Children’s Liturgy:

Order of Mass

Fifteenth Sunday in Ordinary Time (Year C)

Sunday 10^th July, 2016

Preparing the worship space

Colour: Green

Theme: Who is your Neighbour?

 

Entry song

Stanza: Whatsoever you do to the least of your brothers, That you do unto me!x2

Verses: When I was hungry you gave me to eat When I was thirsty you gave me to drink. Now enter into the home of your father.

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Welcome: Today we hear how a Good Samaritan helped a man who was hurt but how a Priest and a Levite both ignored him. Let's think about who our neighbour is and how Jesus shows us that we should help anyone in need. Amen.

Focus: Memory Verse

Deuteronomy 30:10“..But you must obey the Lord your God. You must obey his commands and rules!”...” 

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

May The Grace of our Lord Jesus Christ,

And the love of God,

And the fellowship of the Holy Spirit,

be with you all.

And with Your Spirit.  

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NEWS TIME :-) Who has burning new??

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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 mercy2

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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GLORIA - Eco

GLORIA to God in the highest, and peace to His people on earth. Lord God, heavenly King, Almighty God and Father, we worship You, we give You thanks, we praise You for Your glory. Lord Jesus Christ, only Son of the Father, Lord God, Lamb of God, You take away the sin of the world: have mercy on us;You are seated at the right hand of the Father: receive our prayer. For You alone are the Holy One, You alone are the Lord, You alone are the Most High, Jesus Christ, with the Holy Spirit, in the glory of the Father. Amen, A a amen A a amen !

Opening Prayer

Healing God, everyone is our neighbour in Christ so let us be ready to help anyone in need, whether they live near or far from us..… Amen.

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Liturgy of the Word

First Reading

Deuteronomy 30:10-14, You already remember that God gave the Commandments to Moses. How do you think that the Israelites acted when Moses brought down this list of rules for them?  Do you think they were happy about it or do you think that they complained?  <complained- about how hard it would be to follow the rules>  Let’s listen to what Moses said to them about following the Commandments>..

Now give to the child to start reading the first reading below.

Today’s first reading is from the old Testament book of Deuteronomy 30:10-14 (ICB)

10 But you must obey the Lord your God. You must obey his commands and rules that are written in this Book of the Teachings. You must follow the Lord your God with your whole being.

Life or Death

11 This command I give you today is not too hard for you. It is not beyond what you can do. 12 It is not up in heaven. You do not have to ask, “Who will go up to heaven and get it for us? Then we can obey it and keep it.” 13 It is not on the other side of the sea. You do not have to ask, “Who will go across the sea and get it? Who will tell it to us? Then we can keep it.” 14 No, the word is very near you. It is in your mouth and in your heart. So, you may obey it..

This is the word of the Lord, …

Responsorial Psalm

Turn to the Lord in your need, and you will live!

Introducing the Gospel

Today’s gospel again addresses something we have mentioned a couple of times the last few weeks… “who are God’s people?”  Do you remember?  The question is worded differently in this reading but means the same thing.  “Who is your neighbor?”.

with Alleluia!!.

Welcoming the Gospel

You are welcome Lord of Lords,

You are welcome King of Kings

You are welcome Lord of Hosts

You are welcome Prince of Peace..

You are welcome here, Alle-lluia,

Alle..lluia Might God!!!

 Silently say:” Cleanse my heart and my lips, almighty God, that I may worthily proclaim your Holy Gospel to your little children.

The Lord be with You,

AND with your Spirit

The Gospel reading is from the book of...”  

Luke 10:25-37 (ICB)

The Good Samaritan

²⁵ Then a teacher of the law stood up. He was trying to test Jesus. He said, “Teacher, what must I do to get life forever?”²⁶ Jesus said to him, “What is written in the law? What do you read there?”

²⁷ The man answered, “Love the Lord your God. Love him with all your heart, all your soul, all your strength, and all your mind.”^[a] Also, “You must love your neighbor as you love yourself.”^[b]

²⁸ Jesus said to him, “Your answer is right. Do this and you will have life forever.”

²⁹ But the man wanted to show that the way he was living was right. So he said to Jesus, “And who is my neighbor?”

³⁰ To answer this question, Jesus said, “A man was going down the road from Jerusalem to Jericho. Some robbers attacked him. They tore off his clothes and beat him. Then they left him lying there, almost dead. ³¹ It happened that a Jewish priest was going down that road. When the priest saw the man, he walked by on the other side of the road. ³² Next, a Levite^[c] came there. He went over and looked at the man. Then he walked by on the other side of the road. ³³ Then a Samaritan^[d]traveling down the road came to where the hurt man was lying. He saw the man and felt very sorry for him. ³⁴ The Samaritan went to him and poured olive oil and wine^[e] on his wounds and bandaged them. He put the hurt man on his own donkey and took him to an inn. At the inn, the Samaritan took care of him. ³⁵ The next day, the Samaritan brought out two silver coins^[f] and gave them to the innkeeper. The Samaritan said, ‘Take care of this man. If you spend more money on him, I will pay it back to you when I come again.’”

³⁶ Then Jesus said, “Which one of these three men do you think was a neighbor to the man who was attacked by the robbers?”

³⁷ The teacher of the law answered, “The one who helped him.”

Jesus said to him, “Then go and do the same thing he did!”!

“The Gospel of the Lord”,

 “Praise to you Lord Jesus Christ”

(*)Tell an interesting story according to the Gospel and children’s level of understanding like in the Gospel reflection:  

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Gospel Reflection.

Ask: Did you hear who our neighbors are?  <everyone>  Is it just the person who lives next door?  Is it just someone who belongs to St. Mbaaga Tuzinde Church?  Or just your family members?  <right… it’s everybody>  It’s the child you know that no one likes, it’s the lonely adult that sits next to you in church, it’s often the people who are hard to reach out to.  But reaching out to others is exactly what Jesus says we must do….  Not thinking about it, not a lot of extra work or travelling across the world.

Ask the Holy Spirit to guide you to do the right thing in the coming week.

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:

And the third day He rose again from the dead: He ascended into heaven,

and seated at the right hand of God the Father Almighty:

From there He shall come again to judge the living 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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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.

Loving Father, we join together as neighbours in Christ today and we pray:

Prayer 1. We pray for the Church: that we may all be Good Samaritans to those in need whether in our parishes or around the world. pray to the Lord...

Prayer 2. We pray for world leaders: that they may make fairer and better decisions so that no one is left in need or ignored by the roadside.…  We pray to the Lord...

Prayer 3. We pray for our parish, family and friends: that we may always be ready to help our neighbours, even if its too hard.… We pray to the Lord....

Prayer 4. Healing God, unite us in love because we are all neighbours in Christ, Let us be like you and offer compassion and help to everyone in need. We pray to the Lord....

Ask the children close their eyes and give in their petitions silently and conclude after 10seconds in words below

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

Then...

Song Interlude: Walk Walk in the light, walk walk in the light, .........

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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…