Second Sunday of Lent (Year B) Family Fast Day 25th
February, 2018
Preparing the
worship space
Theme: Be Still
Colour: Purple
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Entrance Song
Be Still For The Presence of the Lord…
Be still for the presence of the Lord
The holy one is here
Come bow before him now
With reverence and fear
In him no sin is found
We stand on holy ground
Be still for the presence of the Lord
The holy one is here
Welcome; Today we
hear a voice from the clouds saying “This is my Son, the Beloved. Listen to
him.” How do we listen to Jesus in our lives? And how do we respond to what we
hear about Jesus? Let’s think a bit more about that today.
//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.
==== 7:03 - 7:08 ====
NEWS TIME :-)
==== 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.
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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*GLORIA*
In lent period, we
shall not sing the Gloria
because it’s a time
for us to reflect on the
quality of our life
style.
Opening Prayer
God of mercy, you ask us to listen to your Son, Jesus.
Open our ears to hear your Word and fill our hearts with your love so that we
may change our lives and so change the lives of others.... Amen.
=== 7:14 -
7:19 ====
Liturgy of
the Word
First Reading, Introduce the reading.
Say: Today’s first reading is from the Old
Testament book of Genesis. This reading will be familiar to many of you and its
demonstrated in picture form. It is
about a special moment when God sent an angel to Abraham to stop him from
killing his son Isaac. <covenant>
in form of rainbow.
A prepared child/children come and take the
first reading or second reading.
First Reading
Genesis 22:1-2, 9-12,
God Commands Abraham to Offer Isaac, but just
before killing his son, an angel stops him..
22 Sometime later God tested Abraham; he
called to him, “Abraham!” And Abraham answered, “Yes, here I am!” 2 “Take your
son,” God said, “your only son, Isaac, whom you love so much, and go to the
land of Moriah. There on a mountain that I will show you, offer him as a
sacrifice to me.” 9
When they came to the place which God had told him about, Abraham built an altar
and arranged the wood on it. He tied up his son and placed him on the altar, on
top of the wood. 10 Then he picked up the knife to kill him. 11 But the angel
of the Lord called to him from heaven, “Abraham, Abraham!”
He
answered, “Yes, here I am.”
12
“Don't hurt the boy or do anything to him,” he said. “Now I know that you honor
and obey God, because you have not kept back your only son from him.”.
“This is the word of the Lord”
All say “Thanks be to God”.
Ask: Why did God put Abraham to a test? <Discus>
Let us focus on our responsorial Psalm:
< I
will walk in the presence of the Lordin the land of the living....>3x.
Introduce the
Gospel
Today’s Gospel reading comes from the book of Mark. In this
reading, we hear about a time that Jesus went on a mountaintop with some of his
friends. Something really amazing
happened. Pretend that you are a friend of Jesus and were on the
mountaintop. Listen closely to hear what
happened.
Now we will stand to get ready to hear the Gospel
In lent period, we shall not sing the hallelujah,
because it’s a time
for us to reflect on the
quality of our life
style. But another song without an hallelujah can be sang.
Silently the leader says:” Cleanse my heart and my lips,
almighty God, that I 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
Mark 9:2-10(GNT)
The Transfiguration
2 Six days later Jesus took with him Peter, James,
and John, and led them up a high mountain, where they were alone. As they
looked on, a change came over Jesus, 3 and his clothes became shining
white—whiter than anyone in the world could wash them. 4 Then the three
disciples saw Elijah and Moses talking with Jesus. 5 Peter spoke up and said to
Jesus, “Teacher, how good it is that we are here! We will make three tents, one
for you, one for Moses, and one for Elijah.” 6 He and the others were so frightened
that he did not know what to say. 7 Then a cloud appeared and covered them with
its shadow, and a voice came from the cloud, “This is my own dear Son—listen to
him!” 8 They took a quick look around but did not see anyone else; only Jesus
was with them.9 As they came down the mountain, Jesus ordered them, “Don't tell
anyone what you have seen, until the Son of Man has risen from death.”10 They
obeyed his order, but among themselves they started discussing the matter,
“What does this ‘rising from death’ mean?”The Gospel of the Lord”
“Praise to you Lord Jesus Christ”
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(*) Tell your prepared interesting story according to the Gospel and
children’s level of understanding like in the…
Gospel reflection:
Ask: Did you hear something special?
<The Transfiguration!! and God spoke and Jesus was revealed in his
glory> How do you think Jesus’ friends felt?, Do you think that they
really understood what they saw and heard?<Not really>
What did D say to
do? <LISTEN to Jesus> What are some ways that we can listen to
Jesus? <read the Bible, listen to
Bible stories, learn about being good>
Memory Verse: “Mark 9:7 (…..“ Then a cloud appeared and covered them with
its shadow, and a voice came from the cloud, “This is my own dear Son—listen to
him!”...”)
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 below.
Prayer 1. We pray for world leaders: that they may make wise decisions for the good of all people in the world. We pray to the Lord…
Prayer
2.
We pray for all people who are poor: that they may have the chance
to change their lives for the better.... We
pray to the Lord....
Prayer
3.
We pray for our parish, family and friends: that we may take the
time to listen to what God asks of us and change ourselves to be brighter and
kinder people who always help others. We pray to the Lord...
Prayer
4. God of life, help us to listen to your Son Jesus and to live our
lives as he asks us, making a real change to ourselves and the lives of all we
meet. 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....
