Thirty-First-Sunday in Ordinary
Time (Year C) 3rd Nov, 2019
Colour: Green
Prepare: If
possible, make a cardboard
tree with lots of leaves with a face of Zacchaeus. :-)
Theme: Tree
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7:00 - 7:03 ====
Entrance Song:
1. Seek ye first the kingdom of God
And His righteousness;
And all these things shall be added unto you.
Hallelu, Hallelujah!
2. Ask, and it shall be given unto you;
Seek, and you shall find.
Knock, and it shall be opened unto you.
Hallelu, Hallelujah!
3. Man shall not live by bread alone,
But by every word
That proceeds out from the mouth of God.
Hallelu, Hallelujah!
Explain: Today is
the 31st Sunday in Ordinary Time.
Ask: Does anyone remember the symbol for last
week? <Obedient heart>
<ask for forgiveness> We talked about the importance of being
honest when we pray to God. We
talked about how we make mistakes and that all of us are important to God.
Welcome;
Today Jesus stays at the house of Zacchaeus - a tax
collector, and shows us that everyone is loved.
//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
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 ====
GLORIA – Glory to God in the
highest….
Opening
Prayer
Saving God, you welcome everyone
into your kingdom. Help us to welcome everyone we meet into the kingdom of our
hearts. Amen.
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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 Wisdom 11:22-12:2
Explain: Compared to God, we are tiny, tiny
creatures. But he created
us and he always loves us. The Book of Wisdom uses some beautiful language to
describe the world as it compares to God. Listen closely and see if you can hear
it.
A prepared child comes and
takes the first reading or second reading.
The
first reading is from the old book of
Wisdom 11:22-12:2 (GNT)
22 In
your sight the whole world is a grain of sand, barely heavy enough to tip a
pair of scales, a drop of dew on the ground in the morning. 23 You
are powerful enough to do anything, but you are merciful to everyone; you
overlook our sins and give us time to repent. 24 You
love everything that exists; you do not despise anything that you have made. If
you had not liked it, you would not have made it in the first place. 25 How
could anything last, if you did not want it to? How could it endure, if you had
not created it? 26 You have allowed it all to
exist, O Lord, because it is yours, and you love every living thing.
12 Your
immortal spirit is in every one of them, 2 and so
you gently correct those who sin against you. You remind them of what they are
doing, and warn them about it, so that they may abandon their evil ways and put
their trust in you, Lord.
“The word of the Lord”
Thanks be to God.
All say “Thanks
be to God”.
Ask: What did
the author of Wisdom say when he compared the world to God? <that the world was a speck of
dust too light to weigh on a scale, that it disappears like a drop of the
morning dew> Compared
to the power of God almighty, the earth is not very important even though it
seems very large and important to us.
Let us focus on our
responsorial Psalm:
< I
will praise your name forever, my king and my God...….>3x.
Introduce the Gospel
Today’s Gospel reading comes
from the book of Luke. (Lk
19:1-10). Luke tells us about a time that Jesus was teaching in a town. When Jesus taught, he had to get food
from somewhere. He often
had dinner with people he met. At
that time, the Jews were very careful who they ate with. They only ate with people
that they thought were good Jews. This
story is about a man named Zacchaeus. He was not a good Jew. He was a very rich man who made his
money working for the Roman people. No
one liked him. Pretend
you are in the crowd of people that Jesus was teaching and see if you can learn
what happened.
Let us Welcome the Gospel
..with
Alleluia!! - OR
Welcome
the Gospel through a song.
Chorus:
Halle,
halle, halle-lu-jah!
Halle,
halle, halle-lu-jah! Halle, halle, halle-lu-jah! Hallelujah! Hallelujah!
!!
Silently
say: ”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. Luke.
Glory to
You, O Lord
Luke
19:1-10(GNT)
Jesus
and Zacchaeus
19 Jesus
went on into Jericho and was passing through. 2 There
was a chief tax collector there named Zacchaeus, who was rich. 3 He
was trying to see who Jesus was, but he was a little man and could not see
Jesus because of the crowd.4 So
he ran ahead of the crowd and climbed a sycamore tree to see Jesus, who was
going to pass that way. 5 When
Jesus came to that place, he looked up and said to Zacchaeus, “Hurry down,
Zacchaeus, because I must stay in your house today.”
6 Zacchaeus
hurried down and welcomed him with great joy. 7 All
the people who saw it started grumbling, “This man has gone as a guest to the
home of a sinner!”
8 Zacchaeus
stood up and said to the Lord, “Listen, sir! I will give half my belongings to
the poor, and if I have cheated anyone, I will pay back four times as much.”
9 Jesus
said to him, “Salvation has come to this house today, for this man, also, is a
descendant of Abraham. 10 The
Son of Man came to seek and to save the lost.”
The Gospel of the Lord”
“Praise to you Lord Jesus
Christ”
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7:19 - 7:24 ====
(*)Tell an
interesting story according to the Gospel and children’s level of understanding
like in the
Gospel reflection:
Ask: So what happened?
<discuss> What do you remember from today's
reading?Jesus tells us that while he was in Jericho, a man called Zacchaeus who was very rich from being a tax collector wanted to meet him. Zacchaeus was so short and there was such a big crowd that he had to climb a tree in order to see Jesus.
Can you remember what Jesus said to Zacchaeus? Why did the crowds get cross?
The crowds were cross because they thought Zacchaeus was a sinner – a person who was not always good and kind.
Zacchaeus really wanted to change his life but didn't know how to do it without someone helping him. He believed that Jesus was the only one who could help.
If Zacchaeus was so rich why did this not make him happy? What does this tell us about money and possessions today?
Jesus looked at this man who was looking for him. Jesus had a way
of seeing straight into the heart. Jesus could see that Zacchaeus wanted to
change.
Zacchaeus changed his life because of Jesus
and now Zacchaeus wants to have better relationships with everyone he knows and
with God.
Say: No
matter who we are, we can be better people. 3Jesus wants us to know that none of us are
perfect and that God loves us all.
Memory
Verse:
Luke 19:5
(“…“Hurry down,
Zacchaeus, because I must stay in your house today..."’…)
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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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.
Jesus is ready to help us change today and always so we pray
together...
Prayer 1. Let us pray for the Church: that she
may be a place where everyone is welcome and inspire a change in the lives of
all those who hear her message. We
pray to the Lord...
Prayer 2. We pray for our parish,
family and friends: that we may support each other in love and prayer, and make
changes so that all people may live together in peace. We pray to the Lord...
Prayer 3. We pray for anybody we know
who is feeling bad about something they have done. May they understand that God
always loves them. We pray to
the Lord...
Prayer 4. Let us pray for our brothers and
sisters in every country: that they may have their fair share of the good
things God has given for all.. We
pray to the Lord...
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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
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7:28 - 7:30 ====
Song I
nterlude: 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....