St. Mbaaga Tuzinde Catholic Church Kiwatule
Twenty-Ninth Sunday in
the Ordinary Time (Year
A)
Sunday
22nd October, 2017
Preparing the worship space.
Colour: Green
Theme Number
One
==== 7:00 - 7:03 ====
Welcome: Today we hear how some people tried to trick
Jesus, but He was too clever for them!
What does it mean
to win first place? <to get the highest score, to be first out
of all the players> What does it mean “to be Number 1”? <to
be the best!> Let us talk about who should be Number 1 in our lives.
==== 7:00 - 7:03 ===
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 Cake...”>. We talked about the life that God wants for
all of us. And we leant that heaven is like a party God invites us to. We discussed that He asks us all to join Him
but we don’t always say YES!
//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, ,,
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
God of all, you call
us to love you and to care for one another. May we never forget what you ask of
us. Help us to reach out to each other in love.... Amen
.
=== 7:14 -
7:19 ====
Liturgy of the Word
Introduction of the
first reading.
Today’s first reading is from the Old Testament book of the
prophet Isaiah. God is talking to a man named Cyrus. God did some wonderful things for Cyrus. God is telling Cyrus (and us!) why we should
praise Him. A prepared child/children come and take the
reading.
Isaiah 45:1,
4-6 (GNT)
The Lord
Appoints Cyrus
45 The Lord has chosen Cyrus to be king.
He has appointed him to conquer nations;
he sends him to strip
kings of their power;
the Lord will open the
gates of cities for him. To Cyrus the Lord says,.”
4 I appoint you to help my servant Israel,
the people that I have
chosen.
I have given you great honor,
although you do not know
me.
5 “I am the Lord; there is no other god.
I will give you the
strength you need,
although you do not know
me.
6 I do this so that everyone
from one end of the
world to the other
may know that I am the
Lord
and that there is no
other god.
This is the word of the Lord;
All say “Thanks be to God”.
Ask: Did you hear any reason why Cyrus should praise God? <God helped him conquer other nations,
God helped him remove other kings from power, God made Cyrus strong> Why should we praise God? <help children respond – Because God
helps us to be strong, God gives us people to love us and food to eat, God made
the world for us, God sent Jesus for us>
Let us now focus on our responsorial Psalm:
< Give
the Lord glory and honor....…>
3x
Introducing the
Gospel
Say: Today’s Gospel reading comes from the book of
Matthew, It tells us that;
Many times while Jesus was
talking and teaching, important Jews would try to trick Him and get Him to say
something that would hurt Him or prove Him to be a liar. Today we hear that,
some Jewish priests were trying to get Jesus to say something bad about the
Roman ruler, who was called an Emperor.
Listen and see what Jesus says to them…
...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 22:15-21 (GNT)
The
Question about Paying Taxes
15 The Pharisees went off
and made a plan to trap Jesus with questions. 16 Then they sent to him some of
their disciples and some members of Herod's party. “Teacher,” they said, “we
know that you tell the truth. You teach the truth about God's will for people,
without worrying about what others think, because you pay no attention to anyone's
status. 17 Tell us, then, what do you think? Is it against our Law to pay taxes
to the Roman Emperor, or not?”
18 Jesus, however, was aware
of their evil plan, and so he said, “You hypocrites! Why are you trying to trap
me? 19 Show me the coin for paying the tax!”
They brought him the coin,
20 and he asked them, “Whose face and name are these?”
21 “The Emperor's,” they
answered.
So Jesus said to them,
“Well, then, pay to the Emperor what belongs to the Emperor, and pay to God
what belongs to God.”
“The Gospel
of the Lord”
All say “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 the Jewish priests? <to
give to the Emperor what belongs to him and to give to God what belongs to God>
What do you think that means?
<discuss> If Jesus said
something bad about the Emperor, the priest would have had him put in
jail. Jesus knew this and wanted to
remind them that God is Number 1.
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 22:21
“…. <
“So Jesus said to them, “Well, then, pay to the Emperor what belongs to the
Emperor, and pay to God what belongs to God”.>....”.
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.
==== 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: Let’s We pray together to God who welcomes everyone::
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 all members of our global family: that together we may do all that we
can to share fairly and bring an end to poverty. We pray
to the Lord....
Prayer 3. We pray for our parish, family and friends: that we
may do our best to live the way God wants us to and share all that we have so
everyone has enough...
We pray to the Lord...
Prayer 4. Patient
and loving God, be with us as we try to care for one another, help one another,
share with one another and work together to make the world a fairer place for
everyone to live. 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....
