Eighteenth Sunday in Ordinary Time (Year
C)
Sunday 31st July, 2022
Preparing
the worship space
Colour: Green
Theme: Treasure Chest.
Entry song
In the
Lord I'll be ever thankful,
in the Lord I will rejoice!
Look to God, do not be afraid;
lift up your voices: the Lord is near,
lift up your voices: the Lord is near.
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Welcome: Today we hear about a rich man who is greedy and tries to keep all his good things to himself. Jesus taught us that we must share what we have with others. Let’s think a bit about how we can share what we have today...
Focus: Memory Verse
Luke
12:15“..”A man’s life is not measured by the many things he owns.””...”
In the name of the Father, and of the Son, and of the Holy Spirit.
Amen.
May The Grace of our Lord Jesus Christ,
And the love of God,
And the fellowship of the Holy Spirit,
be with you all.
And with Your Spirit.
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NEWS TIME :-) Who has burning new??
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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 mercy2
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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GLORIA - Eco
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 sin of the world: have mercy on us; You are seated at the right
hand of the Father: receive our prayer. For You alone are the Holy One, You
alone are the Lord, You alone are the Most High, Jesus Christ, with the Holy
Spirit, in the glory of the Father. Amen, A a amen A a amen !
Opening Prayer
Loving God, everything we have comes from you. Help us to share
what we have been given so that everyone has enough...… Amen.
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Liturgy of the Word
First Reading. (Colossians 3:1 –4) St. Paul’s letter tells us to think about “things of heaven”, which would be like “heavenly treasures”, because Jesus is in heaven. Let’s see if we can understand what he is saying to the people in the early church (and to us!)
Today’s first reading is from the New Testament letter
to the Colossian people Colossians 3:1-4 (ICB)
Your New
Life in Christ
3 You were raised from death
with Christ. So aim at what is in heaven, where Christ is sitting at the right
hand of God. 2 Think
only about the things in heaven, not the things on earth. 3 Your old sinful self has
died, and your new life is kept with Christ in God. 4 Christ is your[a] life.
When he comes again, you will share in his glory.
This is the word of the
Lord, …
Responsorial Psalm
Happy are all who long for the coming of the Lord
Introducing the Gospel
(Lk 12:13-21) Today St. Luke tells us about a time
that Jesus told a teaching story. Can anyone tell me what we call
those kinds of stories that Jesus
told? <parable> This parable is about a very lucky
farmer. He had a great crop one year and grew lots of
food. In the parable, the farmer was only thinking about
himself. Let’s listen to what Jesus tells us about the farmer. with Alleluia!!.,
Welcoming the Gospel:
Good news today, yes good news,…
Good news today, good news today,
Good news of salvation!
Alle..lluia!!!.....
Silently say:” Cleanse my heart and my lips, almighty God,
that I may worthily proclaim your Holy Gospel to your little children.
The Lord be with You,
AND with your Spirit
The
Gospel reading is from the book of...” Luke 12:13-21 (ICB)
Jesus
Warns Against Selfishness
13 One of the men in
the crowd said to Jesus, “Teacher, tell my brother to divide with me the
property our father left us.”
14 But Jesus said to
him, “Who said that I should be your judge or decide how to divide the
property between you two?” 15 Then Jesus said to
them, “Be careful and guard against all kinds of greed. A man’s life is
not measured by the many things he owns.”
16 Then Jesus used
this story: “There was a rich man who had some land, which grew a good
crop of food. 17 The rich man thought to himself, ‘What
will I do? I have no place to keep all my crops.’ 18 Then
he said, ‘I know what I will do. I will tear down my barns and build bigger
ones! I will put all my grain and other goods together in my new barns. 19 Then
I can say to myself, I have enough good things stored to last for many years.
Rest, eat, drink, and enjoy life!’
20 “But God said to
that man, ‘Foolish man! Tonight you will die. So who will get those things you
have prepared for yourself?’
21 “This is how it
will be for anyone who stores things up only for himself and is not rich toward
God.”
“The Gospel of the Lord”,
“Praise to you Lord Jesus Christ”
(*)Tell an interesting story according to the Gospel
and children’s level of understanding like in the Gospel
reflection:
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Gospel Reflection.
Ask: What
did the farmer do? <stored all his grain> What was the message
in this parable? <discuss> Do you think that Jesus meant that
the farmer shouldn’t store anything to take care of himself later? <no,
but the farmer should think about and plan to share his good luck>
One thing that is clear is that you won’t need food in
heaven. We spend a lot of time here on earth worrying about things
that won’t matter at all in heaven.
Can anyone tell me something that we should think about that WILL matter in heaven? <love, sharing, being a better person, forgiving others> Those are our true treasures.
Ask the Holy Spirit to guide you to do the right thing in the coming week.
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:
And the third day He rose again from the dead: He ascended into
heaven,
and seated at the right hand of God the Father Almighty:
From there He shall come again 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.
God calls us to share what we have been given and so we pray together:...
Prayer 1. Let us pray for Pope Francis, bishops, priests, and all the faithful, that they may guide people to teach them how to pray. We pray to the Lord…
Prayer 2. We pray for world leaders:
that they may be inspired to make the world a fairer place, so that everyone
has enough food, clean water and somewhere safe to live… We pray
to the Lord..
Prayer 3. We pray for those who are hungry or homeless, that they may receive their fair share of the gifts God gives for all of us.. pray to the Lord....
Prayer 4. We pray for our parish, our friends and our family: that with God’s help we may share generously, be kind and welcoming and do all that we can to help people who are in need. We pray to the Lord....
Ask the children close their eyes and give in their petitions silently and conclude after 10seconds in words below
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
Then...
Song Interlude: Walk Walk in the light, walk walk in the light,
.........
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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…
Let your treasure be filled with the love of Christ.
Bring up A child in a way he should go, and when
he is old, he will not turn from it. Proverbs 22:6
