Third Sunday in Ordinary Time (Year C) 24/01/2016
Colour: Green
Theme: Bible(A
book of Good News)
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Entrance
Song:
God's spirit is in my heart
He has called me and set me apart
This is what I have to do
What I have to do
He has called me and set me apart
This is what I have to do
What I have to do
Ch: He sent me to give good news to the poor
Tell prisoners that they are prisoners no more
Tell blind people that they can see,
And set the downtrodden free
And go tell everyone
The news that the kingdom of God has come x2
Chorus:
Welcome;
Say: Today
we hear Jesus telling people what it is He has come to do. One
of the things He says is that He has come to
bring good news to people who are poor. Our faith calls us to do the same.
Let’s think a bit more about what this good news is and how we can share it
with others today.
//V// In the name of the
Father, and of the Son, and of the Holy Spirit.
//R// Amen.
//V//
May The Grace of our Lord Jesus Christ,
And
the love of God,
And
the fellowship of the Holy Spirit,
be
with you all.
//R// And
with Your Spirit.
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7:03 - 7:08 ====
NEWS
TIME :-)
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7:08 - 7:11 ====
Penitential
Rite
Dear
little children, let us acknowledge our sins,
and so
prepare ourselves to celebrate the sacred mysteries.
Confession of our sins
I confess to the Almighty God,
and to you, my brothers and sisters,
that I have greatly sinned
in my thoughts and in my words
in what I have done and In what I have failed to do
-strike
the breast 3 times as you say-
through my fault
through my fault
through my most grievous fault
THEREFORE I ask Blessed Mary Ever Virgin
all the Angels and Saints
and you, my brothers and sisters
to pray for me to the Lord our God
Have Mercy on us oh Lord
For we have sinned against you.
Show us, Oh Lord, your mercy
And grant us your salvation.
You were sent to heal the contrite of heart.
Lord have Mercy
Lord have Mercy
You came to sinners
Christ have mercy
Christ have mercy
You are seated at the right hand of the father to
intercede for us.
Lord have mercy.
Lord have mercy.
May
the almighty God have mercy on us, forgive us our sins and bring us to life
everlasting? AMEN
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7:11 - 7:14 ====
GLORIA – Eco
Usually with an Eco, boys
sing firstJ
Opening
Prayer
Loving God, you sent your
Son Jesus to share the good news.
May we continue to share
that good news with others through our words and
through all that we do Amen.
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7:14 - 7:19 ====
Liturgy
of the Word
First
Reading, Introduce the reading.
Today’s
first reading is from the Old Testament, the book of the prophet Nehemiah. (Neh
8:1-4a,5-6,8-10) This reading is about
the prophet Ezra and a time when he read aloud to the people about God. See if you know what exactly Ezra read to the
people..
Nehemiah 8:2-6King James Version (KJV)
2 And Ezra the priest brought the law before the
congregation both of men and women, and all that could hear with understanding,
upon the first day of the seventh month.
3 And he read therein before the street that was before
the water gate from the morning until midday, before the men and the women, and
those that could understand; and the ears of all the people were attentive unto
the book of the law.
5 And Ezra opened the book in the sight of all the
people; (for he was above all the people;) and when he opened it, all the
people stood up:
6 And Ezra blessed the Lord, the great God. And all the
people answered, Amen, Amen, with lifting up their hands: and they bowed their
heads, and worshipped the Lord with their faces to the ground.
The word of the Lord,
All
say: “Thanks be to God”.
Ask: What exactly did Ezra read to the people? <the law of Moses> Is this something you know about? Is this part of our sacred Scripture? <yes> What could that mean? What message could ‘Ezra’ hold for us? <
to read the Bible, to be open to hear what God wants us to do by listening to
Scripture>
Let us focus on our responsorial Psalm:
< Your words, Lord, are spirit and life.> 3x.
Introduce the Gospel
Explain; Today’s
Gospel reading is from the book of St. Luke. Imagine that you are in a Jewish
temple in Nazareth at the time of Christ. Can anyone tell me what is important about
Nazareth? <Jesus’ hometown> You are sitting around listening to each
other take turns reading from the Holy Book.
All of a sudden, Jesus (the guy who you knew growing up – maybe your
best friend, maybe you didn’t like Him) is taking His turn. He begins to read and then when He finishes
and closes the book, He says something rather weird. Listen to the Gospel and let’s see what it
was.
Let us welcome the Gospel:
..with
Alleluia!! - OR
Welcome
the Gospel through a song.
Good
News today, Yes good news, good news today, good news today, the news of
Salavation. Alle-luia Alle, Alle-luia, Alle-luia, A—lleluia x2
Silently
say: ”Cleanse my heart and my lips, almighty God, that I may worthily proclaim
your Holy Gospel.
