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.

31st Sunday in Ordinary Time (Year B)

Gospel reflection: What do you remember about the gospel reading that we heard today?

Jesus tells us that there are two very important commandments that we should follow. Can you remember what they are? The first is to love God. The second is to love our neighbour as ourselves. Who is your neighbour? Why are they your neighbour?

You have neighbours in your street who live near you. If something happened in your street, you would probably all help each other. All people around the world are made by God. And God loves us all very much. There is only one sun, one sky, one world. We share all these with one another. We are all part of one big global family. We are all neighbours.

Jesus asks us to love our neighbours. How do you think we can show love for our neighbours here? And how can we show love for our neighbours around the world? To love our neighbour means to treat them as we would wish to be treated. How do you like other people to treat you?

We like others to treat us with respect, to help us when we have a problem and to share with us. So this is what we are asked to do for our neighbours, both here and around the world.

What will you do this week to show your love for your neighbours throughout the world?

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

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