St. Mbaaga Tuzinde Catholic Church Kiwatule
Sixteenth Sunday in the
Ordinary Time (Year
A)
Sunday
23rd July 2017
Preparing the worship space
Colour: Green
Theme: Wheat and Weeds
Welcome: Today
Jesus tells us the parable of weeds to try to explain what the Kingdom of
Heaven is like. Let’s think some more about this today.
==== 7:00 -
7:03 ===
Entrance Song
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Y5S_-zhHfDA
Be still, for the presence of the Lord, the Holy One, is here;
Come bow before him now with reverence and fear: In him no sin is found - we stand on holy ground.
Be still, for the presence of the Lord, the Holy One, is here.
Come bow before him now with reverence and fear: In him no sin is found - we stand on holy ground.
Be still, for the presence of the Lord, the Holy One, is here.
Be still, for the glory of the Lord is shining all around;
He burns with holy fire, with splendor he is crowned: How awesome is the sight - our radiant King of light!
Be still, for the glory of the Lord is shining all around.
He burns with holy fire, with splendor he is crowned: How awesome is the sight - our radiant King of light!
Be still, for the glory of the Lord is shining all around.
Ask: What was last week’s theme? < “Seeds….”> < “We talked about how Jesus’ teachings are
like seeds and we are the soil that the seeds fall upon. We said we should be the good soil so that we may be
fruitful”.>
//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…
Oh Lord Have Mercy
//Oh Lord have mercy (Lord have mercy)
Oh Lord have mercy (Lord have mercy)// x2
Jesus Christ, Son of God have mercy x2
//Oh
Lord have mercy (Lord have mercy)
Oh
Lord have mercy (Lord have mercy)// x2
==== 7:11 - 7:14 ====
With a loud voice lets sing the Gloria!
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: Jesus, our teacher, help
us to hear and understand what you ask of us, and to try to become the best
people we can be. Amen.
=== 7:14 -
7:19 ====
Liturgy of the Word
Introduce the
first reading.
Today’s first reading is from the Old
Testament book of Wisdom. We know that God is all powerful. We trust in God’s justice and mercy. We trust
that God will judge us fairly. In this reading, we also hear something about
how we, God’s people, should act if we want to do good. Listen closely to the reading and see if you
can hear what it is.>
A prepared child/children come and take the
reading.
Wisdom 12: 13, 16-19 (GNT)
13 All things are under your care, and
there is no other god to whom you must justify your decisions.
16 Your strength
is the source of justice. You can show mercy to everyone, because you are the
Lord of all. 17 You show your
strength when people doubt that your power is perfect, and you punish anyone
who knows your power but dares to ignore it. 18 Even though you have absolute power, you are a
merciful judge. You could take action against us whenever you like, but
instead, you rule us with great patience.
19 By the things
you have done you have taught your people that a person who is righteous must
also be kind. You have given your people abundant hope by allowing them to
repent of their sins.
This is the word of the
Lord;
All say “Thanks be to God”.
Ask: Did you hear anything
special about how we should act? <God tells us that if we want to be good, we
will do what God does – we will care about others> Sometimes we get so
involved with doing good things that we forget that what we are supposed to do
most of all is love others.
Say: Let us now focus on our responsorial Psalm:
< Lord, you are good and forgiving…>
3x
Introducing the
Gospel
Say: Today’s Gospel reading comes from the book of
Matthew 13:24-30. Matthew brings us another parable to go along with the one
from last week. Today we hear about some seeds which grow very well, both good
crops and weeds. The question is: what do we do when it is time to harvest the
crop? Remember that a PARABLE is a teaching story. See if you can find out who the plants are
and who the farmer is.
...with Alleluia!! –
We
sing while standing and welcome 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!!!>x
2
The leader
reading the gospel, silently says: “Cleanse our
hearts and our lips almighty God, that we 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. Matthew.
Glory to You, O Lord
Matthew 13:24-30
(GNT)
The Parable
of the Weeds.
24 Jesus told them another parable: “The kingdom
of heaven is like a man who sowed good seed in his field. 25 But while everyone
was sleeping, his enemy came and sowed weeds among the wheat, and went away. 26
When the wheat sprouted and formed heads, then the weeds also appeared.
27 “The owner’s servants came to him and said,
‘Sir, didn’t you sow good seed in your field? Where then did the weeds come
from?’
28 “‘An enemy did this,’ he replied.
“The servants asked him, ‘Do you want us to go
and pull them up?’
29 “‘No,’ he answered, ‘because while you are
pulling the weeds, you may uproot the wheat with them. 30 Let both grow
together until the harvest. At that time I will tell the harvesters: First
collect the weeds and tie them in bundles to be burned; then gather the wheat
and bring it into my barn.’
The Gospel
of the Lord”
“Praise to you
Lord Jesus Christ”
==== 7:19 - 7:24 ====
(*) 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: Can anyone tell me about the plants, the good
crops and the weeds? <the good crops are people who follow God’s
laws and the weeds are the ones who don’t> Who is the farmer? <GOD> Who planted the weeds? <the
devil> What happens next? How does the farmer get rid of his
problem? <he waits until harvest time to make the judgment> What might this mean to us? <that
it is God’s job to figure out who does right and wrong>
Memory Verse: Mathew
“43 Then the righteous will shine like the sun in the kingdom of
their Father.” Whoever has ears, let
them hear.
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 here.
Leader: let
us try to listen to Jesus as we pray together:
Prayer
1. Let
us pray for all the clergy, that as they spread the message of love, as
Jesus Christ instructed, people’s hearts may change to become like a good crop to
be more fruitful. We pray to the Lord...
Prayer2.
Let
us pray for all people that grow crops to feed themselves and to feed others:
that they may have a good harvest to also get money out of it to cater for a
better future. We pray to the Lord....
Prayer
3.
We
pray for our parish, family and friends: that we may help others to learn and
do all that we can to be the best people we can be
Prayer
4.
And
for all of us gathered here, may our Lord, Jesus Christ be with us when we find
things difficult, and strengthen us as we help each other, so that all people
may have hope for the future. 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 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....
