St. Mbaaga Tuzinde Catholic Church Kiwatule
Thirty-First Sunday in
the Ordinary Time (Year
A)
Sunday
5th November, 2017
Preparing the worship space.
Colour: Green
Theme: Bible
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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
O Lord, all the world
belongs to you.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=T13JYd_oi54
O Lord, all the
world belongs to You
and You are always
making all things new.
What is wrong, You
forgive,
and the new life
You give
is what’s turning
the world upside down.
The world’s only
loving to its friends,
but Your way of
loving never ends,
loving enemies too;
and this loving
with You
is what’s turning
the world upside down.
Ask: What was last week’s theme? <“ The Ten commandment...”>. We talked about the 2 greatest commandments,
which also included all 10 that God gave Moses.
We learned that we must first of
all love and honor God, and then love our neighbors as we love ourselves.J
//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
God of truth, help
us not to be distracted by what is not important. Help us to always listen to Jesus
and to follow him...... Amen
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7:19 ====
Liturgy of the Word
Introduction of the
first reading.
Say: Today’s first reading
is from the Old Testament book of Malachi.
When you do the right
thing, sometimes you can help someone else do the right thing too. Today’s reading from the book of Malachi
tells about God talking to some of the priests of the church. Listen and see if you can understand God’s
message.... A prepared child/children come and take the
reading.
Malachi 2:8-10
(GNT)
8 “But now you priests have turned away from the
right path. Your teaching has led many to do wrong. You have broken the
covenant I made with you. 9 So I, in turn, will make the people of Israel
despise you because you do not obey my will, and when you teach my people, you
do not treat everyone alike.”
The People's Unfaithfulness to God
10 Don't we all have the same father? Didn't the
same God create us all? Then why do we break our promises to one another, and
why do we despise the covenant that God made with our ancestors?
This is the word of the Lord;
All say “Thanks be to God”.
Ask: What did God say to the priests?
<He said that they set a bad example, he said that some people turned
away from God because of the way they acted> God wants us to remember that we are all
God’s children, God wants us to help others to find Him.
Let us now focus on our responsorial Psalm:
< Teach
me your ways, O Lord.....…>
3x
Introducing the
Gospel
Say: Today’s
Gospel reading comes from the book of Matthew, here, Jesus tells the people
that the priests are experts about scripture.
He tells the people to listen to them.
But then he says something surprising.
Listen to what Jesus said about some leaders.…
...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 23:1-12G (GNT)
Jesus
Warns against the Teachers of the Law and the Pharisees
23 Then
Jesus spoke to the crowds and to his disciples. 2 “The teachers of the Law and
the Pharisees are the authorized interpreters of Moses' Law. 3 So you must obey
and follow everything they tell you to do; do not, however, imitate their
actions, because they don't practice what they preach. 4 They tie onto people's
backs loads that are heavy and hard to carry, yet they aren't willing even to
lift a finger to help them carry those loads. 5 They do everything so that
people will see them. Look at the straps with scripture verses on them which
they wear on their foreheads and arms, and notice how large they are! Notice
also how long are the tassels on their cloaks![a] 6 They love the best places
at feasts and the reserved seats in the synagogues; 7 they love to be greeted
with respect in the marketplaces and to have people call them ‘Teacher.’ 8 You
must not be called ‘Teacher,’ because you are all equal and have only one
Teacher. 9 And you must not call anyone here on earth ‘Father,’ because you
have only the one Father in heaven. 10 Nor should you be called ‘Leader,’
because your one and only leader is the Messiah. 11 The greatest one among you
must be your servant. 12 Whoever makes himself great will be humbled, and
whoever humbles himself will be made great.
“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: What did Jesus say? <He
said to listen but NOT to do what they do> Sometimes our leaders say one thing but do
something different. He reminds us that
God is our number 1 teacher. Listen and
learn from others, but always go back to God to help you decide what is right.
Memory Verse:
“Matthew 23:11
“…. <“
The greatest one among you must be your servant”>....”.
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 believe that we are meant to be people who care for each other and so
we pray together:
Prayer 1. We pray for the Church throughout the world: that
she may be a living example of God’s love for all people, especially those who
are in need. We pray to the Lord...
Prayer 2.
We
pray for all our brothers and sisters around the world: that together with
them, we will build a better world... We pray
to the Lord....
Prayer 3. We pray for our
parish, family and friends: that we may love God with all our hearts and be
inspired to reach out in love to others.....
We pray to the Lord...
Prayer 4. Christ Jesus, you came into the world to show us
how to live as servants to others. Let our love for you be shown in how we care
for all people, especially those who are poor.. 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....