St. Mbaaga Tuzinde
Catholic Church Kiwatule
Thirty-First-Sunday in Ordinary Time (Year C) 30th October, 2016
Colour: Green
Prepare: A large cardboard tree and card for making lots of
leaves and the face of Zacchaeus.
Theme: Tree
==== 7:00 - 7:03 ====
Entrance Song:
1. Seek ye first the kingdom of God
And His righteousness;
And all these things shall be added unto you.
Hallelu, Hallelujah!
2. Ask, and it shall be given unto you;
Seek, and you shall find.
Knock, and it shall be opened unto you.
Hallelu, Hallelujah!
3. Man shall not live by bread alone,
But by every word
That proceeds out from the mouth of God.
Hallelu, Hallelujah!
Explain: Today is the 31st Sunday in Ordinary
Time.
Ask: Does anyone remember the symbol for last week? <Obedient
heart> <ask for forgiveness>
We talked about the importance of being honest when we pray to God. We talked about how we make mistakes and that
all of us are important to God.
Welcome;
Today Jesus stays at the house of Zacchaeus - a
tax collector, and shows us that everyone is loved.
//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.
==== 7:03 - 7:08 ====
NEWS TIME :-)
==== 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
==== 7:11 - 7:14 ====
GLORIA – Glory to God in the highest….
Opening Prayer
Saving
God, you welcome everyone into your kingdom. Help us to welcome everyone we
meet into the kingdom of our hearts. Amen.
=== 7:14 - 7:19 ====
Liturgy of the Word
First Reading, Introduce the reading.
Say: Today’s first reading
is from the old testament book of Wisdom
11:22-12:2
Explain: Compared to God, we are tiny,
tiny creatures. But he created us and he
always loves us. The Book of Wisdom uses some beautiful language to describe
the world as it compares to God. Listen
closely and see if you can hear it.
A
prepared child comes and takes the first reading or second reading.
The first reading is from
the old book of
Wisdom 11:22-12:2 (GNT)
22 In your sight
the whole world is a grain of sand, barely heavy enough to tip a pair of
scales, a drop of dew on the ground in the morning. 23 You are
powerful enough to do anything, but you are merciful to everyone; you overlook
our sins and give us time to repent. 24 You love
everything that exists; you do not despise anything that you have made. If you
had not liked it, you would not have made it in the first place. 25 How could
anything last, if you did not want it to? How could it endure, if you had not
created it? 26 You have
allowed it all to exist, O Lord, because it is yours, and you love every living
thing.
12 Your immortal spirit is in every one of them, 2 and so you gently correct those who sin against you. You remind
them of what they are doing, and warn them about it, so that they may abandon
their evil ways and put their trust in you, Lord.
“This is the word of the Lord”
All say “Thanks be to God”.
Ask: What did the author of Wisdom say when he compared
the world to God? <that the world
was a speck of dust too light to weigh on a scale, that it disappears like a
drop of the morning dew> Compared
to the power of God almighty, the earth is not very important even though it
seems very large and important to us.
Let
us focus on our responsorial Psalm:
< I will praise your name forever, my king and my God...….>3x.
Introduce the Gospel
Today’s Gospel reading comes from the
book of Luke. (Lk 19:1-10). Luke tells
us about a time that Jesus was teaching in a town. When Jesus taught, he had to get food from
somewhere. He often had dinner with
people he met. At that time, the Jews
were very careful who they ate with. They only ate with people that they
thought were good Jews. This story is
about a man named Zacchaeus. He was not a good Jew. He was a very rich man who made his money
working for the Roman people. No one
liked him. Pretend you are in the
crowd of people that Jesus was teaching and see if you can learn what happened.
Let
us Welcome the Gospel
..with Alleluia!! - OR
Welcome the Gospel through a song.
Chorus:
Halle, halle,
halle-lu-jah!
Halle, halle,
halle-lu-jah! Halle, halle, halle-lu-jah! Hallelujah! Hallelujah!
!!
Silently say: ”Cleanse my heart and my lips, almighty God, that I may
worthily proclaim your Holy Gospel.
The Leader
starts: The Lord be with You,
AND
with your Spirit.
A reading is from the Holy Gospel
according to St.Luke
Glory to
You, O Lord
Luke 19:1-10(GNT)
Jesus and Zacchaeus
19 Jesus went on into Jericho and
was passing through. 2 There was a chief tax collector there named
Zacchaeus, who was rich. 3 He was trying to see who Jesus was, but he was a
little man and could not see Jesus because of the crowd.4 So he ran ahead of the crowd
and climbed a sycamore tree to see Jesus, who was going to pass that way. 5 When Jesus came to that place,
he looked up and said to Zacchaeus, “Hurry down, Zacchaeus, because I must stay
in your house today.”
6 Zacchaeus hurried down and
welcomed him with great joy. 7 All the people who saw it started grumbling,
“This man has gone as a guest to the home of a sinner!”
8 Zacchaeus stood up and said to
the Lord, “Listen, sir! I will give half my belongings to the poor, and if I
have cheated anyone, I will pay back four times as much.”
9 Jesus said to him, “Salvation
has come to this house today, for this man, also, is a descendant of Abraham. 10 The Son of Man came to seek
and to save the lost.”
The Gospel of
the Lord”
“Praise to you
Lord Jesus Christ”
==== 7:19 - 7:24 ====
(*)Tell an interesting story according to the Gospel and
children’s level of understanding like in the
Gospel reflection:
Ask: So what happened? <discuss> Zacchaeus did not claim to be an important
man. He honoured Jesus and did his best
to become a better person. Zacchaeus was a short man but because he
listened and followed Jesus, his faith became tall like a tree.
Say: No matter who
we are, we can be better people. Jesus
wants us to know that none of us are perfect and that God loves us all.
Memory Verse:
Luke 19:5 (“…“Hurry down, Zacchaeus, because I must stay in your house 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 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.
==== 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.
Jesus is ready to help us change
today and always so we pray together...
Prayer
1. Let us pray for the Church: that
she may be a place where everyone is welcome and inspire a change in the lives
of all those who hear her message. We
pray to the Lord...
Prayer 2. We pray for our parish, family and friends: that we may support
each other in love and prayer, and make changes so that all people may live
together in peace. We pray to the Lord...
Prayer 3. We pray for anybody we
know who is feeling bad about something they have done. May they understand
that God always loves them. We pray to the Lord...
Prayer 4. Let us pray for our
brothers and sisters in every country: that they may have their fair share of
the good things God has given for all.. We
pray to the Lord...
==== 7:26 - 7:28 ====
Silently, each one tells 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
==== 7:28 - 7:30 ====
Song I nterlude: 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....
