Twenty-Fourth Sunday in
the Ordinary Time(Year
A)
Sunday
17th September, 2017
Preparing the worship space
Colour: Green
Theme: Forgiveness. What does forgiveness mean? <it means to let go of the
mean feelings in your heart towards that person>
Welcome: Today Jesus
talks about forgiveness – about how God is always ready to forgive us if we say
sorry. And about how we should try to forgive others if they say sorry to us.
Let’s think a bit more about this today.
==== 7:00 - 7:03 ===
Entrance Song
Chorus
He said freely freely
You have
received
Freely
freely give
Go in My
name
And because
you believe
Others will
know that I live
Verse 1
God forgave my sin in Jesus'
name
I've been
born again in Jesus' name
And in
Jesus' name I come to you
To share His
love as He told me to
Verse 2
All pow'r is giv'n in Jesus'
name
In earth and
heav'n in Jesus' name
And in
Jesus' name I come to you
To share His
pow'r as He told me to
Ask: What was last week’s theme? <“Talk in Private....”> <“ Last week we talked
about what to do when we knew of someone who sinned, who did something wrong...”>
//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…
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
Merciful God, we are truly sorry for the things
that we have done wrong. Forgive us and help us to try to forgive others as
your son Jesus teaches us... Amen
.
=== 7:14 -
7:19 ====
Liturgy of the Word
Introduce the first
reading.
Today’s
first reading is from the Old Testament book of Sirach. Do you know the Golden
Rule? <do to others what you would
want them to do to you> Listen to today’s reading, we will hear how God will
treat us. Listen and see if it is the
same.
A prepared child/children come and take the
reading.
Sirach 27:30-28:7 (GNT)
Resentment (treated unfairly)
30 Anger and a hot temper are horrible things, but
sinners have both. 28 1 The Lord is taking note of your sins, and if you take
vengeance on someone, the Lord will take vengeance on you. 2 But if you forgive
someone who has wronged you, your sins will be forgiven when you pray. 3 You
cannot expect the Lord to pardon you while you are holding a grudge against
someone else. 4 You yourself are a sinner, and if you won't forgive another
person, you have no right to pray that the Lord will forgive your sins. 5 If
you cannot get rid of your anger, you have no hope of forgiveness—you are only
a human being. 6 Think about it! Some day you will die, and your body will
decay. So give up hate and live by the Lord's commands, 7 the commands in the
covenant of the Most High. Instead of getting upset over your neighbour's faults, overlook them.
This is the word of the Lord;
All say “Thanks be to God”.
Ask: Did you hear how God will treat us? <God
will do to us what we do to other people> If we forgive other people, then God will
forgive us.
Let us now focus on our responsorial Psalm:
< The Lord is kind and merciful.…>
3x
Introducing the
Gospel
Say: Today’s Gospel reading comes from the New Testament book of Matthew. In
the Gospel today, we hear Jesus talk about forgiveness. St. Peter asked Jesus how many times they had
to forgive people who hurt them. He
asked if 7 times was enough. Listen to
the parable Jesus told Peter and see if you can hear how many times we need to
forgive each other..
....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 18:21-35 (GNT)
The
Parable of the Unforgiving Servant
21
Then Peter came to Jesus and asked, “Lord, if my brother keeps on sinning
against me, how many times do I have to forgive him? Seven times?”
22
“No, not seven times,” answered Jesus, “but seventy times seven, [a] 23 because
the Kingdom of heaven is like this. Once there was a king who decided to check
on his servants' accounts. 24 He had just begun to do so when one of them was
brought in who owed him millions of dollars. 25 The servant did not have enough
to pay his debt, so the king ordered him to be sold as a slave, with his wife
and his children and all that he had, in order to pay the debt. 26 The servant
fell on his knees before the king. ‘Be patient with me,’ he begged, ‘and I will
pay you everything!’ 27 The king felt sorry for him, so he forgave him the debt
and let him go.
28
“Then the man went out and met one of his fellow servants who owed him a few
dollars. He grabbed him and started choking him. ‘Pay back what you owe me!’ he
said. 29 His fellow servant fell down and begged him, ‘Be patient with me, and
I will pay you back!’ 30 But he refused; instead, he had him thrown into jail
until he should pay the debt. 31 When the other servants saw what had happened,
they were very upset and went to the king and told him everything. 32 So he
called the servant in. ‘You worthless slave!’ he said. ‘I forgave you the whole
amount you owed me, just because you asked me to. 33 You should have had mercy
on your fellow servant, just as I had mercy on you.’ 34 The king was very
angry, and he sent the servant to jail to be punished until he should pay back
the whole amount.”
35
And Jesus concluded, “That is how my Father in heaven will treat every one of
you unless you forgive your brother from your heart.”
“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: Ask: Did
you hear how many times we are supposed to forgive each other? <70
times 7>
Say: Tell me about the story. <let
the children retell the story> Jesus taught by using stories. What does this story tell us? <that
we need to treat each other the way that we want God to treat us, if we want
God’s forgiveness for our sins, we must forgive others>
Memory Verse: Mathew
“Matthew 18:22
“…. <Jesus
said, forgive seventy times seven>....”
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: We join together now in prayer to God who loves and forgives us:….
Prayer 1. We
pray for the Church throughout the world: that it may be a living example of
God’s love and forgiveness for all.
We pray to the Lord...
Prayer 2
We pray for our
parish, family and friends: that we may do our best to treat each other better
and to say sorry when we have done something wrong... We pray to
the Lord...
Prayer 3.
We pray for our parish,
family and friends: that we may try to help others to see that they need to
make a change, so that they no longer hurt others and the world becomes a
better place for all to live.
We pray to the Lord...
Prayer 4. God of love, you forgive us when
we go wrong. Encourage us to try again to be better and helps us to share your
forgiveness with others. Guide us to do what is right and to make this world a
fairer place.
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....