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.

First Sunday of Advent

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

The gospel story is telling us that we must be ready when Jesus comes again, not just as a baby born at Christmas, but at the end of time. We cannot be exactly sure when that will be, so we must try to be ready all the time. (Although we don’t have to stay awake all night, we can go to sleep!)

Jesus tells us that we may be very surprised when he comes. Sometimes people surprise us by coming to visit us at home when we are not expecting them. Or we might go to visit members of our family or friends.

How does it feel to go somewhere for the first time? What would you like others to do to make you feel welcome if you are going somewhere new?

And how can we make other people feel welcome? How can we welcome them in our home? Our school? In our church?

Jesus asks us to be ready when he comes again. How do you think we can get ready to welcome Jesus in our lives? Is it just about buying presents and putting up Christmas trees?

We can make sure we are ready and waiting for Jesus when he comes by living as he asks us to. By loving our neighbour, sharing what we have with others, being kind, helping one another etc. Can you think of any other ways we can be ready for Jesus?

What will you do this week to make sure you are ready when Jesus comes?

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