Twenty-second Sunday in
the Ordinary Time(Year
A)
Sunday
10th September, 2017
Preparing the worship space
Colour: Green
Theme: Talk in Private.
Welcome: In today’s
gospel Jesus encourages us to meet together in his name and says he will be
with us. When do we meet together in His name? How about here and now today?
Let’s think a bit more about this together...
==== 7:00 - 7:03 ===
Entrance Song
I have decided, to follow
Jesus.x3
Oh no turning back, no
turning back…
The world behind me, The CROSS before me x 3
Oh, no turning back, no turning back…
Ask: What was last week’s theme? <“A cross....”> <“We learnt that sometimes its difficult to do God’s
work. Even prophet Jeremiah
one
time complained to God...”>
//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 – 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
Christ Jesus, be with us now as we gather together
in your name. Guide us in all that we say and all that we do, as we try to
follow you ... Amen
.
=== 7:14 -
7:19 ====
Liturgy of the Word
Introduce the first
reading.
The
first reading today is from the Old Testament book of Ezekiel. In this reading,
the Lord tells Ezekiel that being good is not enough. We have to do more. Listen closely and see if you can hear what
else the Lord asks Ezekiel to do...
A prepared child/children come and take the
reading.
Ezekiel 33:7-9 GNT
7 “Now, mortal man, I am making you a lookout for
the nation of Israel. You must pass on to them the warnings I give you. 8 If I
announce that an evil person is going to die but you do not warn him to change
his ways so that he can save his life, then he will die, still a sinner, and I
will hold you responsible for his death. 9 If you do warn an evil person and he
doesn't stop sinning, he will die, still a sinner, but your life will be
spared.”
This is the word of the Lord;
All say “Thanks be to God”.
Ask: Did you hear what else God asked? <God asked Ezekiel to help others to be
good> When someone else does
wrong, can that ever be your fault? <NO – discuss>
Let us now focus on our responsorial Psalm:
< If today you hear God’s voice, harden
not your hearts..!.…> 3x
Say: Today’s Gospel reading comes from the New Testament book written by St.
Matthew. This reading is about a time
when Jesus was telling some people how to treat someone who sins, someone who
did something wrong. Think about that
for a minute. What do you do when you
see someone do something wrong? <let the children answer, and etc.> okay now listen
to hear what Jesus told his friends to do.
....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
Matt 18:15-17 (GNT)
When
Someone Sins
15
“If your brother sins against you,[a] go to him and show him his fault. But do
it privately, just between yourselves. If he listens to you, you have won your
brother back.
16
But if he will not listen to you, take one or two other persons with you, so
that ‘every accusation may be upheld by the testimony of two or more
witnesses,’ as the scripture says. 17 And if he will not listen to them, then
tell the whole thing to the church. Finally, if he will not listen to the
church, treat him as though he were a pagan or a tax collector.
“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 did Jesus tell his friends to do? <to tell the person what they did wrong> This is important – did Jesus say to talk to
other people about it? <no> How are we supposed to tell the
person who did something wrong? <in private – just the two of you> Why do you think he said to tell them
privately? <to give them a chance to do better, to fix the problem, so that no one
else needed to know about the sin>
Say: Jesus loves us.
He wants us all to do the right thing.
But we all make mistakes and do things that are not right. Jesus asks us to help each other to be good.
Memory Verse: Mathew
“Matthew 18:17
“….
if he will not listen to the church, treat him as though he were a pagan....”
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: We are gathered here in Jesus’ name today
and so we pray together….
Prayer 1. We pray for the Church throughout the world: that everyone
may know that she works in Jesus’ name, who came to bring good news to the
poor.
We pray to the Lord...
Prayer 2
We pray for our brothers and sisters around the world: that they may all have
the chance to know that someone cares about them. We pray to the Lord...
Prayer 3.
We pray for our parish,
family and friends: that we may invite Jesus to be with us in all we do, and
that we may treat all people as they would wish to be treated. We pray to the Lord...
Prayer 4. Christ
Jesus, we thank you for being with us. Watch over us. Help us to work together
in peace and unity, so that we do not feel discriminated in anyway. 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....
