Children's Liturgy, Sunday January 17th 2010
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Today we heard how Jesus changed water
into wine at a wedding feast in Cana. (John 2:1-12.)
The wine had run out and Jesus' mother, Mary, asks him to help. Jesus
tells the servants to fetch six stone jars, which were usually full
of water, which the Jews used to wash themselves. They were very concerned
about making themselves pure. The servants were told to fill the jars
with water.
When the steward takes the 'water' to the bridegroom to drink, it has
become wine- what's more, better wine than they tasted at the beginning
of the feast.
This is the first of Jesus' miracles which St. John tells us about. |
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| We tried making something new by mixing the
ingredients in a different way. We used ordinary icing sugar, glycerine,
food colouring and decorations to make our own sweets! |
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| We decorated plates on which to present the
sweets, to give them to the people of our choice. |
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St. John calls the miracle a sign. He seems
to want us to notice the number six- six water jars. The number SEVEN
was special to the Jews and if they read what he wrote, they would be
wondering why he says there are six. Where is the SEVENTH jar? We know
what happened to Jesus and who he really was. He makes all of our lives
different, because he came to show us God's love. Our lives are different
because of him, just as the water was different- wine- after Jesus changed
it. Of course, Jesus is the seventh container- he contains God's love-
he is God.
God isn't concerned with us just being 'pure'- good- he loves us. |
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