Children's Liturgy for the 3rd Sunday of Easter at St. Alban's Catholic Church, Finchley
Engage in a meaningful Children's Liturgy experience at St. Alban's Catholic Church, Finchley, focusing on the Gospel of Luke about the encounter on the road to Emmaus. Join in prayer, light a candle, and sing songs to celebrate the Easter season while reflecting on Jesus' resurrection.
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St Albans Catholic Church, Finchley Children s Liturgy Content from https://cafod.org.uk/Education/Children-s-liturgy https://rcdow.org.uk/faith/catechesis/childrens-liturgy/ http://catholicchildrensliturgy.blogspot.com/
3rd Sunday of Easter Year A Sunday 26th April 2020 Do you have a candle and perhaps a cross? Why don t you collect them and join together as a family to welcome Jesus. Let us light the candle, make the sign of the cross and say Dear God, Thank you for the big, round world Thank you for the sea. Thank you God for all my friends, Thank you God for loving me. Amen
Start with this song to start. Both songs are the same as Easter Sunday. It is good to keep singing the same songs for the Easter season to embed the message of Jesus resurrection, so we can learn them and the message becomes meditative and to mark the importance of the Easter season that lasts several weeks, not just on Easter Sunday https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=diRs2mMgrfYhttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kgekPHph4wA This is in Latin, it means, The risen Christ, sing to the Lord! Keep singing the refrain as the recording sings the verses on top. (hum) Surrexit Christus, alleluia! (hum) Cantate Domino, alleluia! All you heavens, bless the Lord. Stars of the heavens, bless the Lord. Sun and moon, bless the Lord. And you night and day, bless the Lord. Ice and snow, bless the Lord. Fire and heat, bless the Lord. And you, light and darkness, bless the Lord. Spirits and souls of the just, bless the Lord. Sing hosanna to the King, sing hosanna, sing hosanna! (Jacques Berthier 1923-94, Taize) Saints and the humble hearted, bless the Lord.
Let us read todays Gospel. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=chNugWIbXc8 Alleluia, alleluia! Lord Jesus, explain the scriptures to us. Make our hearts burn within us as you talk to us. Alleluia! Gospel Acclamation: (Marty Haugen) A reading from the holy Gospel according to Luke (Luke 24: 13-35) Glory to you, O Lord. On that same day two of Jesus' followers were going to a village named Emmaus, about 11km from Jerusalem, and they were talking to each other about all the things that had happened. As they talked and discussed, Jesus himself drew near and walked along with them; they saw him, but somehow did not recognise him. Jesus said to them, What are you talking about to each other, as you walk along? They stood still, with sad faces. One of them, named Cleopas, asked him, Are you the only visitor in Jerusalem who doesn't know the things that have been happening there these last few days? What things? he asked. The things that happened to Jesus of Nazareth, they answered. This man was a prophet and was considered by God and by all the people to be powerful in everything he said and did. Our chief priests and rulers handed him over to be sentenced to death, and he was crucified. And we had hoped that he would be the one who was going to set Israel free! Besides all that, this is now the third day since it happened. Some of the women of our group surprised us; they went at dawn to the tomb, but could not find his body. They came back saying they had seen a vision of angels who told them that he is alive. Some of our group went to the tomb and found it exactly as the women had said, but they did not see him. Then Jesus said to them, How foolish you are, how slow you are to believe everything the prophets said! Was it not necessary for the Messiah to suffer these things and then to enter his glory? And Jesus explained to them what was said about himself in all the Scriptures, beginning with the books of Moses and the writings of all the prophets. As they came near the village to which they were going, Jesus acted as if he were going farther; but they held him back, saying, Stay with us; the day is almost over and it is getting dark. So he went in to stay with them. He sat down to eat with them, took the bread, and said the blessing; then he broke the bread and gave it to them. Then their eyes were opened and they recognised him, but he disappeared from their sight. They said to each other, Wasn't it like a fire burning in us when he talked to us on the road and explained the Scriptures to us? They got up at once and went back to Jerusalem, where they found the eleven disciples gathered together with the others and saying, The Lord is risen indeed! He has appeared to Simon! The two then explained to them what had happened on the road, and how they had recognized the Lord when he broke the bread. The Gospel of the Lord. Praise to you Lord, Jesus Christ.
