Children’s Liturgy(ORATORiO)
Twenty-second Sunday in the Ordinary Time(Year A)
Sunday 30th August, 2020
Preparing the worship space
Colour: Green
Theme: Cross. What does a cross make you think of? <Jesus, He was crucified on It.>
Did Jesus have a choice? Did he have to die on the cross? What do you think? <discuss>
YES!!! Absolutely Jesus had a choice. Jesus is God. But He loves us so much that He wanted to know how we feel when we have bad times in our lives. He showed us how to listen to God and do what He asks us. Carry your CrossJ
Welcome: Jesus tells us that sometimes it isn’t easy to follow Him. In fact, sometimes it is very difficult but it is always worth it in the end. Let’s think a little more about this today...
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Entrance Song
Jesus loves mex8 Hallelluia ho ho ho
Jesus loves mex4
Yesu anjagala,x8 Hallellia ho ho ho
Yesu anjagalax4
Ask: What was last week’s theme? <“Rock....”> <“Disciple Peter the Rock on which Jesus built His Church and we learnt to be wise and build our houses on Jesus Christ..”>
//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…
Oh Lord Have Mercy
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.3
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
God of love, Jesus calls us to follow Him even when life is difficult. Help us to have courage to follow wherever He leads and let us not feel bad carry our crosses ... Amen
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=== 7:14 - 7:19 ====
Liturgy of the Word
Introduce the first reading.
Today’s first reading is from the Old Testament book of the prophet Jeremiah. In this reading Jeremiah is not happy about being God’s servant. He sounds pretty upset with God. Listen to what Jeremiah prays to God.
A prepared child/children come and take the reading.
Jeremiah 20:7-9 GNT
Jeremiah Complains to the Lord
7 Lord, you have deceived me,
and I was deceived.
You are stronger than I am,
and you have overpowered me.
Everyone makes fun of me;
they laugh at me all day long.
8 Whenever I speak, I have to cry out
and shout, “Violence! Destruction!”
Lord, I am ridiculed and scorned all the time
because I proclaim your message.
9 But when I say, “I will forget the Lord
and no longer speak in his name,”
then your message is like a fire
burning deep within me.
I try my best to hold it in,
but can no longer keep it back.
This is the word of the Lord;
All say “Thanks be to God”.
Ask: What did you hear? <discuss> When Jeremiah did what God asked him to do, people made fun of him and treated him badly. Why do you think that Jeremiah kept on telling people about God? <discuss>
Say: Jeremiah remained open to God’s will. Jeremiah loved God. That love was stronger than anything anyone else could do to hurt him. It is not always easy to do the right thing that’s why he felt annoyed but we should pray always.
Let us now focus on our responsorial Psalm:
< My soul is thirsting for you, O Lord, my God..!.…> 3x
Introducing the Gospel
Say: Today’s Gospel reading comes from the New Testament book of Matthew. This reading tells us about a time that Jesus told his disciples how he was going to die. Peter could not understand why Jesus would allow such a horrible thing to happen to Him. Peter knew that Jesus was God and that He could stop the people from killing Him. Listen closely and hear what Jesus told Peter.
....with Alleluia!! –
We sing while standing and welcome the gospel!!
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. Matthew.
Glory to You, O Lord
Matthew 16:21-25 (GNT)
Jesus Speaks about His Suffering and Death
21 From that time on, Jesus began to say plainly to his disciples, “I must go to Jerusalem and suffer much from the elders, the chief priests, and the teachers of the Law. I will be put to death, but three days later I will be raised to life.”
22 Peter took him aside and began to rebuke him. “God forbid it, Lord!” he said. “That must never happen to you!”
23 Jesus turned around and said to Peter, “Get away from me, Satan! You are an obstacle in my way, because these thoughts of yours don't come from God, but from human nature.”
24 Then Jesus said to his disciples, “If any of you want to come with me, you must forget yourself, carry your cross, and follow me. 25 For if you want to save your own life, you will lose it; but if you lose your life for my sake, you will find it.
“The Gospel of the Lord”
Glory and Praise to you Lord Jesus Christ.
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(*) Tell your prepared reflecting story to motivate the children according to the Gospel and theme of the day and children’s level of understanding like in the suggestions below…
Gospel reflection:
Ask: What did Jesus say to Peter? <Satan, get away from me!> Jesus called Peter Satan! The man he would choose to lead his church, Jesus called him Satan. Why do you think he did that? <Peter was tempting Jesus not to follow God’s will. Peter was trying to get Jesus to save himself instead of listening to God> Did Jesus really think that Peter was Satan? <no> But sometimes even the best people get in the way of God’s will. People don’t think like God thinks. And that is Satan’s work.
Memory Verse: Mathew
“Matthew 16:25 “For if you want to save your own life, you will lose it; but if you lose your life for my sake, you will find it..”
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: Like Peter, we are God’s people of faith. As we pray together, let us ask our Jesus Christ make our faith stronger like a rock….
Prayer 1. We pray for the Church throughout the world: Especially our Pope Francis, that she may be a voice of truth, speaking out against things that are wrong and standing up for what is right… even when it’s a difficult situation. We pray to the Lord...
Prayer 2 We pray for all the world’s leaders: that they may have the courage to make the decisions that are best for all people, even when it is difficult esp. in this time of the pandemic of COVID-19... We pray to the Lord...
Prayer 3.
We pray for our parish, families and friends: that we may be true followers of Jesus Christ, reaching out to help people who are poor, sick, lonely or frightened... We pray to the Lord...
Prayer 4. God of light, as we try to follow you, give us the courage to know your will in us, help us to carry our heavy and difficult things so that we do them well, to give you glory.. 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....
