St. Mbaaga Tuzinde
Catholic Church Kiwatule
Thirtieth-Sunday in Ordinary Time (Year C) 23th October, 2016
Colour: Green
Prepare: Prepare 2 glasses, 2 pebbles labelled God, & more pebbles or sand or beans to
fill into the glasses. Practical seen in reflection.
Theme: I have Space for God
in my Soul, Body and Mind...
==== 7:00 - 7:03 ====
Entrance Song:
Enter rejoice and come in
x2, today will be a joyful day, enter rejoice and come in…. Sing alleluiax2
today, will be, a joyful day, sing alleluia…..
Or
He’s got the
whole world, in His Hands, x3 He’s got the whole world in His Hands.
He’s got the wind
and the rain, in His Hands, x3
He’s got the
whole world, in His Hands
He’s got you
and me brother, in His Hands, x3
He’s got the
whole world, in His Hands.
He’s got you
and me sister, in His Hands, x3
He’s got the
whole world, in His Hands
Explain: Today is the 30th Sunday in Ordinary
Time.
Ask: Does anyone remember the symbol for last week? <the
Telephone> We learnt that we should pray to God without ceasing.
Welcome;
Today Jesus tells us a story about a Pharisee
and a Tax Collector and we learn how to pray and have a good heart. Let's hear
more.
//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
Merciful
God, you know us through and through, and still, you forgive us freely. May we
come to you with pure hearts and minds, and pray as you would like us to pray
each day. 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 (Ecclesiasticus or Sirach 35:12-14, 16-19).GNT
Explain: In this story, you are told
to serve the Lord willingly, and the Lord will accept you; your prayers will
reach the skies and to the Lord.!!! Listen attentively.
A
prepared child comes and takes the first reading or second reading.
The first reading is from
the old book of Sirach
35:12-14
16-19 (GNT)
12 But don't try
to bribe him or rely on offerings that you have obtained dishonestly. He will
not accept them.
God's Justice
The Lord is
fair[a] and does not show partiality. 13 He is not
prejudiced against the poor; when someone prays who has been wronged, the Lord
listens. 14 When orphans
and widows pour out their prayers, he does not ignore them.
16 Serve the
Lord willingly, and the Lord will accept you; your prayers will reach the skies. 17 The prayer of
a humble person goes past the clouds and keeps on going until it reaches the
Lord Most High, where it stays until he answers by seeing that justice is done
and that the guilty are punished.
18 And the Lord
will act quickly. He will show no patience with wicked people. He will take
vengeance by crushing the heathen. He will completely wipe out the merciless
and the arrogant, and will destroy the authority of the wicked. 19 He will give
each of us what our thoughts and actions deserve. Because of the Lord's mercy,
his people will be happy when he has judged their case.
“This is the word of the Lord”
All say “Thanks be to God”.
Ask: What happens when God’s
people pray? <God listens> but
He is fair with no partiality. What happens when a wronged someone prays?, <the
Lord listens to him more> So no more
doing wrong, because God dislikes a person that does wrong to others.
Let
us focus on our responsorial Psalm:
< The Lord hears the cry of the poor..….>3x.
Introduce the Gospel
Today’s Gospel reading is taken from the book of Luke,
Jesus tells a parable about The Pharisee and the Tax Collector.
Jesus tells us that the tax collector felt he was a sinner,
when he prayed, he repented but the Pharisee’s prayer, was so full of himself
alone!
Let’s see if that is what you hear in this reading.
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 18:9-14 (GNT)
The Parable of the Pharisee and the Tax Collector
9 Jesus also told this parable
to people who were sure of their own goodness and despised everybody else. 10 “Once there were two men who
went up to the Temple to pray: one was a Pharisee, the other a tax collector. 11 The Pharisee stood apart by
himself and prayed,[a] ‘I thank you, God, that I am not greedy, dishonest, or an
adulterer, like everybody else. I thank you that I am not like that tax
collector over there. 12 I fast two days a week, and I give you one tenth
of all my income.’ 13 But the tax collector stood at a distance and would not even raise
his face to heaven, but beat on his breast and said, ‘God, have pity on me, a
sinner!’ 14 I tell you,” said Jesus, “the tax collector, and not the Pharisee,
was in the right with God when he went home. For those who make themselves
great will be humbled, and those who humble themselves will be made great.”
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: Practical seen
Prepare 2 glasses, 2 stones labelled God, & pebbles or sand or beans.
Fill 1st glass with pebbles (or sand or beans), Ask: Is there room for anything else
in there? <No>, of course not. Produce
a stone labelled ‘God.’ Can God fit in this heart? No, it is
already full…Tell the children that
this represents the Pharisee’s heart—very full of his own importance.
2nd glass without pebbles and insert a stone
labelled ‘God.’ in first. Tell them that this is like the tax
collector’s heart—
Ask: Is there still
room for pebbles. <Yes> there is still room.
Explain: Try
to emphasise that the Pharisee is still loved by God, but the Pharisee doesn’t
seem to want to understand God in his heart, and this makes it hard for the
Pharisee to accept God’s love. Depending on the age of the children, you
may wish to send each child home with a pebble to remind them of the gospel
message today, to place God first in their lives.
Memory Verse:
Luke 18:14 (“…For those who make themselves great will be humbled, and those
who humble themselves, will be made great.."’…)
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.
==== 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.
Let us pray together to
God to have space for him us…
Prayer
1. We
pray for bishops and bishops. May they recognize their duty to lead others in
the Love of God. We pray to the Lord...
Prayer 2. We pray for all leaders of nations, here and all over the
world, that they may love their people as Jesus Christ loves the church. 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. Lord, help us to remember
that we are your children and you are our God, looking out for us. Help us not
to forget that. 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....
