You're listening to Catholic Sprouts, the daily podcast for Catholic kids that strives to plant seeds of faith.

Hey there, Spouts.

This week we have a guest host, but before we get to her, let's pray together our prayer for the dead,

which we are memorizing the month of November.

In the name of the Father and the Son and the Holy Spirit, amen.

In your hands, O Lord, we humbly entrust our brothers and sisters. In this life, you embrace them with your tender love. Deliver them now from every evil and bid them

eternal rest. The old order has passed away. Welcome them into paradise, where there will be no sorrow, no weeping or pain, but fullness of peace and joy with your son and the Holy Spirit forever and ever. Amen.

Hi, Sprouts. Today is Wednesday, November 16th, the feast of St. Gertrude. St. Gertrude live in

Germany, and she loved Jesus a lot. And guess what? She's the patron saint of cats.

My name is Miss Monica Ashauer from Tobit, the Theology of the Body Evangelization

Team. I'm here with my nephew, Nikki. Nikki, will you say hello? Hi, Sprout. I'm here with Aunt Moni

to help you learn about the theology of the body. We've learned that the body matters and the body is a teacher.

Now we're going to learn a central theology of the body topic, that the body is a gift.

Mickey, I am a gift to you and I give you a Hershey's kisses or a kiss on the cheek.

How are you a gift to me?

My body.

Oh, my gosh, that's your favorite word.

Body, yes, with your body, with your hand, you receive the candy.

And with your body, your cheek, you receive my kiss.

And Aunt Moni, I'm a gift to you when I hugged you and thank you with my body.

Aw, that's right. With my body, I receive your gift. Nikki, you usually like to say the word

body, but what's your second favorite word you like to say? Gift. Everybody is a gift, Aunt Money.

...