Children’s Liturgy

Children’s Liturgy of the Word

The children of the parish are invited to celebrate the Liturgy of The Word with their own catechists at Sunday morning Mass. Offering the children a Liturgy of The Word, which is suited to their age and adapted to their stage of development, can become one of the key ways of helping them grow in faith.

The children gather in the church and begin the Mass with everyone else. After the Sign of the Cross and the Greeting, the Priest calls the children forward, presents them with a Bible and the adult leaders process with the children to the “upper room”. The children come back into church at the offertory, where they display what they have done and then some of them take part in the Offertory procession.
This is not a closed group – all primary school age children in the church are welcome and encouraged to attend.

6th Sunday of Easter (Year B)

Gospel reflection: What do you remember from the reading you heard today? 

Jesus is telling us he loves us very much. How does it feel to know that Jesus loves each of us so much? Jesus says he chose us all to be his friends, and we should love others in the same way as he loves us. He says that we should all do as much as we can to help our friends, and that if we follow his teaching, we will be friends of Jesus.

Who are your friends? What do you like about your friends? friends can make us happy and laugh. They help us when we find things difficult. They are kind and share with us. What do you do to help your friends when they are sad or finding something difficult?

Children in other parts of the world are the same as us, they also like to have friends that they play games with, friends who make them happy when they are sad and who help them when they are in trouble.

Jesus asks us today to love others as he has loved us. How do you think we can do this? How can we show love for children who live far away on the other side of the world?

How will you be a good friend this week to children here and in other countries around the world? And how will you follow Jesus’ example of love for all people no matter where they are in the world?

Parents, grandparents and guardians, please feel free to share today’s Gospel with your children and grandchildren alongside the activities.

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