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Spiritism for Kids - Célia Xavier Camargo - Portuguese  Spanish
Year 10 - N° 507 - March 12, 2017

Translation
Johnny Silveira / silveirajohnny@yahoo.com
 

 

Workers Of The Last Hour
  

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:

- 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

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:
 

 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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