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The  Boy  Who  Loved  God  and  Became  the  Champion  of  Truth  Sunday  Service  Children’s  Story  

 

Materials:        

• Map  of  Great  Britain  and  Ireland  • Picture  of  Saint  Patrick  showing  the  clover  • Picture  of  shamrock  • Picture  or  statue  of  Saint  Patrick  as  a  saint    • Focus  of  threefold  flame  

Preparations:  • Prepare  any  necessary  materials  • Invite  children  up  to  steps  of  altar.  • Reader  of  story  sits  in  a  chair  with  children  sitting  on  floor  in  front  of  her.  

• Include  children’s  story,  even  if  there  are  no  children  in  your  congregation,  to  welcome  families  who  may  come  to  the  service.    

• You  can  add  your  own  creativity  to  the  stories.    You  may  feel  comfortable  using  props  or  presenting  them  just  as  they  are  written.      

• Feel  free  to  adjust  the  content  to  fit  your  time  frame.    However,  for  the  spiritual  development  of  the  child,  we  encourage  keeping  as  much  of  the  Ascended  Master’s  Teachings  as  possible.  

 Time:  8  -­‐  10  minutes,  depending  on  storyteller  delivery  and  children’s  responses.    

 

Good  morning  and  welcome  to  our  children’s  story.  Today  we  celebrate  

Saint  Patrick  who  is  now  an  ascended  master.    He  was  born  many  centuries  

ago  in  the  country  called  Great  Britain  in  Europe.  He  grew  up  in  a  devotional  

family.  His  father  was  a  strong  believer  in  God  and  Patrick  often  saw  his  father  

praying.    

Let’s  listen  to  the  story  of  Saint  Patrick.  

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Saint  Patrick  

One  day,  when  Patrick  was  about  the  age  of  fourteen,  he  was  outside  

with  friends  when  a  group  of  Irish  raiders  invaded  the  area  and  captured  him.  

They  took  him  away  and  boarded  their  ship  and  sailed  far  from  his  home  in  

Great  Britain  across  the  Irish  Sea  to  Ireland.  (Show  route  ship  sailed  on  map)  

Patrick  was  then  sold  as  a  slave.  His  owner  said  to  him,  “You  will  tend  

sheep  for  me  and  do  as  I  instruct  you.”    

“Yes,  Master”  replied  Patrick  as  he  had  to  be  obedient  to  his  owner.  He  

knew  that  his  life  did  not  really  belong  to  this  man  and  that  his  true  master  

was  Jesus.  He  missed  his  family  and  his  freedom.  

Instead  of  feeling  sorry  for  himself,  Patrick  made  the  choice  to  pray.  He  

remembered  his  father  giving  his  devotions  to  God.  So,  during  the  long,  lonely  

hours  in  the  fields  and  hills  of  Ireland,  Patrick  found  comfort  in  praying.  Day  

after  day,  year  after  year,  Patrick  prayed  and  his  faith  continued  to  grow.  He  

became  closer  and  closer  to  Jesus.  

He  wrote  in  his  journal:  “I  have  said  as  many  as  a  hundred  prayers  and  in  

the  night,  nearly  the  same."  "I  prayed  in  the  woods  and  on  the  mountain,  even  

before  dawn.  I  felt  no  hurt  from  the  snow  or  ice  or  rain."    

Can  you  think  of  any  reason  of  why  Patrick  did  not  feel  bothered  by  the  

snow  or  ice  or  rain?  (Allow  children  to  answer.)    Sanat  Kumara  explained  to  

us  that  the  love  of  God  within  Patrick  was  so  strong  that  the  fire  of  Patrick’s  

heart  was  a  light  even  in  the  snow  and  rain.  Can  you  imagine  this?    Think  

about  the  light  and  heat  from  a  campfire  for  a  moment.  That  can  keep  you  

warm,  right?  (pause  and  let  children  respond)  Patrick’s  threefold  flame  in  

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his  heart  was  blazing  so  intensely  that  it  kept  him  warm  despite  the  harsh  and  

cold  weather  conditions.  

