be able to discover them.

Let the children speak about their talents, if they have abilities which they did not mention, but as parents we know about them, we talk to them about them.