2nd Week of Advent - Peace



http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HPH4LRASWbo (Let There Be Peace on Earth)


This second week of Advent is a week of Peace.  For some, during this Christmas hustle and bustle of shopping and parties, it may be hard to find peace among all the rush and hurry.  It is completely necessary to find that peace so that your inner light may shine and that you may give of yourself to the baby Jesus.

Listen to the songs above and then answer:

1.  What does Peace mean to you?

2.  What is it that you can do to bring peace to your world and to those around you?

3.  What gift will you be bringing to the baby Jesus for Christmas?

4.  What peaceful things will you do this week to show your self-control and preparedness for Christmas?

23 comments:

  1. 1. Peace means a lot to me. To have peace is to be kind and compassionate to others. You also have to be at peace with yourself. You have to stay calm in tough situations

    2. I can do a lot to bring peace to the world. I can always stay calm and stress out in tough situations. I can be kind to others and respect their opinion. I have to stay flexible and go with the flow.

    3. The gift I will bring to baby Jesus is my love for him. I will always love him no matter what is happening in my life. I will always keep him in my heart.

    4. To show self-control will try to make the right decisions in the things that I do. I will try to keep the peace in stressful situations. I just have to stay calm and I have to know that everything will work out just fine.

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  2. Peace means many things to me. It means to be at peace with yourself meaning to see yourself as enough but to also know that you yourself is ok. It also means to be at peace wit others and that means that even if you don't like a person you have to figure out how to get along with them for the common good. That its what peace means to
    me.

    I can do many things to bring peace to those around me. I can be accepting of others, I can also see things from other peoples points of view. Those are some of the things I can do to keep peace with others.

    The gift I will be bring baby Jesus is my love for him. I am bringing this to him because I know that he loves me no matter what and that he deserves that too. I will always have God with me and that is why I am bring baby Jesus the gift of love.

    I keep peace this Christmas season I will do many things. I will control my decisions by keeping what I need to do under control and not taking on to much. I will also control my stress by being calm and kind to others. This is how I will be calm and peaceful for Christmas.

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  3. 1. Peace means a lot of things to me. One of the things that peace means to me is that everything is happy and there is no conflict. When there is no conflict there can be peace. Another thing that peace means to me is staying clam.

    2. There are many things I can do to bring peace to people around me.I can try to be nice to everyone around me and understand them.

    3. Something that I would bring for Jesus is my love for him. I would bring that because he always care about me and I need to bring it into return.

    4. I will show self-control by thinking before I do. I can try not to offend anyone or try to do anything wrong. I can also not put stress on myself that is not my problem.

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  4. 1. Peace to me means being content with the decisions you've made or being able to accept what has happened in you life (calmly) and living on, avoiding conflict and negativity as much as possible. Living with peace is difficult in a world where people have a strange penchant for violence.

    2. I can bring peace to those around me by not being arrogant, being silent and focusing on what I say, how I say it and to whom I say it. I have to able to control my temper and not argue with literally everything

    3. A gift I can bring baby Jesus is a better understanding of the virtues, practicing them and accepting everyone around me.

    4. I will time manage as best I can even though we literally have 3 projects that we need to get done as well as exams to worry about, besides that I can think before I act/say and not be as passive-aggressive even though I just did that above. Oops.

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  5. 1. Peace means to be at good terms with another person and having a good relationship with them. In a different case, peace is when everything is silent and you get to enjoy that time to yourself and talk to God. Peace can be made when everyone is understanding and using virtues to resolve problems instead of retaliating.

    2. I can do my best to agree appropriately and always be the first one to be kind. I need to also remember just because someone else does something wrong, it doesn’t give me the right to do that too.

    3. On Christmas I will bring Jesus the gift of love and joy. I can also come to meet him using words and actions as he would. None of the gifts would be material, they would be spiritual.


    4. This week I will be respectful and giving towards others. I will also be very kind and use self-control in the classroom, as I always should. I will show that I am ready by using virtues towards everyone.

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  6. 1. Peace means to care for others and have a good relationship with everyone. Peace can also mean to be kind and willing to help people that need help.

    2. I can bring peace to this world and those around me by being respectful and willing to help everyone. I can also listen to people and if I get in a disagreement with someone, I will listen to their side of the story and not just mine.

    3. On Christmas, I will bring the gift of love to baby Jesus. I will bring him love because I want him to know that I truly love him and that I would give anything for him.

    4. This week, I will show my love for Jesus and I will care for others. I can also practice kindness towards those that it's not always easy to be kind to.

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  7. 1) Peace means many things to me. One things is everyone getting along. Another thing I thought would be great is world peace. One day I do believe we can achieve it.

    2) I can be nice to people and not argue with them. That will they won't get mad. if they get mad, it would ruin their day and they could potentialy ruin someone else's day.

