5th Sunday of Lent (Year A) 2nd April, 2017
Preparing the worship space
Theme: Stone/Rock
Theme Colour: Purple
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7:03 =3===
Entrance Song
Praise Him Praise
Him
Praise
Him! Praise Him! Jesus, our blessed Redeemer!
Sing,
O Earth, His wonderful love proclaim!
Hail
Him! Hail Him! Highest archangels in glory;
Strength
and honor give to His holy Name!
Like
a shepherd, Jesus will guard His children,
In
His arms He carries them all day long.
Refrain:
Praise
Him! Praise Him! Tell of His excellent greatness;
Praise
Him! Praise Him! Ever in joyful song!
Ask: Last week’s theme was <“Sight.”> We talked about different kinds of blindness and the miracles Jesus
performed. We learned how hard we need
to work to continually ‘see’ God’s goodness all around us.
Welcome; : Today we hear about an
amazing thing that Jesus does when his friend Lazarus becomes sick and dies. Let’s
think a bit more about this today. We also know it will be Palm Sunday next week it is the
day when we get new palms for next year.
//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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NEWS TIME :-)
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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 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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GLORIA*
In
lent period, we shall not sing the Gloria because it’s a time for us to reflect
on the quality of our life style.
Opening Prayer:
God of
light and power, we give thanks to you for the gift of life. Help us to do what
we can so all people throughout this world can enjoy this gift....Amen.
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7:19 ====
Liturgy of the Word
Introduce the first reading.
Today’s first reading is from the Old
Testament book of the prophet Ezekiel. In this reading, God is talking to prophet
Ezekiel. He is talking about people
living again. Listen closely and see if
you can understand what He really means.
A prepared child/children come and take the first reading or
second reading.
First Reading is from the book of
Ezekiel 37:12-14 (NRSVCE)
12 Therefore prophesy, and say to them, thus says the Lord God: I
am going to open your graves, and bring you up from your graves, O my people;
and I will bring you back to the land of Israel. 13 And you shall know that I
am the Lord, when I open your graves, and bring you up from your graves, O my
people. 14 I will put my spirit within you, and you shall live, and I will
place you on your own soil; then you shall know that I, the Lord, have spoken
and will act, says the Lord.”
“This
is the word of the Lord”
All say “Thanks be to God”.
Ask: Do you think a lot of people are really going
to be brought out of graves? <do we
really know?> Its clear, God said, we shall all receive God’s spirit and
make new lives...
Say: Let us focus on our responsorial Psalm:
< With the Lord there is mercy and
fullness of redemption....>3x
Introduce the
Gospel
Say: Today’s Gospel
reading comes from the book of John. St. John uses this reading to tell us
about a time when Jesus actually did raise a good friend of His from the
dead. Jesus had a friend named Lazarus,
the brother of two other friends that you have probably heard of – Martha and
Mary. Lazarus got sick and died. He had already been buried for four days
before Jesus arrived.
....
Now we will stand to get ready to hear the Gospel
..with No Alleluia!! –J J
In lent
period, we shall not sing the ALLELUIA, BECAUSE it’s a time for us to reflect
to be extra silent in our life style. Sing a song without Alleluia.
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. John.
Glory to You, O Lord
John 11:3-7, 17, 20-27,
31-45. (NRSVCE)
3 So the sisters sent a message to
Jesus,[a] “Lord, he whom you love is ill.” 4 But when Jesus heard it, he said,
“This illness does not lead to death; rather it is for God’s glory, so that the
Son of God may be glorified through it.” 5 Accordingly, though Jesus loved
Martha and her sister and Lazarus, 6 after having heard that Lazarus was ill,
he stayed two days longer in the place where he was.7 Then after this he said to the disciples, “Let us go to Judea again.”
Jesus the Resurrection and the Life
17 When Jesus arrived, he found that Lazarus had already been in the tomb four days.
20 When Martha heard that Jesus was coming, she went and met him, while Mary stayed at home. 21 Martha said to Jesus, “Lord, if you had been here, my brother would not have died. 22 But even now I know that God will give you whatever you ask of him.” 23 Jesus said to her, “Your brother will rise again.” 24 Martha said to him, “I know that he will rise again in the resurrection on the last day.” 25 Jesus said to her, “I am the resurrection and the life. Those who believe in me, even though they die, will live, 26 and everyone who lives and believes in me will never die. Do you believe this?” 27 She said to him, “Yes, Lord, I believe that you are the Messiah, the Son of God, the one coming into the world.”
31 The Jews who were with her in the house, consoling her, saw Mary get up quickly and go out. They followed her because they thought that she was going to the tomb to weep there. 32 When Mary came where Jesus was and saw him, she knelt at his feet and said to him, “Lord, if you had been here, my brother would not have died.” 33 When Jesus saw her weeping, and the Jews who came with her also weeping, he was greatly disturbed in spirit and deeply moved. 34 He said, “Where have you laid him?” They said to him, “Lord, come and see.” 35 Jesus began to weep. 36 So the Jews said, “See how he loved him!” 37 But some of them said, “Could not he who opened the eyes of the blind man have kept this man from dying?”
Jesus Raises Lazarus to Life
38 Then Jesus, again greatly disturbed, came to the tomb. It was a cave, and a stone was lying against it. 39 Jesus said, “Take away the stone.” Martha, the sister of the dead man, said to him, “Lord, already there is a stench because he has been dead four days.” 40 Jesus said to her, “Did I not tell you that if you believed, you would see the glory of God?” 41 So they took away the stone. And Jesus looked upward and said, “Father, I thank you for having heard me. 42 I knew that you always hear me, but I have said this for the sake of the crowd standing here, so that they may believe that you sent me.” 43 When he had said this, he cried with a loud voice, “Lazarus, come out!” 44 The dead man came out, his hands and feet bound with strips of cloth, and his face wrapped in a cloth. Jesus said to them, “Unbind him, and let him go.”
The Plot to Kill Jesus
45 Many of the Jews
therefore, who had come with Mary and had seen what Jesus did, believed in him.
The Gospel of the Lord”
“Praise to you
Lord Jesus Christ”
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(*) Tell your prepared reflecting
story to motivate the children, but according to the Gospel and children’s
level of understanding like in the suggestions below…
Gospel
reflection:
Ask:
What happened? <let the children
retell what they heard> What does this
mean? <it means that Jesus is
stronger than death, it reminds us Easter, that He will soon die and rise again
Himself> This story reminds us one
more time to place our trust in Jesus!
Memory Verse: “John 11:25(“ Jesus said
to her, “I am the resurrection and the life. Those who believe in me, even
though they die, will live.”)
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.
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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 here.
Leader: God gives life to us all and so we
pray together:...
Prayer 1. We pray for world leaders: that the
Holy Spirit will inspire them to do all that they can so that all people can
live life to the full.. We pray to the Lord...
Prayer2. We pray for all our brothers and sisters throughout the
world: that God may give them the opportunity to change their life for the
better. We pray to the
Lord...
Prayer 3. We pray for our parish, family and friends: that Jesus may
bring hope to all as we try to make a change and help other members around us. We pray to the Lord....
Prayer 4. For all people who have
died, especially for whom we remember in a special way at this Mass, Eternal rest grant unto
them oh Lord, and let perpetual light shine upon them.
We pray to the Lord...
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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
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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....
