Children’s Liturgy of the Word

27th Sunday in Ordinary Time

What do you remember from today’s reading? 

Have you ever planted a seed and waited for it to grow? A gardener has to look after a plant. It needs water, sunlight and care. If it is looked after properly, eventually it produces fruit.

Today's readings use the picture of a vineyard to help us understand how God looks at our lives. God has given us so many gifts, and He wants those gifts to produce good fruit.

In the gospel, Jesus tells the story of a vineyard owner and some tenants. The owner gives the tenants everything they need, but when he asks them for the fruit of the vineyard, they refuse. Eventually, they even reject his son. Jesus uses the story to remind us that God has entrusted us with many gifts. We have a choice about what we do with those gifts.

We can use our gifts to help ourselves only, or we can use them to help others and make the world a better place. If you are good at football, you can encourage your teammates. If you are good at school, you can help someone who is struggling. If you have a kind heart, you can notice someone who feels lonely. Even a simple smile or helping someone can be good fruit.

Jesus wants our lives to produce good fruit that shows His love.

What this means for us:

• Remember that everything we have is a gift from God

• Use your talents to help and encourage others

• Try to produce good fruit through kindness, love and generosity

• Talk to God when you are worried or afraid

• Fill your heart and mind with things that are good and positive

• Don't keep God's gifts only for yourself

Ask yourself: “What good fruit can I produce this week?”

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.

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