Children's Liturgy Sunday April 5th 2009
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PALM SUNDAY/PASSION
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| First of all today, we remember the way Jesus
entered Jerusalem. Crowds of people welcomed him, shouting ,"Hosanna!".
They rushed to collect greenery to wave. We made palms out of paper- |
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in the chapel. |
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One little girl brought flowers, which is
the custom in Poland, where her family comes from. |
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| We also made a banner on which you can see
two crowns for Jesus- the crown for a king and the crown of thorns. |
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We processed into church, carrying the banner,
waving our palms, as everyone sang 'Make way for the King of kings'.
Then we stood around the altar for the first reading, which described
Jesus' entry into Jerusalem. The people were glad to see him, but they
soon changed their minds, wanting to get rid of him. This is why we have
palms made into crosses to take home. Soon, Jesus was condemned to death
upon a cross, which is why today is called Passion Sunday, to remember
his suffering and death to come.
Here we can see Fr. John has just blessed the palm crosses, which are
in the basket in front of the altar. |
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We began our own liturgy by thinking about
the Thirteenth Station of the Cross:
Jesus is taken down from the cross. Jesus has died; there will be no more
pain and suffering for him. His Mother and friends are so sad as they
hold him.
We closed our eyes and remembered the people we love who have died. We
imagined how our hearts look when we remember. We showed our hearts to
Jesus, telling him what we miss about our loved ones. Jesus loves us when
we show him our hearts. He can make our hearts more like his. |
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We thought about the Fourteenth Station of
the Cross:
Jesus is buried in the tomb.
Jesus' friends put his body in the tomb. They push a large stone over
the entrance, so no-one can get inside. They go home sad and tired. They
do not know that Jesus will rise again; they think they have lost him
for ever.
We remembered times when we were sad to leave someone, to say goodbye.
We imagined showing our sad hearts to Jesus and pictured Jesus loving
us, knowing how much we are hurting. |
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We made a wreath for Jesus and all those we
love who have died. On each leaf, we wrote a message of love.
We carried our wreath, also our wooden cross with pictures of each station,
back into church. Now the music is very sad- 'When I survey the wondrous
Cross'. The people in church have just heard the whole story of how Jesus
died- his 'PASSION'. |
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This week we call Holy Week and the final days
we call the "TRIDUUM"- a word which means "three days".
On the 1st day (Thursday) we can come to church for a Mass at 7.30pm,
to remember the Last Supper, where Jesus gave Holy Communion to his disciples
for the first time- so we call the Last Supper the First Mass.
On 2nd day (Friday) we come to church for a service to remember that Jesus
died on the Cross on Mount Calvary.
On 3rd day (Saturday) we remember that Jesus' body lay in the tomb.
On EASTER DAY ( and at the easter vigil mass) we come to church to celebrate
the excitement that Jesus rose from the dead- the RESURRECTION. |
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