Children's Liturgy, Sunday, April 4th 2010
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Today we celebrate that Jesus is risen.
Hurray!
But first of all-
Our "Sorry" prayers:
On the first Sunday of Lent, we introduced everyone to our friend, Mr."Never-Sees-The-Good-In-Anything".
He was a bit untidy looking and although he had friends, he could never
be bothered to speak to them. He never looked at the good things in life-
he was known as Mr. Grumpy.
During the last six weeks, we helped our friend to look around him and
see the wonderful things in his world. We showed him how to listen to
his heart and to realise he has lots of friends and that there are places
to go and many wonderful things to do in his everyday life.
Today, he is dressed in his tennis clothes. This is because, as a boy,
he had a passion for tennis and always dreamed of one day playing at Wimbledon.
By speaking to his neighbours, he found that there was a tennis club close
to where he lives, so he went along and joined. He now works as a coach
with th junior members of the club.
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He has definitely become Mr."Always-Looks-For-The-Good-In-Something".
He cannot believe how much better his life is now, but he is sorry, because
he realises how much of this great life he has missed.
Dear Lord,
We are sorry that we don't always see the wonderful things in our lives.
We thank you for giving us these things.
Please help us when we fail to see the good things; help us to focus on
things that are important to us, like our families and friends, and show
love and kindness.
Amen.
Today's Gospel- John 20:1-9.
Today Saint John's Gospel tells us what happened on Easter morning. Jesus
had been crucified two days before and had died on the cross. In the evening
of the following day, John helped Mary, Jesus' Mother, Joseph of Arimathea
and Nicodemus to wash Jesus' body and wrap it in winding cloths. Now,
John went with Peter to visit the tomb once more, but found that there
was no longer a body inside. All he saw were the cloths in which Jesus
had been wrapped, the cloth which had been round Jesus' head lying separately.
The cloths had not been unwound, but were empty. He saw and he believed
that the resurrection had taken place. John says 'he saw and he believed'. |
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Father John explained to us that Jesus had
been on earth for a space of time and that he had then returned to his
Father, just as one day, when we die, we will all go to be with God. We
will be truly happy with God; we will have New and different Life.
Here is the model of the empty tomb created by the ladies who look after
the flowers in church. |
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| And here is an image of joy! |
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The pictures for our mass leaflets were again
created by members of the Bell family- this time Mrs. Rubi Bell joined
in and created the first drawing on this page. Thank you very much everyone!
Today there was another wonderful gift to our children. Mr. Harry Bowden,
who loves our children's liturgy, wanted to give us a gift for Easter.
Harry is not so well at the moment and unable to get to church, but he
bought us this lovely cross for our liturgy room. Not content with that,
he has also sent Easter eggs for all our children. Thank you, Harry- we
pray that you will soon be with us here at church once again. |
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| Then after mass, Father John received a present
of his own- a beautiful painting of the Holy Family, by Mr. Geoff Bell. |
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A day of wonderful gifts of many kinds, but
most of all, the gift of New Life to us all, because of Jesus life, death
and resurrection, which has made it possible for all of us to be one day
with God.
Our "Thank You" prayers: |
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At the end of this Easter Day came the sad
news that Father David Everitt, who taught us about the children at Mother
of Peace Community in Zimbabwe, had died at about eleven o'clock in the
evening. He now has New Life and is in Heaven with God. We will truly
miss him. We are so thankful that he came to teach us so many things.
Please find a link at the side if this page for the memorial pages created
for him. You can leave a message to tell us about your memories of him
or prayers for his family, or the children and people of Zimbabwe who
will miss him so much. Our liturgy next week will be in his honour.
Rest in Peace, Father David. |
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