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Spiritism for
Kids
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Célia Xavier
Camargo -
Portuguese
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Year 10 - N° 507 - March 12, 2017 |
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Workers Of The
Last Hour
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On Sundays at
the Spiritist
Centre, the
children had
classes of
Evangelisation
for the
different age
groups, and each
one was led by
an evangelist.
Eight year-old
Hugo one morning
was in the room
where his class
were to meet,
waiting for the
start of their
lesson. The
evangelist
Flavia arrived
cheerful and
smiling,
greeting her
little students.
At that moment,
Hugo while
talking with
Rafael
remembered
something he had
read in the
Gospel and asked
the evangelist:
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- Aunt
Flavia!
The
other
day I
opened
the
Gospel
and
began to
read it
but I
found it
very
difficult
to
understand!...
Flavia
smiled
and
asked if
he
remembered
anything
about
the text
he had
read, to
which
Hugo
replied:
- It was
about
men who
were
hired to
do a job.
But I
found it
strange
how the
"boss"
acted
with
them!...
- Ah! I
already
know
which
text you
read,
Hugo. I'll
explain
it to
you
later.
Now let's
talk
about
today’s
lesson,
okay? So,
let's
read a
story I
brought
to you.
Flavia distributed
the
worksheets
that
they
would
use
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that
Sunday.
As soon
as
everyone
was with
their
material,
Flavia
asked
someone
to start
reading.
After
the text
was read,
Flavia
asked if
the
students
had
understood
it and
the kids
began to
raise
their
arms to
share
what
they had
understood.
And so
it
happened
until
the end
of the
lesson,
which
ended
with a
prayer.
Before
they
left,
Flavia
warned: |
- Children, next
week we will
have a different
study. Do not
miss it! See you
next Sunday!
Good week to
everyone.
The following
Sunday, Flavia
brought some
craft materials
for them to
decorate the
room. Coloured
paper, scissors,
glue, paints,
buttons and
other materials
to accomplish
what they were
going to do. The
kids loved it!
They spent the
lesson finishing
their posters.
She had promised
the students
that at the end
of the class
each one would
receive a prize
for their work.
But Flavia
announced she
would give the
prize first to
those who
arrived late and
who had little
time to work,
which left the
other students
upset!
- What do you
mean, Aunt
Flavia? Are you
going to give
the same thing
to those who
were late? What
about us who
worked the whole
time? That's not
fair!...
Other students
joined in to
give strength to
those who were
complaining. And
Flavia listened
without saying
anything until
when she could
see that the
confusion was
great so she
raised her arm
to say:
- But we have
established that
each one would
receive a prize
for their effort!...
- That’s right,
Aunt Flavia! But
you're giving
what you
promised us
first to those
who were late!
It’s not fair!...
- Why is it not
fair? I told you
what you would
get! Why can’t I
give the late
kids as much as
you?...
- But we've been
here since the
beginning of
class, Aunt
Flavia!
The three
students who
arrived late
kept quiet. They
actually also
agreed that the
students present
from the
beginning of the
class should
receive more,
but avoided
interfering. The
confusion was
great again
until Flavia
raised her hand
for silence and
said:
- My dear
students! Are
you upset
because I will
give those who
were late the
same as I will
give you?... But
do you think you
have all striven
equally to do
today’s task? Be
sincere! Charlie,
did you work
more than they
did?
- No, Aunt
Flavia. I played
a lot and did
almost nothing -
agreed the boy,
blushing with
embarrassment.
- Who else wants
to say something?
- Aunt Flavia, I
was talking to
Ana and I did
almost nothing -
Valeria said,
laughing.
And so, each of
the children was
honest and told
how they felt.
After hearing
the whole group,
Flavia agreed
with them,
asking:
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Very
well!...
So what
did you
do? Have
you
worked
hard
enough?
Answer!
And the
students,
hanging
their
heads,
said
that, in
fact,
those
who
arrived
late
worked
harder
to
accomplish
the
tasks!
After
Aunt
Flavia
heard
their
confessions,
she read
to them
the
parable:
"The
Workers
Of The
Last
Hour." 1
- Do you
now
understand
why
Jesus
told
this
parable,
children?
Jesus
knew
exactly
that the
last men
hired to
work in
the
vineyard,
because
they had
less
time,
would be
compelled
to make
a
greater
effort
to be
worthy
of the
wages of
that day! |
And the students
agreed that they
really should
have worked
harder to
deserve what
Aunt Flavia had
promised them.
But she smiled
and said:
- I have created
this task for
you to do, so
that you can
realise in
practice what is
really fair to
all. So, here's
the prize I will
give you: one
chocolate each!
The children’s
eyes popped and
they smiled
while clapping
hands. They were
glad for the
prize they had
won. Then they
hugged Aunt
Flavia.
MEIMEI
Psycographed by
Célia X. de
Camargo on
16/01/2017.
1 "The Workers
of the Last Hour",
chapter XX, of
the Gospel
according to
Spiritism, p.261
- FEB
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