Children's Liturgy Sunday September 16th 2007
1st july 2007
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today's Gospel (Luke 15; 1-32), Jesus tells us about losing things.
The shepherd lost his sheep;
The woman lost her money;
The father thought he had lost his son.
We discussed what it is like to lose something- was it something valuable,
something that we really needed? Did we ever lose something that we did
not bother to look for? What did that tell us about what it was we lost?
Sometimes we are lost.
We are valuable to God.
He would never forget us.
If we do move away from God, how can we return?
We sang the Sorry Song. Saying we are sorry is a way to return to God.
Dear God, You always know where we are and what we need-BUT sometimes
we seem to forget you.
Help us remember that we are really special to you.
Give us the courage to be your followers each and every day.
Amen
Here is the true story of a lady who nearly lost/forgot what God wanted
her to do.
The story of Mother Theresa.
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Blessed
Teresa of Calcutta was born on August 27th 1910.
She died on September 5th 1997 and 5th September is her Feast Day, which
means the day we specially remember her.
She said,"Yesterday is gone. Tomorrow has not yet come. We have only
today. Let us begin."
She was named Gonxha, or Agnes, when she was born in Scopje in the Balkan
peninsula in southeastern Europe. The area was torn by wars. She was the
youngest child in a Catholic family and her father died when she was tiny,
so her mother had to raise her children alone.
When Agnes was twelve, she realised God was calling her to become a missionary.
She read about the work of all the Catholic missionaries in the world
and the lands where they worked. At eighteen, she chose to join the Sister
of Loreto who worked in India.She chose the name Teresa after Saint Teresa
of Avila and Saint Therese of Lisieux.
From the time she arrived in Calcutta, Mother Teresa taught, but the girls
in the school were rich and in that city many people were desperately
poor. It was the poor she wanted to help.
In 1948 Pope Pius XII and the Sisters in her Order allowed her to spend
all her time helping the poor on the streets of Calcutta. She studied
nursing so she could do more to help.
She helped the people who had no-one else to care for them. She fed hungry
people. She gave shelter to homeless people. She took care of the sick.
She asked people to forgive others who hurt them.
We thought about how we could care for people who need help. Here are
some ways shown in loving hearts. |
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Then
we had to make action plans to work out how we could do the things shown
in the loving hearts.
Let us begin to help people today!
CONGRATULATIONS to Alex and Billy who made their First Holy Communion
today. |
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