The
Lord be with You,
AND
with your Spirit.
The
Gospel Reading was written by Lk 4:14-21 Let
Lord’s Word be in my mind <make a cross on forehead>, and on
my lips <make a cross on lips>, and in my heart <make
a cross on the left side of the chest> OR
Glory
to You Lord Jesus Christ.
Introduction
1 Many have undertaken to draw up an account of the
things that have been fulfilled[a] among us, 2 just as they were handed down to
us by those who from the first were eyewitnesses and servants of the word. 3
With this in mind, since I myself have carefully investigated everything from
the beginning, I too decided to write an orderly account for you, most
excellent Theophilus, 4 so that you may know the certainty of the things you
have been taught. 14
Jesus returned to Galilee in the power of the Spirit, and news about him spread
through the whole countryside. 15 He was teaching in their synagogues, and
everyone praised him.
Jesus Rejected at Nazareth
16 He went to Nazareth, where he had been brought up,
and on the Sabbath day he went into the synagogue, as was his custom. He stood
up to read, 17 and the scroll of the prophet Isaiah was handed to him.
Unrolling it, he found the place where it is written:
18 “The Spirit of the Lord is on me,
because he
has anointed me
to proclaim
good news to the poor.
He has sent me to proclaim freedom for the prisoners
and recovery
of sight for the blind,
to set the oppressed free,
19 to
proclaim the year of the Lord’s favor.”[a]
20 Then he rolled up the scroll, gave it back to the
attendant and sat down. The eyes of everyone in the synagogue were fastened on
him. 21 He began by saying to them, “Today this scripture is fulfilled in your
hearing.”
The Gospel of the Lord”
“Glory and praise to you Lord, Jesus Christ”
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7:19 - 7:24 ====
(*)Tell
an interesting story according to the Gospel and children’s level of
understanding.
Gospel reflection:
Ask: What did Jesus say?
<that what He had read – what the prophet Isaiah had foretold – had
come true today> He was telling his
neighbors that “the Lord had chosen Him to tell the good news”. How do you think the people felt? <discuss> How do you think you would feel if one of
your friends tried to convince you that He was sent by God? <discuss> Anyway, Good news means
different things to different people. It can be confidence,
peace, a fair price, enough food, being
top of the class, getting to spend the day
with friends.
We are all God’s children and so we
should all have the chance to live in a world
of peace, dignity and fairness. This is
the good news of Jesus. How do you think
we can try to share this good news with
our brothers and sisters around the
world today?
Let us stand up and we profess
our faith.
Profession of our faith
I
believe in God the Father, Almighty,
creator
of heaven and earth:
And in
Jesus Christ, his only begotten Son, our Lord:
--bow
down--
Who
was conceived by the power of the Holy Spirit, born of the Virgin Mary:
Suffered
under Pontius Pilate;
was
crucified, died and was buried:
He
descended into hell:
The
third day, He rose again from the dead:
He
ascended into heaven,
and
sits at the right hand of God the Father Almighty:
From
there He will come to judge the leaving and the dead:
I
believe in the Holy Spirit:
the
holy catholic church:
the
communion of saints:
The
forgiveness of sins:
The
resurrection of the body:
And
the life everlasting.
Amen.
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7:24 - 7:26 ====
Prayers
of the Faithful
Now is
the time to pray for our stuff :-)Intercessions.
You may want to ask the children
to offer their own prayers or you can use the suggestions below.
We know that all things are
possible to God, and so we pray together:
Prayer
1. We pray for world church leaders: Our Pope,
Pope Francis, our arch Bishop Cyprian Lwanga,
Bishops, Priests and all the clergy, that it may continue to follow the example
of Jesus, by bringing good news to people who are poor and working to help all
people live life to the full. We pray to the Lord...
Prayer
2. Let us
pray for our parents, that they may have the
chance
to share their good news stories and to build a better future. So that they get
a positive change in their lives and lives of people around them.. We
pray to the Lord...
Prayer 3 Let us
pray for our parish, families and friends: that we may always do our best to help
others, to share what we have and to share the good news with people who are
poor. We pray to the Lord...
Prayer
4. Let us
pray for each one of us here, you call each and every one of us to proclaim
your good news to people who are poor, hungry, sad, lonely, bullied, scared, or
weary. May we do all that we can to answer that call.
We pray to the Lord...
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7:26 - 7:28 ====
Silently,
each one tell God your petition.
We ask
this through our Lord Jesus Christ your Son,
who
lives and reigns with you and the Holy Spirit,
One
God, for ever and ever.
Amen
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7:28 - 7:30 ====
Song Interlude:
Walk Walk in the light, walk walk in the light, .........
Sing
as we give in our offertory and we walk to the big church... NOTE--
after the song, is being sung, we pick the children that will perform next
Sunday....