St. Mbaaga Tuzinde Catholic Church Kiwatule
Thirtieth Sunday in the
Ordinary Time (Year
A)
Sunday
29th October, 2017
Preparing the worship space.
Colour: Green
Theme: The Ten
Commandments
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Welcome: Today Jesus gives the disciples & us two
commandments for how we should live our lives. Let’s think a bit more about
them and how we can follow them now. Our theme is showing all the commandments.
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Entrance Song
Seek first the kingdom of heaven,
And all the rest will fall in line,
Give God his due, and God will give back to you Turn your water
into wine.
Some men are money mad
Go about richly clad
Seeking the rainbow’s end
I tell you God He will surely ditch
All those among the rich
Who have no poor man friend
Some men are barely fed
Begging their crust of bread
From dawn to setting sun
I tell you God will give liberty
To those in poverty
A feast to everyone
Ask: What was last week’s theme? <“ A number 1...”>. We talked about making sure that God is the
Number 1 priority in our lives.
Sometimes we get so busy that we forget – but God always remembers us!
//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.
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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, ,,
Glory, glory sing glory to God
Hear the good news
of his word, ,,
Glory, glory sing glory to God
Share the sound of
hope we’ve heard. ,,
Glory, glory sing glory to God
God of love, Glory
to God
God of splendor,
Glory to God
God of life, Glory
to God. Let us sing “Glory, glory sing glory to God x2”
Opening Prayer
Merciful and
ever-loving God, open our hearts to love and serve you in all that we do. Help
us to reach out in love to one another around us..... Amen
.
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7:19 ====
Liturgy of the Word
Introduction of the
first reading.
Today’s first(its actually the second) reading is from the first
New Testament letter of St. Paul to the Thessalonian people, Is it easy to be
good? <sometimes> If you are good,
if you behave the way you are supposed to, what happens to your friends around
you? <they see you and sometimes it
helps them to be good, too> When we set a good example, others follow... A prepared child/children come and take the reading.
1
Thessalonians 1:5-8a (GNT)
5 For we brought the Good News to you, not with words only, but
also with power and the Holy Spirit, and with complete conviction of its truth.
You know how we lived when we were with you; it was for your own good. 6 You
imitated us and the Lord; and even though you suffered much, you received the
message with the joy that comes from the Holy Spirit. 7 So you became an
example to all believers in Macedonia and Achaia. 8 For not only did the
message about the Lord go out from you throughout Macedonia and Achaia, but the
news about your faith in God has gone everywhere. There is nothing, then, that
we need to say.
This is the word of the Lord;
All say “Thanks be to God”.
Ask: What did St. Paul tell you? <let
the children respond> St. Paul
talks about “telling you the good news”.
What is the “good news”? The
“good news” is information about the life, death and resurrection of Jesus
Christ. When we say “good news”
today, we are talking about the Gospels.
Let us now focus on our responsorial Psalm:
< I
love you, Lord, my strength.....…>
3x
Introducing the
Gospel
Say: Today’s Gospel reading comes from the book of
St. Matthew, When Jesus was here on earth, He and His family belonged to a
church just like you do. He belonged to
the Jewish religion. The Jewish religion
had a sacred Scripture, words from God – to help them know how to live. This Scripture is part of our Bible too. It is part of what we call the Old
Testament. In the Old Testament, we hear
that God has told us many things over the years, many ways to live a good
life. Often, people misunderstood and
did the wrong things anyway.…
...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 22:34-40 (GNT)
The
Great Commandment
34 When the Pharisees heard
that Jesus had silenced the Sadducees, they came together, 35 and one of them,
a teacher of the Law, tried to trap him with a question. 36 “Teacher,” he
asked, “which is the greatest commandment in the Law?”
37 Jesus answered, “‘Love
the Lord your God with all your heart, with all your soul, and with all your
mind.’ 38 This is the greatest and the most important commandment. 39 The
second most important commandment is like it: ‘Love your neighbor as you love
yourself.’ 40 The whole Law of Moses and the teachings of the prophets depend
on these two commandments.”
“The Gospel
of the Lord”
All say “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 at children’s level of
understanding like in the suggestions below…
Gospel reflection:
Ask: Which commandment did Jesus pick? <LOVE> Is LOVE one of the Commandments? <not
exactly> How many commandments
did God give Moses? <10>
Jesus explained all of the commandments by telling how they were all
about LOVE.
Say: Your parent letter will list all 10 of the
commandments. Look at them
carefully. The first 3 commandments are
all about loving God. The next 7
commandments are all about loving other people.
So Jesus answered the priests truly without saying anything that would
get him into trouble with them.
Say: God doesn’t cause wars or problems for
us. God is the reason that we are
happy. If we put God first, everything
else will fall where they belong!
Memory Verse:
“Matthew 22:37
“…. <“Love
the Lord your God with all your heart, with all your soul, and with all your
mind.”>....”. x3
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.
We believe that God is
generous and fair and so we pray together:
Leader: We love God with all our hearts and so we pray together:
Prayer 1. We pray for world leaders: that they may make sure
all people have their fair share of the gifts that God has given us.…. We
pray to the Lord...
Prayer 2.
We
pray for our neighbours around the world: that they may get a fair price for
the things that they grow and that they may have all that they need to live.. We pray
to the Lord....
Prayer 3. We pray for our parish, family and friends: that we
may reach out in love to our neighbours around the world and do all we can to
help make sure all people are treated fairly....
We pray to the Lord...
Prayer 4. God of life, we love you, we thank you and we
praise you for all that you have done for us. Help us to love our neighbours,
both here and beyond, and treat all people as we would wish to be treated.. 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....
