Children's Liturgy, Sunday, March 23rd 2008
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We
have joined the Old Testament to the New Testament. We have imagined the
Creation of the world as it is written in the book of Genesis and we rejoice
in the New Creation which Jesus brings. His love brings New Life.
On Good Friday, he died so that God could show us how much he loved us.
Now he is risen. |
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Hurrah
for Jesus!
Jesus, dear Lord,
when you suffered
and died,
your Apostles and
friends were upset and
cried.
And then such a joy
when you rose from
the tomb
and appeared to them
saying, "Why all of this
gloom?"
"It's me, my dear
friends, my peace I do
give, and power on
earth all sins to
forgive."
"Go tell all the world
I've risen again,
And my love for you
will always remain."
So thank you, dear
Jesus, for rising to be
a friend to us all
and especially to me!
Amen. |
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Today,
Saint John's Gospel (Chapter 20:1-9) 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 had 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 realised that the resurrection had taken place. John says 'he
saw and he believed'. These are the most important words in the Bible.
We carried a cross with a picture of the risen Christ into church and
placed it behind the world we had made- next to the lovely model of the
garden with the empy tomb, which the people who arrange the flowers had
made.
Here is someone checking what is inside!
HAPPY EASTER! |
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