Children’s Liturgy (Oratorial)
Fifth Sunday in Ordinary Time (Year B) –4th February, 2024
Preparing the worship space
Theme: A Hand
Colour: Green
You Are an Extension of God's Healing Hands
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Entrance Song
I will enter His gates with… :
I will enter His gates with thanksgiving in my heart;
I will enter His courts with praise.
I will say this is the day that the Lord has made.
I will rejoice for He has made me glad.
He has made me glad, He has made me glad,
I will rejoice for He has made me glad.
He has made me glad, He has made me glad,
I will rejoice for He has made me glad
Ask: Does anyone remember the theme for last week? < Last week’s theme was a Teacher. We learnt that Jesus is great Teacher and a perfect healer ”…>
Welcome; Again today we hear about how Jesus healed people who were sick. Many people who were ill came to Jesus and he made them better. Who makes you feel better when you are sick? Let’s think some more about healing today..
//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
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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
Merciful God, look after all those who are sick. Help us to bring them comfort and make them feel better in any way that we can. Watch over all doctors, nurses and carers and give them strength in their difficult job..... Amen.
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Liturgy of the Word
First Reading, Introduce the reading.
Say: Today’s first reading is from the Old Testament
book of job. Job was a good man who had a lot of bad things happen to him. At
first he spent a lot of time being angry with God and then trying to understand
why so many bad things happened, everything goes right with Job BUT today’s
reading is about a time when he was very unhappy. Listen to Job’s
prayer to God and see if you can understand how he felt.
A prepared child/children come and take the
first reading or second reading.
Job
7:1-4, 6-7 (GNT)
Job prays to God while so Sad.
1 Human life is like forced army service,
like a life of hard manual labor,
2 like a slave longing for cool
shade;
like a worker waiting to be paid.
3 Month after month I have nothing to live for;
night after night brings me grief.
4 When I lie down to sleep, the hours drag;
I toss all night and long for dawn. 6 My
days pass by without hope,
pass faster than a weaver's shuttle.[a]
7 Remember, O God, my life is only a breath;
my happiness has already ended.
.’
“This is the word of the
Lord”
All say “Thanks be to God”.
Ask: What kind of condition is Job’s heart in? <it is broken> Can you think of something that Job might would do to make himself feel better? <let the children recount activities> Do you think that God wants us to lie around and be sad all the time? <NO> We need to try to make ourselves feel better. Often we can get up and do some work for others and that helps US.
Let us focus on our responsorial Psalm:
< Praise the Lord, who heals the broken-hearted.....>3x.
Introduce the Gospel
Today’s Gospel reading comes from the book of Mark. At the time that Job lived, and during the time Jesus lived, people believed that bad things only happened to bad people. That was one reason that Job was so upset, because he was good with God. When Jesus came along, and spent a lot of his time with people who had problems, people the world considered BAD, no one understood. Jesus came to tell us that we all have problems, good people and bad people and made miracles and healed both bad and good people.
Now we will stand to get ready to hear the Gospel
..with Alleluia!! – OR
Welcome the Gospel through a song. J J
CHORUS: (‘Halle, halle, halle’ ( It’s a Caribbean Chorus)
Halle, halle, halle,
lu-u-jah!
Halle, halle, halle
lu-u-jah!
Halle, halle, halle
lu-u-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. Matthew.
Glory to You, O Lord
Mark
1:29-31 (GNT)
Please note, the reading
was
Jesus Heals Many People
29 Jesus and his disciples, including James and John, left the synagogue and went straight to the home of Simon and Andrew. 30 Simon's mother-in-law was sick in bed with a fever, and as soon as Jesus arrived, he was told about her. 31 He went to her, took her by the hand, and helped her up. The fever left her, and she began to wait on them.
32 After the sun had set and evening had come, people brought to Jesus all the sick and those who had demons. 33 All the people of the town gathered in front of the house. 34 Jesus healed many who were sick with all kinds of diseases and drove out many demons. He would not let the demons say anything, because they knew who he was.
The Gospel of the Lord”
“Praise to you Lord Jesus Christ”
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(*) Tell your prepared
interesting story according to the Gospel and children’s level of understanding
like in the…
Gospel reflection:
Ask: Jesus laid his hands on people and performed miracles. Why do you think he did that? <to solve a person’s problem>. Often there was a physical problem, like with Simon’s mother-in-law, and many times, the person was also very sad. Jesus forgave sins and helped the people to live good lives again.
Memory Verse: “Mark 1:31 (…..“31 He went to her, took her by the hand, and helped her up. The fever left her, and she began to wait on 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.
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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.
Leader: We believe in Jesus who healed the sick and so we pray together:
Prayer 1. We pray for people who are sick around the world: that they may be
comforted and find strength in the help of others. We pray to the Lord…
Prayer 2. We pray for all doctors,
nurses and healthcare workers: that they may be inspired by the healing
ministry of Jesus and treat their patients with love, compassion and care...
We pray to the Lord....
Prayer 3. We pray for our parish, family and friends: that we may care for one another when we are ill and work together to make sure that all people have the chance to get the medicine and care they need when they are sick. We pray to the Lord...
Prayer 4. God of love, inspire us all
to follow Jesus’ example of loving care and healing, and to treat all those who
are ill with care, compassion and tenderness.
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
==== 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....
You Are an Extension of God's Healing Hands
Bring up A child in a way he should go, and when he is
old, he will not turn from it. Proverbs 22:6