    3) I will bring Joy to the baby Jesus. I will also bring love ti him. I will try to spread joy around to everyone to make Jesus proud.

    4) I will not talk back to my parents. I will try to respect everyone more. Finally, I will try to stay out of arguments to not ruin someones day.

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  8. Peace means a lot to me. Peace means to not fight with others. Peace keeps everyone happy and nice.

    I can do a lot to keep the peace with others. I can not argue or fight with someone who is being mean. I can also stay positive all the time with other people.

    I can bring baby Jesus my love to him. I will bring love because I love him. I will also bring prayer to Jesus.

    To keep the peace with others, I will not fight or argue with anyone. I will try to stay positive at all times. Being positive will bring positively to everyone else.

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  9. 1. Peace means a lot to me. Peace means to put all of the bad things in the past and move on. It means to reach great standards, and have a good relationship with a person or a group of people. We can try to find peace with everyone.

    2.I can bring peace to the world by bringing peace in little places around me, like my school. I can say calm with my classmates and be peaceful with them, and let the peace rub off me and on to them. I truly feel like this would help and eventually spread throughout the world.

    3.I will bring a gift Jesus on Christmas. I will bring him the gift of followers. I will try to increase the number of people who follow Jesus. I will teach kids to try to convince him to follow Jesus.

    4.This week, I will not retaliate when my classmates annoy me. I will not disagree with my teachers. I will also try to spread love and peace to my classmates.

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  10. Peace means to me that everything is nice and quiet. Nobody is arguing about anything and there is no drama and nothing is going on. Everything is just quiet and peaceful.

    I can bring peace to those around me by if I see that somebody is getting annoyed with me to just stop. I can be nice to my classmates and not start or get in any drama because that is really annoying. Bringing peace to the world would be difficult but if you start with people around you it will spread.

    3. The gift that I would bring to baby Jesus is Gold because he is our king. Jesus is our lord and savior and he saved us. He is God and God is our ruler.

    4. I will try to bring peace to everything that I do this week. I will try to bring it to my classmates and friends. I will also try to bring it to my family.

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  11. 1. Peace means a few things to me. It means that everything is ok and there is nothing is wrong. It means no conflict.


    2. I can do many things to bring peace to the world and those around me. I can be nice to others. I can not cause conflict. I can also stay calm in tough situations.


    3. The gift I will bring Jesus is understanding. I will be understanding to others, and accepting of others.


    4. I will do a few things this week to show your self-control and preparedness for Christmas. I will try to make the right decisions. I will think before I do.

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  12. 1. To me peace means being calm. It means that you resolve something calmly. Not getting overly mad over something. Peace is moving on.

    2. What I can do to bring peace to others is I can show kindness. I can resolve anything that I may be upset about. I can help others resolve things and show kindness. I can help others to show peace by being calm.

    3. The gift I will be bringing to baby Jesus is Joy. I can bring him Joy to help him. It can help him be more understanding. It can help him be more understanding and happy and help him resolve things in hard times.

    4. Some peaceful things that I will be doing this week to show self-control and preparedness for Christmas is making the right decisions. I will also try to stay calm in hard situations or situations that I could get upset in. I will think what the right decision is before making the choice.

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  13. 1. Peace to me means no fighting, and silence. I enjoy the quietness of peace when everyone is getting along and there are no arguments. I think that peace also mean having fun together with no conflict.

    2. I can be less stubborn. I can realize that people won’t have the same views. I can also help other people who are in an argument. I can try to have them come to an agreement.

    3. I would bring baby Jesus a blanket so that he would be comfortable. It would be a fluffy, white blanket because that way he could stay warm. The whiteness would show his purity and that he is God. I would want him to have the blanket so that he would be more comfortable instead of the rough cloth he had when he was born.

    4. I will try to be less stubborn and help my parents and friends when I can. I will try to stop arguments so that everyone can be more peaceful. I just want this week to be as stress free as I can. It is busy enough with exam and I don’t need drama in between.

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  14. 1. Peace means to try to get along with others and not causing problems with each other. Everyone can practice peace even though it can be hard sometimes. Being peaceful to yourself and others can make the world a better place even if it is just being quiet or getting along with others.

    2. I can bring peace to the world and to everyone around me by being quiet and getting along with others even if i disagree with them. I can also show peace to others by not holding grudges against someone and just try to move on from the situation.

    3. I am going to bring baby Jesus lots of love and people who are thinking of him in such a special time of year. Baby Jesus deserves much love and attention for all the joy he has brought us. I think love and support for him from me and others will be the best gift for him on his birthday.

    4. Something I will do to show self control and preparing for Christmas is being grateful for what I receive and stay calm even though it is such an excitable time of year for all of us. To be prepared for this wonderful time I will try to be on my best behavior in school and at home.

