Solemnity of the Most Holy Body and Blood of Christ (Year A)
Sunday 14th June 2020
Colour: Red
Theme: The Most Holy Body and Blood of our Lord Jesus Christ.
Welcome: Today Jesus tells us that anyone who eats the bread that He offers will live forever. How amazing! But how can this be? Let’s think about this and the importance of bread around the world today.
Ask: What was last week’s theme? < “Peace.” > “We learnt that God so loved the world that He sent His only son to save the world”.
==== 7:00 - 7:03 ===
Entrance Song
Father, We adore You.
Lay our lives before You.
How we love You.
Jesus, We adore You.
Lay our lives before You.
How we love You.
Spirit, We adore You.
Lay our lives before You.
How we love 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
==== 7:11 - 7:14 ====
With a loud voice lets sing the Gloria!
GLORIA - Eco
Glory to God, Glory to God, Glory to the Father...x2 To Him be glory forever!!x2 Alleluia Amen x2
Glory to God, Glory to God, Glory to the Son...x2 To Him be glory forever!!x2 Alleluia Amen x2
Glory to God, Glory to God, Glory to the Spirit...x2 To Him be glory forever!!x2 Alleluia Amen x2
Opening Prayer:
Christ Jesus, Bread of Life, feed us with your love and wisdom and show us how we can help others, so that all people may have enough to eat. Amen.
=== 7:14 - 7:19 ====
Liturgy of the Word
Introduce the first reading.
B: In this reading, Moses is talking to the people of Israel. They are tired of wandering in the desert. He reminds them how it was in Egypt.
A prepared child/children come and take the reading.
Deuteronomy 8:2-3, 14-16 (NRSVCE)
Moses reminds the people of Israel!
Remember the long way that the Lord your God has led you these forty years in the wilderness, in order to humble you, testing you to know what was in your heart, whether or not you would keep his commandments. 3 He humbled you by letting you hunger, then by feeding you with manna, with which neither you nor your ancestors were acquainted, in order to make you understand that one does not live by bread alone, but by every word that comes from the mouth of the Lord.
14 then do not exalt yourself, forgetting the Lord your God, who brought you out of the land of Egypt, out of the house of slavery, 15 who led you through the great and terrible wilderness, an arid wasteland with poisonous[a] snakes and scorpions. He made water flow for you from flint rock, 16 and fed you in the wilderness with manna that your ancestors did not know, to humble you and to test you, and in the end to do you good.
“This is the word of the Lord”
All say “Thanks be to God”.
Ask: What did Moses say? <that God gave you manna to eat when you were hungry, that He led you safely through the desert, that He gave you water out of a rock!> Wow!! Moses also told why God did all this. Did you hear why? <so that we would depend on God and trust Him only.>>
Say: Let us now focus on our responsorial Psalm:
< Praise the Lord, Jerusalem!> 3x
Introducing the Gospel
Say: Today’s Gospel reading is from the New Testament book of John. This is when Jesus told the people that they had to eat his flesh in order to live forever. Do you think the crowd understood?. Think how close you are to God in that moment! Pretend you are a person in the crowd who came to listen to Jesus. See if you can understand what he was saying about his body and blood.
...with Alleluia!! –
We sing while standing and welcome the gospel!!
YELELE YELELE HALLELUIAH. [G]
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. John.
Glory to You, O Lord
John 6:51-58 (NRSVCE)
Only Son of God sent on Earth.
51 I am the living bread that came down from heaven. Whoever eats of this bread will live forever; and the bread that I will give for the life of the world is my flesh.”
52 The Jews then disputed among themselves, saying, “How can this man give us his flesh to eat?” 53 So Jesus said to them, “Very truly, I tell you, unless you eat the flesh of the Son of Man and drink his blood, you have no life in you. 54 Those who eat my flesh and drink my blood have eternal life, and I will raise them up on the last day; 55 for my flesh is true food and my blood is true drink. 56 Those who eat my flesh and drink my blood abide in me, and I in them. 57 Just as the living Father sent me, and I live because of the Father, so whoever eats me will live because of me. 58 This is the bread that came down from heaven, not like that which your ancestors ate, and they died. But the one who eats this bread will live forever.”.
The Gospel of the Lord”
“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 children’s level of understanding like in the suggestions below…
Gospel reflection:
If you were a person in the crowd, what would you think? <discuss> We like to be very close to the person we love, Jesus said that we would be one with Him and He would be one with us. How does that make you feel? Can you get any closer physically? <Yes, by eating the Eucharistic bread everyday>
Memory Verse: John 6:56
“56 Those who eat my flesh and drink my blood abide in me, and I in them.....”
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: We live in Jesus and He lives in us and so we pray together:
Prayer 1. Let us pray for the Holy Catholic Church, for Francis our pope, for Cyprian Lwanga our bishop, and for all bishops, priests, deacons, laymen and women, that they may not get tired to tell us that Jesus is the bread of life.. We pray to the Lord...
Prayer2
We pray for all people, especially those who are poor: that they may know that they are loved by God and that together with Christ, life is in abandancy. We pray to the Lord...
Prayer 3.
We pray for our parish, family and friends: that we may be inspired to show our love for all and do all that we can to respect and protect God’s wonderful world. We pray to the Lord....
Closing prayer: Lord, Giver of Life, we thank you for the gifts that you have given us. Watch over all your people and work through us so that all your children around the world may have enough to eat. Amen.
==== 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....
