Stories for Pre-literacy
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Almost every day of the year carries a saint's name. But one day is kept for the others: the holy people no one counted, whom only God saw.
On a quiet night in Bethlehem, the Son of God is born as a tiny baby. Angels bring the good news to shepherds, and the Savior of the world sleeps in a manger.
The prophet Elijah announces a great drought, and God hides him by a brook, where ravens bring him food every morning and evening. A story about trusting in God's care.
On the day after Christmas a king walks out into deep snow with his page to carry supper to a poor man, and his footprints warm the way.
Jesus and his disciples are crossing the sea when a great storm appears. The waves are huge and the wind is strong, but Jesus calms everything with a single word. Who is this, whom even the wind and the sea obey?
At twelve years old, Jesus stays behind in Jerusalem, and Mary and Joseph search for Him for three days. When they find Him in the Temple, talking with the teachers, Jesus reveals something very special about who He is.
Jonah tries to run away from God, but discovers there is no escape. Inside a great fish for three days, he learns about obedience and God's endless mercy.
To save her baby from Pharaoh's cruel order, Moses' mother places him in a basket on the Nile River. Pharaoh's daughter finds him, and God turns danger into protection.
Three fishermen cast their nets into the Paraíba River and caught nothing, until out of the water came a small statue of Our Lady.
In the south of France there is a cave with a spring that never stops running. Every February 11, the whole world remembers it.
A cave up a mountain, the animals that came to visit him, a boy who breathed again, and two candles still burning after many centuries.
In a seaside town in Sicily, a girl whose name meant light gave away everything she had and became the saint of Advent candles.
On a bitterly cold night, a young soldier cut his own cloak in half to warm a beggar. That night, in a dream, he discovered who the beggar was. The story of Saint Martin of Tours, the soldier who became a bishop.
From a small town beside the sea all the way to your house, the name of one kind bishop took a very long journey and came back wearing new clothes.
A poor father had no way to care for his three daughters, until bags of gold began to appear through the window in the middle of the night. This is the most famous story of Saint Nicholas, the saint who inspired Santa Claus.
Jesus had a grandmother and a grandfather too. The Bible never tells us their names, but Christians have kept this story with love.
In a house full of children in Hamburg, a pastor hangs a wheel of candles from the ceiling so the wait for Christmas can be seen, one day at a time.
In a plain little house in Nazareth, a young woman is visited by an angel and hears a request only she could answer.

















