I want to be good : a first book for little Catholics


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TO BE GOOD
or Little Catholics

Pictures by Grace Dalles Clarke

Nihil obstat: Walter H. Peters, Censor

Imprimatur: William O. Brady, Archbishop of St. Paul

January 1, 1959

A CATECHETICAL GUILD BOOK
Published by Guild Press, Inc.

Distributed by Golden Press • New York
© Copyright 1959 by Guild Press, Inc. Designed and produced by Art
ists and Writers Press, Inc. All rights reserved. Printed in the U.S.A
by Western Printing and Lithographing Company. Published simul
taneously in Canada by The Musson Book Company, Ltd., Toronto



I want to be good.

But I know

I cannot do it all by myself.

I must ask Jesus to help me. And Jesus is God.

Jesus was once a child like me.

He was good to everybody.



Jesus was glad to work for everybody. .

And He always did the will of God the Father.

Jesus even gave up His life

to help all the people.

I want to be like Jesus.



In the morning, I first pray:

"My God, I offer Thee this day
All that I think or do or say,

Uniting it to what was done

On earth by Jesus Christ, Thy Son.”



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I am always ready to help older people.
I know how kind Jesus was

to the old and the sick.

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I study hard in school because I know
Jesus wants me to use my mind
to know Him better.



I share the good things that mother gave me
with my school friends.

I show God how much I love Him
when I am good to others.



I know Jesus always helped His Mother.

Sometimes my mother asks me
to pick up the groceries.

I do not waste time on my way home
because mother is waiting for them.

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Now I may go
because the sign

says so.

Before I cross

the street, I look

at the sign.

It says: STOP.

So I obey and wait.
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I know that Jesus

was always obedient.

I want to be like Jesus.



When I play with my friends
I do not quarrel with them.

I let them use all my things,
so we all have fun.



I play with my little sister and brother
because I know Jesus loved

the little children too.



When father wants me to help him,
I do it on his first call.



Then, at the table, I pray with my family
before the meal.

"Bless us, O Lord, and these Thy gifts,
which we are about to receive

from Thy bounty,

through Christ our Lord. Amen.”



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After the meal, I thank God with my family.
"We give Thee thanks for all Thy benefits,

O Almighty God,
who livest and reignest forever. Amen.

May the souls of the faithful departed,

through the mercy of God,

rest in peace. Amen.



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Sometimes father takes me with him

to Mass. I am always very good in church,

even when I am not with my father.
I know that the church is God’s house.



I pay attention and do not look around.

I always use my missal at Mass.
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Before I go to bed, I ask Jesus again

to help me always to be good.
Then I say the Our Father. This is

the prayer that Jesus Himself taught

when He was on earth.
"Our Father who art in heaven,

hallowed be Thy name;

Thy kingdom come,

Thy will be done on earth

as it is in heaven. Give us

this day our daily bread;

and forgive us our trespasses

as we forgive those who trespass

against us; and lead us

not into temptation,

but deliver us from evil. Amen.”



Jesus did the will of His Father

want to do His will, too.

want to be like Jesus.



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FIRST BOOKS
T'or Little Catholics

30051 SAINT JOSEPH • 30052 SAINT PETER

30053 SAINT THERESE • 30054 SAINT PAUL • 30055 SAINT BERNADETTE
30056 GOOD MANNERS IN GOD’S HOUSE

30057 I WANT TO BE GOOD • 30070 FIRST PICTURE DICTIONARY
30071 FIRST HOLY COMMUNION • 30075 MY FIRST MISSAL

30087 A FIRST BOOK OF SAINTS • 30088 MY BOOK ABOUT GOD
30089 MY GUARDIAN ANGEL • 30090 HAIL MARY

30091 THE TEN COMMANDMENTS • 30092 I BELIEVE
30094 MY LITTLE MISSAL • 30095 LET’S PRAY

30096 MY CONFESSION • 30097 A FIRST LIFE OF CHRIST
30098 THE ROSARY • 30099 FIRST BIBLE STORIES

FIRST BOOKS For Little Catholics are designed to
present the truths of the Catholic faith to the young

child in easy-to-understand words and colorful pictures.

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