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.

Thirty third Sunday in Ordinary Time

Gospel reflection: What do you remember from today’s reading?

Jesus was with his disciples in the temple. He told them that the temple would one day be destroyed and that there would be wars, earthquakes, and people hungry for food.

Can you think of places in the world today where there are wars, earthquakes and people are hungry for food?

Earlier this year there was a large earthquake in Afghanistan. Buildings collapsed, entire villages were destroyed and people died and were injured. Roads were cut off by rocks and landslides. Even before the earthquake, many families in Afghanistan were very poor and were struggling to get enough food.

Jesus told the disciples not to be afraid. He promised that he would be with them always and that they wouldn’t be harmed if they put their trust in him.

Jesus is with us always, even in the hardest times. Jesus is in all people. Perhaps we can see Jesus in the person who helps us when we are struggling, in the person who inspires us to keep going, in the person who shows us that things can be different.

Next time you hear about an earthquake, flood or drought on the news what will you do to help the people affected? How will you help them to know that they haven’t been forgotten? Can you see Jesus in all the people that you meet and those who you just hear about? What does that mean for how you will treat them?

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

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