Reflection Two disciples are walking along, on their way to a place called Emmaus. Jesus was crucified two days before and the disciples are confused because the women have just come back from Jesus tomb saying that it is empty. This journey takes place on the day Jesus rose from the dead Easter day. The two disciples meet a man along the road and they walk with him. Who do you think this was? But they did not recognise him. Perhaps they weren t expecting to see Jesus; they were too distracted because they knew he had died and chose not to see properly. Perhaps Jesus didn t want them to recognise him at first. Perhaps he wanted to hear what they were saying about him, so he could explain. Perhaps he wanted his friends to know that he would always be with them, even when they didn t see him. Remember what Jesus said to Thomas last week, Blessed are those who have not seen, yet believe! The man (Jesus) explains the Scriptures to the disciples so that they can understand that Jesus is risen from the dead and that is has been foretold. When do the disciples recognise that it is Jesus with them? The man takes the bread, blesses it, breaks it and shares it with the disciples. Suddenly they realise who it is. Why do you think the disciples recognise Jesus now? At the Last Supper, on Maundy Thursday, Jesus shared a meal with his disciples saying that they should break bread and share wine in remembrance of him. What would you say if you were eating with Jesus? How would you treat him? This Gospel reading tells us that we too can recognise Jesus with us when we gather and break bread. When do we do this? What happened to the disciples going to Emmaus is what we hope happens at mass every Sunday. The two disciples discussed the Scriptures and learned more about Jesus, as we try to learn more about Jesus in the Liturgy of the Word; Jesus broke bread with them, as our parish shares in Jesus body at Communion; and then they told others what had happened, as we are encouraged to go out and share Jesus love with other people. In order to help us see how to best share Jesus love with other people, it is sometimes necessary to change the way we look at things. Like the disciples in today s story, sometimes OUR eyes aren t looking at things properly.
Activity 1 Activity 2 Act out the story: Find some sunglasses! Put them on. You are one of the disciples walking to Emmaus. You can t see properly and don t recognise Jesus. What do you say?? Take your glasses off. How does your behaviour change? Write a prayer: We are not able to come to mass together at the moment. But we can share a meal with our families and remember Jesus when we share our food together. Remember Jesus said, When two or three are gathered in my name, I am with them. (Matthew 18:20) Can you think of a time when you haven t seen something properly. It is always Jesus that reminds us to take our glasses off and see him and be like him. Perhaps you can share a meal together as a family and remember what Jesus did. Can you write a short prayer to say together before you share your meal that remembers Jesus and what he taught us?
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JLpxiMOn3TM You could now sing, This Day Was Made By The Lord - Join in the chorus! (Boyce & Stanley CJM) This day was made by the Lord! We rejoice! This day was made by the Lord! We rejoice! We rejoice! We rejoice and are glad! Give thanks to the Lord for he is good His love has no end. Let the children of Israel say "His love has no end." Alleluia! The Lord's right hand has triumphed; His right raised me up. I shall not die I shall live And recount his deeds. Alleluia! The stone which the builders rejected Becomes the corner stone . This is the work of the Lord; A marvel in our eyes. Alleluia!
Todays psalm is, Show us, Lord, the path of life. Let us now bow our heads and say our closing prayer together Dear Lord, The disciples were overjoyed when they understood that you were with them. As we travel through life, open our eyes and help us to recognise you in the all people we meet. Open our hearts to share generously with each other. Amen This Marty Haugen song On the Road to Emmaus tells the story beautifully. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2h-wlsGDnUE
