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.

Palm Sunday

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

We heard how Jesus entered Jerusalem riding on a donkey. The donkey was a very humble animal – not very special for such a special person like Jesus. Why do you think he chose a donkey?

Jesus rode on a donkey to show people that he was the Son of God. Despite how important he was he chose a humble animal – to show that his power comes from God and not from riches.

If Jesus were to arrive here today, do you think he would ride on a donkey? What else might he ride or drive?

All of the people were so happy to see Jesus that they laid their cloaks on the floor and cut branches from palm trees to lay before him to show their respect. This is why today is called Palm Sunday and why we have palms. They shouted to show their joy and praise for God.

Why do you think that the crowds were so full of happiness and praise for Jesus? What would you have done if you were in that crowd?

Think again about what it would be like if Jesus arrived here today. What would you do to welcome Jesus?

God made all of us, no matter where in the world that we come from. Jesus is in all of us. So every time we meet someone, and welcome them, we are welcoming Jesus.

Jesus is in all people, so we should treat all people with the respect, love and kindness that we would show to Jesus. We should try to welcome people into our lives and treat them as we would like to be treated.

Can you think of a time you welcomed someone else into your home, your class, your game? What did you do?

Or have you ever been welcomed by others? What did they do to make you feel special and welcome?

This week let’s try to welcome all people as we would welcome Jesus.

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

Look below for fun colouring pages and puzzles