Children's Liturgy (Oratorio)
Twenty-Eighth
Sunday in the Ordinary Time (Year A)
Sunday 15th October, 2023
Preparing
the worship space.
Colour: Green
Theme A Cake
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7:00 - 7:03 ====
Welcome: Today we hear a story about a king who invites lots of different people to the wedding of his son. When do we have cakes? <when there is a party> Can anyone tell me what we do when we want to have a party? <we are happy, we decorate, we ask people to come> When you invite people to a party, how does it make you feel when
they say YES? <happy> When they say NO how does it feel? <sad>
Yes, heaven is like a party that God is preparing for us, we are going to talk a little bit about heaven.
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7:00 - 7:03 ===
Entrance Song
Bind Us Together
BIND US TOGETHER,
Lord, Bind us together
With cords that cannot
be broken.
Bind us together,
Lord,
Bind us together,
Bind us together with love.
There is only one God,
There is only one
King;
There is only one
Body,
That is why we sing:
Made for the glory of
God,
Purchased by His
precious Son;
Born with the right to
be clean,
For Jesus the victory
has won.
Ask: What was last week’s theme? <“The Glope....”> We A man who has real trouble with the tenants who are looking after his vineyard, they never gave him his fair share.
//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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NEWS TIME :-)
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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…
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.
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With a loud voice lets sing the Gloria!
GLORIA
Song of Glory Sing to
God,
Glory, glory sing
glory to God x2
God’s own son has come
to earth,
Glory, glory sing
glory to God
Celebrate his
wonderful birth, ,,
Glory, glory sing
glory to God
Hear the good news of
his word, ,,
Glory, glory sing
glory to God
Share the sound of
hope we’ve heard. ,,
Glory, glory sing
glory to God
God of love, Glory to
God
God of splendor, Glory
to God
God of life, Glory to God. Let us sing “Glory, glory sing glory to God x2”
Opening Prayer
God of welcome, you invite us to follow in your ways and enter into your kingdom. May we answer your call.... Amen
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Liturgy of the Word
Introduction of the first reading.
Today’s
first reading, Isaiah (Isaiah 25:6-10a). tells us something that God will do
for us. Pretend that you are one of the people listening to
Isaiah. See if you can hear one thing that the Lord will do for us..
A prepared child/children come and take the reading.
Isaiah 25:6-10 (GNT)
God
Prepares a Banquet
6 Here on Mount Zion the Lord Almighty will prepare a banquet for all the nations of the world—a banquet of the richest food and the finest wine. 7 Here he will suddenly remove the cloud of sorrow that has been hanging over all the nations. 8 The Sovereign Lord will destroy death forever! He will wipe away the tears from everyone's eyes and take away the disgrace his people have suffered throughout the world. The Lord himself has spoken.
9 When it happens, everyone will say, “He is our God! We have put our trust in him, and he has rescued us. He is the Lord! We have put our trust in him, and now we are happy and joyful because he has saved us.”
God
Will Punish Moab
10
The Lord will protect Mount Zion, but the people of Moab will be trampled down
the way straw is trampled in manure..
This
is the word of the Lord;
All say “Thanks be to God”.
Ask: What did you hear? <the Lord will prepare a feast on the mountain, destroy the power of death, wipe away every tear, save the people, protect the mountain>
Let us now focus on our responsorial Psalm:
< I shall live in the house of the Lord all the days of my life....…> 3x
Introducing the Gospel
Say: Today’s Gospel reading is from
Matthew, he tells us about another parable Jesus used to teach about what God
wants for us. In biblical times, the Jewish people believed that God
was available just for them. They believed that if they followed all
the rules of their church, they would go straight to heaven. And they
definitely believed that if you were NOT Jewish, that you could not go to
heaven.
Let us listen
to a story about a man who wanted to give a great party. Pretend
that you are a Jewish child listening to Jesus tell this story.
....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 22:1-10 (GNT)
The Parable of the Wedding Feast.
22 Jesus again used parables in talking to the people. 2 “The
Kingdom of heaven is like this. Once there was a king who prepared a wedding
feast for his son. 3 He sent his servants to tell the invited guests to come to
the feast, but they did not want to come. 4 So he sent other servants with this
message for the guests: ‘My feast is ready now; my steers and prize calves have
been butchered, and everything is ready. Come to the wedding feast!’ 5 But the
invited guests paid no attention and went about their business: one went to his
farm, another to his store, 6 while others grabbed the servants, beat them, and
killed them. 7 The king was very angry; so he sent his soldiers, who killed
those murderers and burned down their city. 8 Then he called his servants and
said to them, ‘My wedding feast is ready, but the people I invited did not
deserve it. 9 Now go to the main streets and invite to the feast as many people
as you find.’ 10 So the servants went out into the streets and gathered all the
people they could find, good and bad alike; and the wedding hall was filled
with people.
“The Gospel of the Lord”
All say “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 at children’s level of understanding like in the suggestions below…
Gospel reflection:
Say: So, the invited guests didn’t listen or come and the King went out and invited everyone off the streets to come to his party. If you were Jewish (one of the people chosen by God) in biblical times, what do you think this story might mean? <that just being invited is not enough, you have to accept the invitation.>
God wants us all to come to his party. We just have to listen to Him and follow His laws of love. A few weeks ago, we talked about how God is always near, we just have to talk to Him. God wants us to be close to Him. It’s our job to always remember that God is right there!
Memory Verse: Mathew
“Matthew
22:9 “…. < “Now go to the main streets and invite to the
feast as many people as you find.”.>....”
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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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.
We
believe that God is generous and fair and so we pray together:
Leader: Let’s We pray together to God who welcomes everyone::
Prayer 1. Let us pray for all leaders throughout the world that they may do all that they can to protect the earth so that they may be guided by the Holy spirit to make decisions for the good of all people, especially those who are poor…. We pray to the Lord...
Prayer 2.
Let us pray for all people that are in a state of confusion and have no sense of direction; that they may find a true meaning in God when called upon to serve Him. We pray to the Lord....
Prayer 3. Let us pray for all our
relatives and friends who have died, especially for whom we remember in a
special way at this Mass, Eternal rest grant unto them oh Lord, and let perpetual
light shine upon them.
We pray to the Lord...
Prayer 4. And for all of us gathered here, may our Lord, Jesus Christ be with us when we find things difficult, strengthen and help us as we try to say yes to His invitation to be with Him, by living lives of sharing, kindness, respect and love. We pray to the Lord...
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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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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....
Bring up A child in a way he should go, and when he is old, he will not turn from it. Proverbs 22:6
