_____ - are people who are part of the Church and are not clergy or religious brothers or sisters.

________ - the word catholic means “universal”. With a capital C, it describes the Church founded by Christ on the Apostles.

The wisdom of several leaders called ______ guided the Jewish people in the Promised Land.

The judge and prophet ______ asked God for guidance in choosing a king. God revealed how the people could follow a king and remain loyal to the old Covenant.

During Samuel’s rule as a judge, Israel was invaded by its neighbors, the ___________. Samuel was a man of power and influence, and many looked to him for help in selecting a leader who would protect them.

Next door to the Church of the Nativity in Bethlehem is the Roman Catholic Church of _____________. Built by the Franciscans in 1881, the church is situated over a cover where, according to tradition, Saint Jerome lived when he was translating the Scriptures from Greek to the Latin Vulgate in the fourth century.

“Do you not know that your bodies are members of Christ?”
-1 ___________ 6:15

Samuel was the son of ______, a faithful Israelite woman. She could not have children at first. One day she prayed hard for a son. “Lord,” she promised, “if you give me a son, I will give him to you as a servant for as long as he lives.”

Hannah brought Samuel to the Temple to live with the priest, ___. “This child shall be dedicated to the Lord as long as he lives,” she told Eli.

The Lord told Samuel about events that would happen later. Samuel told Eli, and Eli knew Samuel would be a great _______.

One day, a man named ____ came to the city looking for lost donkeys. Saul was a descendant of Benjamin, one of Jacob’s sons. The Lord told Samuel that Saul would be king. Samuel anointed Saul with oil and declared him king in the name of God. The Israelites praised God and said, “Long live the king!”

In the spirit of _____________, members of the Franciscan order minister to those in need in all parts of the world. In the Holy Land - the place where Jesus lived - Franciscans minister to the needs of Palestinian Christians.