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  15. 1. What peace means a few things to me. The first thing, is that it means to be at good terms with someone. Another thing it means to me is to be a kind and caring person.

    2. I can bring peace to the world and to everyone around me by not fighting with others. I can stay calm and disagree appropriately, instead of yelling and being disrespectful.That is how I can bring peace to the world and to everyone around me.

    3. I am going to bring baby Jesus the gift of happiness. I can also bring the gift of love. I can bring him these things because he shows me love and happiness and I want to do the same for him.

    4. Something I will do to show self control and preparing for Christmas is putting other before me. I will make sure to help others before I help myself. This is what I will do to show self control and prepare for Christmas.

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  16. Peace is important to me. You have to keep peace with everyone, or else chaos will break out. You need peace before any of the virtues. It is important to keep peace with all teachers.

    I can keep peace with everyone by not excluding. Also to help everyone that needs my help, so when I need help they will help me. I could try to not get angered by someone's actions, but instead see myself through their view.

    The gift I will give him is prayers and love. Jesus loves us, so I will show him love back. I also will show more kindness to everyone else. All Jesus wants is for there to be peace and worship.

    To show Self-Control I will try to listen before arguing. I will try to be as kind and self aware as possible. I will also try to be more kind, and loving to others than usual.

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  17. 1. Peace means a lot of different things to me. First you find peace with yourself. After you find peace with yourself you start helping others find peace. Peace includes staying calm, accepting criticism, and letting tough things go.

    2. I can do several things to spread world peace.
    1. stay calm with others
    2. be respectful
    3. accept criticism

    3. The gift I would bring Jesus would be love. Love because he loves us and would do anything for us.

    4. Something I will do to show self control and preparing for Christmas is putting others before me. I will help others before I help myself. This is how I will show self control.

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  18. 1. Peace to me means a calm and peacefulness between everyone. Where everything is right and calm.

    2. I can be accepting by of others and try to make people see reason with words rather than violence. And convince people to be accepting and peaceful with each other instead of arguing.

    3. The gift I would bring Jesus is love for others. Because that is what truly brings about peace and it will help him in doing so.

    4. I will try to get along with others and be accepting of them. I will try to stay calm with others and see their side of the story and try to help them.

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  19. Peace means that there is no conflict, there is no drama, that everything is okay and no one gets hurt. If you cant find peace with yourself then it is very hard to find peace with others. Peace isn't that hard to keep with others it is just that people have to work on it a little more

    Things I can do to bring peace to our world and those around me are that I can be nicer to people. I can stay calm when some one does something they aren't supposed to do or not my way. I can also be more respectful toward other like my parents and friends

    The gift I will bring Jesus is hope because he had hope when they put him up on the cross. He had hope that when he died we would carry on his story.

    Things I will do this week to show self control and preparedness for Christmas are staying calm and not to take my anger out on people.

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  20. 1.It means to be calm and to be more understanding around my friends and people I know

    2. Less violence and more understanding. Listen to people and diffuse the situations instead of make them worse.

    3.Instead of a material gift i will bring Jesus my prayers and strengthen my relationship with God.

    4. I will think of Christmas more as Jesus's birthday and less of a day to get presents. I will also help the less fortunate and people in need.

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  21. 1) Peace to me means silence. Peace means that I don’t have anything to worry about. It also can mean to me that I am happy.

    2) I can bring peace to the world and people around me by showing them I care for them. I can show the world that I’m at peace and that others are at peace. I can impact others with peace through giving others peace and silence.

    3) The gift that I will be bringing to the baby Jesus at Christmas is a new me. I want to focus on myself and care for myself. I want to show God that I can be a better person.

    4) Some things I can do this week to show peace are giving others love and silence. This will help them stay at peace. I can help others with exam preparation and that will help them and myself stay at peace.

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  22. Peace means to me that there is no fighting. Peace to me also means a silence, and every thing is calm. That is what peace means to me.

    To bring peace to the world around me I can stay more calm. I can care for others around me. Another thing I can do to bring peace to the world is not be as stressed out over little things.

    The gift I will bring to Jesus is the gift of peace. The reason I am bringing this gift is because in the time frame he was born in there was lots of conflict in the world. That is gift that I am giving Jesus.

    Something I can do this week to keep peace is try to be more nice to my friends and family. I can also have more self control. That is what I can do this week to keep peace.

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  23. Peace to me is being in a place where you can be calm and have acceptance of what is going on around you. Peace also means that you can make decisions that are the best for you and the people around you.

    I can be peaceful by not going with others in violence and making sure everyone around me is using peace.

    The gift I am bringing is charity. I am hoping to give love and my time to others more and more. I hope to show everyone around me charity.

    I have been trying not to fight with my family and friends. Trying to find other ways of looking at things and people perspectives so help understand their situation.

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