Seventeenth Sunday in Ordinary Time (Year B)
Sunday 28th
July 2018
Preparing the worship
space
Colour: Green
Theme: Bread and Fish.
Welcome: Today we hear how Jesus performed a miracle –
feeding at least 5000 people with five loaves of bread and two fish. Let’s
think a bit more about this now…
Ask: What was last week’s theme? <“Shepherd.” > “We heard how Jesus and His disciples wanted to get away and
spend a little bit of time by themselves. But it didn’t quite work.”
==== 7:00 -
7:03 ===
Entrance Song
Father I Place Into Your Hands
Father, I place into Your
hands,
The things I cannot do.
Father, I place into Your
hands
The things that I've been
through.
Father, I place into Your
hands
The way that I should go,
For I know I always can
trust You.
Father, I place into Your
hands
My friends and family.
Father, I place into Your
hands
The things that trouble
me.
Father, I place into Your
hands
The person I would be,
For I know I always can
trust You
//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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7:11 - 7:14 ====
With a
loud voice lets sing the Gloria!
GLORIA
Glory To God In The Highest
Glory to God in the highest
And peace to His people on earth
Lord God, Heavenly King, Almighty God and Father We worship You
We give You thanks
We praise You for Your glory
Lord Jesus Christ, only Son of the Father
Lord God, Lamb of God, You take away the sins of the world
Lord, have mercy on us
You are seated at the right hand of the Father
Receive our prayer
For You alone are the Holy One
For You alone are the Lord
For You alone are the Most High
Jesus Christ
With the Holy Spirit
In the glory of God the Father
Amen, A…amem, A….a aamen.
Opening
Prayer:
Christ Jesus, you
blessed the food and broke it so that all had enough to eat. Bless the food
that we eat today and encourage us to share it, so that around the world, everyone
may have enough. Amen.
=== 7:14 - 7:19
====
Liturgy of the Word
Introduce the first reading.
The first reading is from the Old
Testament, from the book of Kings. (ll
Kings 4:42-44) It is a story about the prophet Elisha and how through faith in
God, he fed a hundred people with twenty loaves of barley bread.
A prepared child/children come and take the reading.
2
Kings 4:42-44 (NRSVCE)
Elisha Feeds One Hundred Men
42 A man came from Baal-shalishah, bringing food
from the first fruits to the man of God: twenty loaves of barley and fresh ears
of grain in his sack. Elisha said, “Give it to the people and let them eat.” 43 But his servant said, “How can I set this before
a hundred people?” So he repeated, “Give it to the people and let them eat, for
thus says the Lord, ‘They shall eat and have some left.’” 44 He set it before them, they ate, and had some
left, according to the word of the Lord.
“This is the word of the Lord”
All say “Thanks be to God”.
Ask: Does this story about the
prophet Elisha remind you of any story you have heard before? <let the children guess – and then ask them
to listen closely to the gospel reading>
Say: Let us now focus on our responsorial Psalm:
< You open your hand to
feed us, Lord; you answer all our needs> x3
Introducing
the Gospel
Say: Today’s Gospel reading was written by
St. John. (John 6:1-15) It tells a story about one of Jesus’ miracles, a story
that many of you are probably familiar with.
This is the story of how Jesus fed a lot of people with only five loaves
and two fishes. It is also a story of
how many of the people misunderstood what Jesus came to do. The people believed that Jesus had come to be
an earthly king. They didn’t understand
that He was here as the Son of God.
...with Alleluia!! –
We sing while standing and
welcome the gospel!!
CHORUS: (‘Halle, halle, halle’
(Caribbean))
Halle, halle, halle, lu-u-jah!
Halle, halle, halle lu-u-jah!
Halle, halle, halle lu-u-jah!
Hallelujah! Hallelujah!
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. John.
Glory to You, O Lord
John 6:1-15 (NRSVCE)
Feeding the
Five Thousand
After this Jesus went
to the other side of the Sea of Galilee, also called the Sea of Tiberias.[a] 2
A large crowd kept following him, because they saw the signs that he was doing
for the sick. 3 Jesus went up the mountain and sat down there with
his disciples. 4 Now the Passover, the festival of the Jews, was
near. 5 When he looked up and saw a large crowd coming toward him,
Jesus said to Philip, “Where are we to buy bread for these people to eat?” 6
He said this to test him, for he himself knew what he was going to do. 7
Philip answered him, “Six months’ wages would not buy enough bread for each of
them to get a little.” 8 One of his disciples, Andrew, Simon Peter’s
brother, said to him, 9 “There is a boy here who has five barley
loaves and two fish. But what are they among so many people?” 10
Jesus said, “Make the people sit down.” Now there was a great deal of grass in
the place; so they sat down, about five thousand in all. 11 Then
Jesus took the loaves, and when he had given thanks, he distributed them to
those who were seated; so also the fish, as much as they wanted. 12
When they were satisfied, he told his disciples, “Gather up the fragments left
over, so that nothing may be lost.” 13 So they gathered them up, and
from the fragments of the five barley loaves, left by those who had eaten, they
filled twelve baskets. 14 When the people saw the sign that he had
done, they began to say, “This is indeed the prophet who is to come into the
world.” 15 When Jesus realized that they were about to come and take
him by force to make him king, he withdrew again to the mountain by himself.
The Gospel of the Lord”
“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 children’s level of understanding like in the
suggestions below…
Gospel
reflection:
Say: Was today’s gospel
reading the story you thought of that was like the first reading? <Yes>but you let children give their
answer.
Jesus fulfilled what God did in His
prophets in the old testament.
Memory
Verse: John 6:12
‘12 When they were satisfied, he told his disciples,
“Gather up the fragments left over, so that nothing may be lost.” …..”
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.
Leader: God gives us all that we need, and so we pray
together:
Prayer
1. We pray for the Church
throughout the world: that it may be a true example of Christ’s love and
generosity to all people....... We
pray to the Lord....
Prayer
2. We pray for world leaders: that they may do all
that they can to make sure all people have enough food to eat...... We
pray to the Lord....
Prayer 3. We pray for our parish, family and friends: that
we may share what we have with others so that all may enjoy. We Pray
to the Lord…..
Prayer 4. Generous God, we thank you for all you give to us. Help us to think of
the needs of all people and to love and share with each other, so that all our
brothers and sisters around the world may feel good about themselves. 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....
