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.

19th Sunday in Ordinary Time

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

This Sunday, Jesus teaches us an important lesson about trusting Him when we are afraid.

The first reading teaches us that God does not always speak loudly. Sometimes we need to be quiet, listen carefully, and open our hearts to hear Him.

In the Gospel, Jesus' disciples are in a boat when a big storm begins. The waves are rough, and they are frightened. Suddenly, they see Jesus walking across the water!

Jesus says to them, "Courage! It is I! Do not be afraid."

Peter wants to go to Jesus, so he steps out of the boat and begins walking on the water. At first, everything is going well. But then Peter looks at the strong wind and becomes frightened. He begins to sink and cries, "Lord, save me!"

Jesus immediately reaches out His hand and saves him.

Sometimes we can be like Peter. When everything is going well, we trust Jesus. But when something scary happens, we can become worried and forget that Jesus is with us. Jesus wants us to remember that we can always call on Him for help.

When life's storms make us afraid, keep your eyes on Jesus. He is always near, and His hand is always ready to help us.

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