One  night,  Patrick  had  a  dream.  The  person  in  the  dream  said,  “Patrick,  

you  are  to  leave  Ireland  by  going  to  the  coast.”    When  he  awoke,  Patrick  was  

so  surprised,  but  he  decided  to  be  obedient  to  God,  for  he  knew  that  the  

person  in  his  dream  represented  his  Higher  Self.    So,  Patrick  snuck  away  very  

quietly  in  the  night  and  escaped.    

Certain  that  God  was  leading  him,  Patrick  plunged  through  the  bogs  and  

scaled  the  mountains,  which  separated  him  from  the  sea.    When  he  reached  

the  shore,  he  found  some  sailors.  He  asked  them,  “Can  I  go  with  you  on  your  

ship  to  Britain?  

“Sure,  mate,  if  you  can  work  on  board.”    

After  six  years  of  slavery,  Patrick  believed  working  on  a  ship  would  be  

worth  his  freedom.  “Yes,  I  can  do  whatever  needs  to  be  done,”  he  replied.  

Patrick  was  so  happy  that  he  was  finally  free.    He  sailed  back  home  to  be  

reunited  with  his  family.  Back  in  Britain,  Patrick  continued  to  pray  and  

realized  that  his  mission  should  be  to  serve  God.    He  shared  with  his  father,  “I  

want  to  study  to  become  a  priest.”  After  years  of  study  and  devotion,  Patrick  

became  a  priest  and  then  a  bishop.  

 Later  in  his  life,  Patrick  decided  to  return  to  Ireland.  He  desired  to  teach  

the  Irish  people  about  Jesus.    Many  miracles  are  attributed  to  Patrick.  

Probably  the  biggest  miracle  was  that  after  sixty  years  in  Ireland,  he  had  

created  over  300  churches  and  baptized  over  120,000  persons  in  Ireland.      

Also,  among  the  number  of  legends  and  miracles  attributed  to  Saint  

Patrick  are  many  interesting  resurrection  stories,  including  bringing  a  horse  

back  to  life.    

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Saint  Patrick  often  used  the  shamrock  to  explain  about  the  trinity  of  

God.  As  Patrick  was  preaching  outside,  he  would  pick  up  a  shamrock  that  was  

growing  on  the  ground  there  in  Ireland.  He  would  gather  the  people  around  

him  and  ask,  “How  many  leaves  are  there  on  the  shamrock?”  (Hold  up  the  

shamrock  and  ask  the  questions  to  the  children  and  let  them  respond.)    

“Yes,  there  are  three!  That  is  what  the  peasants  told  Patrick  also.”  Then  

Patrick  asked.  “How  many  seeds  are  needed  for  a  shamrock  to  grow?”  

“One.”  

Patrick  would  respond:  “This  is  the  same  as  the  Trinity  -­‐  God  the  Father,  

God  the  Son  and  God  the  Holy  Spirit  are  three  parts  of  one  single  God”.    

Here  is  a  picture  of  Saint  Patrick.    (Show  picture.)    

 

CONCLUSION:  

Let’s  talk  more  about  the  shamrock.  (Hold  up  shamrock.)  Three  leaves  

on  the  one  stem  of  the  shamrock  represent  the  Trinity  -­‐  Father,  Son  and  Holy  

Spirit  and  the  corresponding  energies  of  Power,  Wisdom  and  Love.    

Can  you  think  of  something  that  is  the  manifestation  of  God  in  each  one  of  

us  that  embodies  the  energies  of  love,  wisdom  and  power?    (Allow  children  to  

answer.)  The  Threefold  Flame!  (Hold  up  a  focus  of  the  threefold  flame.)    

Yes,  just  like  Saint  Patrick  we  can  blaze  the  fire  of  our  hearts  and  expand  the  

threefold  flame  in  our  hearts  each  day  to  become  closer  to  God  and  our  Holy  

Christ  Self  and  I  AM  Presence.  We  have  a  wonderful  decree  that  helps  us  do  

that:  Balance  the  Threefold  Flame.    

OPTIONAL:  recite  it  one  time  through  with  the  children  

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OPTIONAL:  I  am  handing  you  an  illustration  of  a  shamrock  in  honor  of  

Saint  Patrick  and  a  reminder  of  your  own  threefold  flame.    (Give  each  child  a  

picture  of  a  shamrock.)  Thank  you  for  joining  us.  Have  a  wonderful  day.  

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

   

 

 

 

 

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