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.

Second Sunday of Lent

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

Jesus goes to the top of a mountain with Peter, James and John. When he gets there his appearance changes – his face and clothes shine with light. How do you think the disciples feel when they see this?

A voice comes from a cloud, saying: “This is my Son, the Beloved. Listen to him.” Whose voice do you think this is? How do you think the disciples feel when they hear God’s voice? The disciples are very afraid, but Jesus tells them not to be. Then everything looks normal again.

How do you think we can listen to God? Do we need to climb a mountain?

We can hear God’s voice when we stop and pray. When we make time for God in our lives. And when we make the right choices in how we treat others. The disciples’ lives are changed by what happened on the mountain. They now know just how special Jesus is – that he is God’s Son. They have seen his face shine like the sun and they have heard God speak to them.

Our lives are changed by Jesus too. Jesus lives in all of us. He asks us to always try to do what is right, to stand up for what we believe in and to help other people. Jesus calls us to show God’s love to others.

Our love for one another can also shine out like the sun as we treat all people as we would want to be treated.

What will you do this Lent to listen to God and to play your part in building a better world? How will you make sure your love for other people shines out like the sun?

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

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