Order of Mass
Twenty-second Sunday in Ordinary Time (Year C)-4th September, 2016
Preparing the worship
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Colour: Green
Theme:
Cross
==== 7:00 - 7:03 ====
Entrance
Song.
Jesus loves
mex8
hallelluia
ho ho ho Jesus loves mex4
Yezu anjagala,x8
hallellia ho ho ho Yesu anjagalax4
Welcome;
Today Jesus
tells the crowds that if they want to follow Him and be His disciples then they
need to give up everything. Let's find out more.
Ask: But what
is a refuge? <a place where we can be
safe> How is God our refuge? <He always loves us and accepts who we are
Focus: Memory
Verse
Luke 14:27“... “Those who do not carry their own cross and come after me cannot be
my disciples....”
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.
==== 7:03 - 7:08 ====
NEWS TIME :-) Who has
burning new??
==== 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 mercy2
Lord have mercy
May the almighty God have mercy on us, forgive us our
sins and bring us to life everlasting
AMEN
==== 7:11 - 7:14 ====
GLORIA
- Eco
Glory to God, Glory to God, Glory to the
Father...x2 To Him be glory forever!!x2 Alleluia Amen x2
Glory to God, Glory to God, Glory to
the Son...x2 To Him be glory forever!!x2
Alleluia Amen x2
Glory to God, Glory to God, Glory to
the Spirit...x2 To Him be glory
forever!!x2 Alleluia Amen x2
Opening Prayer
Guiding Lord, you are the
way, the truth and the life - so may we follow you all the days of our lives.. Amen.
=== 7:14 - 7:24 ====
Liturgy of the Word
First Reading
Does
any one of us know what God is thinking or what he has planned? <no> Do
you think we should understand the will of God? <discuss> Would it make
life easier or harder if we knew everything?
<discuss> Let’s listen to
the reading from the Book of Wisdom and see if we can figure out what we are
supposed to know.
Now give to
the child to start reading the first reading below.
Today’s first reading is from the old
Testament of Wisdom 9:13-18 (NRSVCE)
13 For who can learn the counsel of God?
Or who can discern what the
Lord wills?
14 For the reasoning of people is worthless,
and our designs are likely to
fail;
15 for a perishable body
weighs down the soul,
and this earthy tent burdens
the thoughtful[a] mind.
16 We can hardly guess at
what is on earth,
and what is at hand we find
with labor;
but who has traced out what
is in the heavens?
17 Who has learned your
counsel,
unless you have given wisdom
and sent your holy spirit
from on high?
18 And thus the paths of
those on earth were set right, and people were taught what pleases you,
and were saved by wisdom.
”This
is the word of the Lord, …
Ask: Who came to earth
from heaven to help us understand? <the
Holy Spirit> We celebrated his coming a few weeks ago at a feast. Does anyone remember the name of the
feast? <Pentecost>
Responsorial Psalm
In every age, O Lord, you have been our
refuge.
Introducing
the Gospel
When we see a
cross, we think of Jesus’ sacrifice for us. If I were to tell you that we all have crosses, what do you
think that they might be? <problems, pain, worries, etc.> Does anyone here have any crosses? <discuss> Can we explain why some people have more problems than others? Is it always their fault? <not really> But we each have our own lives and we each have our own set
of joys and troubles. Jesus had something to say about our crosses.
..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 14:25-27
(NRSVCE)
Glory
to You, O Lord.
The
Cost of Being a Disciple
25 Once when large
crowds of people were going along with Jesus, he turned and said to them, 26 “Those who come
to me cannot be my disciples unless they love me more than they love father and
mother, wife and children, brothers and sisters, and themselves as well. 27 Those who do not
carry their own cross and come after me cannot be my disciples. 28 If one of you is
planning to build a tower, you sit down first and figure out what it will cost,
to see if you have enough money to finish the job. 29 If you don't, you
will not be able to finish the tower after laying the foundation; and all who
see what happened will make fun of you. 30 ‘You began to
build but can't finish the job!’ they will say. 31 If a king goes
out with ten thousand men to fight another king who comes against him with
twenty thousand men, he will sit down first and decide if he is strong enough
to face that other king. 32 If he isn't, he
will send messengers to meet the other king to ask for terms of peace while he
is still a long way off. 33 In the same way,”
concluded Jesus, “none of you can be my disciple unless you give up everything
you have.
“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:
==== 7:24 - 7:27 ====
Gospel Reflection.
Ask:
So what did you hear Jesus say?
<discuss> Do you think He
understands about our crosses? <yes,
He came to be one of us so that He could understand how it feels to be a
person.> He knows what it’s like to
be hurt or to be sad.
Say: He understands, but He
expects us to handle our problems. He
expects us to try our best to be good people even when things go wrong for us.
How
will you follow Jesus this week at home or in school? from the two stories, See if you can try to do
one thing to show that you follow him, and finish it, even if it is difficult.
What will that be?
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 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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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.
Jesus asked us to
follow him so we pray together:
Prayer 1. We pray for the Church: that it
may be a sign of true discipleship to the whole world....
We pray to the Lord...
Prayer 2. We pray for leaders in our
communities: that they may be do their best to serve everyone they meet, even
when it is difficult or makes them unpopular….
We pray to
the Lord...
Prayer
3.
We
pray for our parish, family and friends: that we may be disciples together and
support each other in all that life gives us…
We
pray to the Lord....
Prayer
4. We
pray that our guiding Lord, gives us courage to know Him, to love Him, to
follow Him always, however hard it is..
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, .........
==== 7:26 - 7:30 ====
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…
