Fifth Sunday of Lent (Year B)
18th March, 2018
Preparing the worship space
Theme: Seed
Colour: Purple
A seed can only grow into a plant only when its buried under the soil.
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Entrance
Song:
I will enter His
gates.
I will enter His gates with thanksgiving in my heart;
I will enter His courts with praise.
I will say this is the day that the Lord has made.
I will rejoice for He has made me glad.
He has made me glad, He has made me glad,
I will rejoice for He has made me glad.
He has made me glad, He has made me glad,
I will rejoice for He has made me glad.
Welcome; Jesus today uses the image of a grain of wheat
to talk about what is in store for Him – death and resurrection. He says that
one single grain of wheat can produce a rich harvest. Let’s think some more
about this 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.
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NEWS TIME :-)
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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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*NO 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 life, we pray that all the seeds that we plant
Physical or Spiritual may bear much fruit, so that none of your people go
hungry, Amen.
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7:19 ====
Liturgy of the Word
First Reading, Introduce the reading.
Say: Today’s reading comes from the Old Testament book of the prophet
Jeremiah. (Jer 31:31-34) It tells us something the Lord told Jeremiah about
making a new promise with the people of Israel.
God tells Jeremiah that one day all people will be so full of love that
it will be easy to keep God’s laws. In today’s reading, they use a different
word for “promise” Listen closely to see if you can hear what that word is.
A prepared child/children come and take the first reading or
second reading.
First Reading
Jeremiah 31:31-34 (CSB)
A New Covenant
31 “Look, the days are coming”—this is
the Lord’s declaration—“when I will make a new covenant with the house of
Israel and with the house of Judah. 32 This one will not be like the covenant I
made with their ancestors on the day I took them by the hand to lead them out
of the land of Egypt—my covenant that they broke even though I am their
master”[a]—the Lord’s declaration. 33 “Instead, this is the covenant I will
make with the house of Israel after those days”—the Lord’s declaration. “I will
put my teaching within them and write it on their hearts. I will be their God,
and they will be my people. 34 No longer will one teach his neighbor or his
brother, saying, ‘Know the Lord,’ for they will all know me, from the least to
the greatest of them”—this is the Lord’s declaration. “For I will forgive their
iniquity and never again remember their sin.
“This is the word of the Lord”
All say “Thanks be to God”.
Aky: Did you hear
the word that means ‘promise’? <covenant> Do you think that we have
reached the time when all people are full of love? Do you think everyone find it easy to love
one another?
Let us focus on our responsorial Psalm:
< Create a clean heart in me, O God!.....>3x.
Introduce the
Gospel
Today’s Gospel reading comes from
the book of John. (John 12:24-26). In the reading today, St. John tells us that
we must be like seeds. We will have to
change ourselves so that we can feel the beauty and fullness of God’s promise
to us. Sometimes that change will feel a
little sad. The reading compares that
sadness to dying. Let’s pretend that we
are in a field with beautiful flowers all around us and listen closely to the
message being read to us today.
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.
Jesus loves me, Jesus loves me,
Jesus loves me, Jesus loves me x2
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
John 12:24-26 (CSB)
24 Truly I tell you, unless a grain of wheat falls to the ground
and dies, it remains by itself. But if it dies, it produces much fruit. 25 The
one who loves his life will lose it, and the one who hates his life in this
world will keep it for eternal life. 26 If anyone serves me, he must follow me.
Where I am, there my servant also will be. If anyone serves me, the Father will
honor him.
”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: Have you ever had anything change in your life? Was it easy?
Is change sometimes hard? What
kind of changes did Jesus go through for us? <He fasted for 40days, got
friends(Disciples) but by those same friends, He died so He could rise again>
What kind of changes might we have to go through for him? <trying to be
good, telling the truth, giving up something, being nice to someone you don’t
like>
Memory Verse: “John 12:26 (Jesus said ….“If anyone serves me, the Father will honor
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.
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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 below.
Leader: We believe
in Jesus the Son of God who died and rose again and so we pray together:
Prayer 1. We pray for world leaders: that
they may think about how their actions can make a difference to people who most
need help in their countries… We pray to the Lord…Prayer 2. We pray for our parish, family and friends: that we may take steps to change our own lives and the lives of our brothers and sisters around us. We pray to the Lord….
Prayer 3. We pray for the poorest people in our world: that the seeds they plant may give a rich harvest so that they have enough to eat. We pray to the Lord…
Prayer 4. Christ Jesus, fill us with your love and mercy and show us how to make a difference to the lives of our brothers and sisters around the world. 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....
Bring up A child in a way he should go, and when
he is old, he will not turn from it. Proverbs 22:6
