Children’s Liturgy
Twenty-Sixth Sunday in
the Ordinary Time(Year
A)
Sunday
1st October, 2017
Preparing the worship space
Colour: Green
Theme: Question
Mark
Props: Colouring pencils
or crayons, manila, ask children to draw or write what they question themselves
and not been answered.
At church time, a child takes it to the ALTER.
==== 7:00 - 7:03 ====
Welcome: Today we hear about two sons who are both asked to help their
father. Let’s think a bit about how we can help other people today. Let’s also think
about how we listen to what God asks of us and how we can do what is asked.
==== 7:00 - 7:03 ===
Entrance Song https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=l8w5AeZtOqs
The B-I-B-L-E
The B-I-B-L-E
Yes, that's the
book for me
I stand alone on
the Word of God
The B-I-B-L-E x2
Give me B, B
Give me I, I
Give me B, B
Give me L E, L E!
The B-I-B-L-E
Yes, that's the
book for me
I stand alone on
the Word of God
The B-I-B-L-E
Ask: What was last week’s theme? <“Coin....”> <WAGE/ SALARY> We talked about how generous God is to
us. He gives us everything even when we
don’t deserve it
//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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7:03 - 7:08 ====
NEWS TIME :-)
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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
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.3
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 ====
With a loud voice lets sing the Gloria!
GLORIA
– Song of Glory
Sing to God,
Glory, glory sing
glory to God x2
God’s own son has
come to earth,
Glory, glory sing
glory to God
Celebrate his
wonderful birth, ,,
Hear the good news
of his word, ,,
Share the sound of
hope we’ve heard. ,,
God of love, Glory
to God
God of splendor,
Glory to God
God of life, Glory
to God. ,, Glory, glory sing
glory to God x2
Let
us sing, Glory to God
Sing his praise,
glory to God
Sing of peace,
Glory to God.
Glory, glory sing
glory to God x2
Opening Prayer
God of love, open our ears to
listen to your word. Lead us to help one another and to live our lives as you
ask us to. We ask this through Christ our Lord.... Amen
.
=== 7:14 -
7:19 ====
Liturgy of the Word
Introduction of the
first reading.
Today’s first reading, God is talking with Ezekiel. The people of Israel were complaining that
God wasn’t fair to them. He answered
back in this reading that he is fair. He
talks about people living and dying.
Listen to the reading and see if you think that God really meant actual
life and death or if you think he might mean something else..
A prepared child/children come and take the
reading.
Ezekiel
18:25-28 (GNT)
25 “But you say, ‘What the Lord does isn't right.’ Listen to me,
you Israelites. Do you think my way of doing things isn't right? It is your way
that isn't right. 26 When a righteous person stops doing good and starts doing
evil and then dies, he dies because of the evil he has done.
27 When someone evil stops
sinning and does what is right and good, he saves his life. 28 He realizes what
he is doing and stops sinning, so he will certainly not die, but go on living.
This is the word of the Lord;
All say “Thanks be to God”.
Ask: What did you hear that tells about life or death? <that if you do what God wants you to
do, you will live and if you don’t you will die> Like when you look into
your parent’s face after you do something wrong, what does that feel like? <BAD> Imagine God sees those things people can’t see. Let’s insist
on doing good, okay?
Let us now focus on our responsorial Psalm:
< Remember your mercies, O Lord..…>
3x
Introducing the
Gospel
Say: Today’s Gospel reading, Jesus was talking with
some of the important people in the Jewish church. He was trying to tell them about how to get
to heaven. Let us listen to another parable
of a vineyard owner. This man sends two of his sons to work in his vineyard...
....with Alleluia!! –
We
sing while standing and welcome the gospel!!
Chorus: Halleluiah, Halleluiah x3 Yelele yelele
Halleluiah.
1. Eyende mbele, Halleluiah x3 Yelele yelele
Halleluiah.
2.
Moto, moto, Halleluiah x3 Yelele yelele Halleluiah
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 21:28-32 (GNT)
The
Parable of the Two Sons
28 “Now, what do you think?
There was once a man who had two sons. He went to the older one and said, ‘Son,
go and work in the vineyard today.’ 29 ‘I don't want to,’ he answered, but
later he changed his mind and went. 30 Then the father went to the other son and
said the same thing. ‘Yes, sir,’ he answered, but he did not go. 31 Which one
of the two did what his father wanted?”
“The older one,” they
answered.
So Jesus said to them, “I
tell you: the tax collectors and the prostitutes are going into the Kingdom of
God ahead of you. 32 For John the Baptist came to you showing you the right
path to take, and you would not believe him; but the tax collectors and the
prostitutes believed him. Even when you saw this, you did not later change your
minds and believe him.
“The Gospel
of the Lord”
Glory and 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 at children’s level of
understanding like in the suggestions below…
Gospel reflection:
Ask: What happened? <let
the children retell what they heard>
Which son did what his father asked?
<the one who said NO at first
and then went to do the work>
Say: Jesus was trying to tell the important priests
that even if they did all the right things in their church, the most important
thing they needed to do was to LOVE. God
asks us to love each other. That’s
number one! God told them that the
regular people who made lots of mistakes would go to heaven sooner than the
important priests would because they listened and changed their behavior. They believed in what Jesus said and they
shared his love!
Memory Verse: Mathew
“Matthew 21:29
“…. <‘I
don't want to,’ he answered, but later he changed his mind and went.>....”
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.
We believe that God is
generous and fair and so we pray together:
Leader: We know that God loves us and so we have the courage to pray together:...
Prayer 1. We
pray for world leaders: that they may never forget people who are poor and may
make decisions for the good of all
people…
We pray to the Lord...
Prayer 2
We pray for all our
brothers and sisters throughout the world: that they may
have the
chance to grow their way out of poverty...
We pray to the Lord...
Prayer 3.
We pray for our parish, our families and
our friends: that we may be moved to share what we have with others, especially
those who are poor or in need…
We pray to the Lord...
Prayer 4.
Loving God, help us to work together to
build a brighter world, where each of us can become the best person we can be.
Let us learn from communities around the world, who are working hard to grow... 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....
