LITURGY RESOURCES
Resources needed for creating a Sacred Space: Lectern Bible - Copy of the Gospel Reading and Reflection. Coloured Cloth - optional Candle – optional Musicians or Sound System. (*Depending on what media chosen for the closing section)
** If you decide to do the Ritual Action : Prayer Wall/Wooden Cross Post it notes – in different shapes or colours. Paper/Pens for students to use. Some way of attaching notes to the cross/wall – including Blu Tac or tacs depending on surface.
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Celebrant/Priest Reader 1 - Gospel Reader 2 - Reflection Commentator Leader of Ritual Action – hand out pens etc.
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+ In the name of the Father, and of the Son, and of the Holy Spirit. Amen.
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The Lord be with you. And also with you.
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When you call to me, says the Lord, I will answer you; I will be with you in trouble, I will rescue you and honour you. Lord, we know you are with us always. Thank you for delighting in us.
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Let us pray. Good Lord, in your name, may we as young people be courageous and hopeful so that as we grow older we will be positive and trusting. We ask this through Christ our Lord. Amen.
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We have listened to the wisdom of Jesus. The Church teaches us that what Jesus said and did once in the Gospel so he does forever. Today he is telling us still to be positive and active to the needs of those around us. Sometimes we are tempted to think that we do not have the experience, nor the insight into how to follow what Jesus wants us to do. We are young and all that goes with being young is often seen as preventing us from becoming involved in the sheer hard work of following Jesus. Jesus thinks differently. He finds young people delightful, full of enthusiasm, of hope and great joy. It is his positiveness in us that attracts him to us. Dr. Graham English of the Australian Catholic University offers words about young adults and the Church. Listen to them carefully, think about them, digest them in your minds. Use this time to meditate upon them and then be prepared to speak up and give us your thoughts set out after Graham’s words.
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We have listened and we have spoken, let us now pray to God. God our Father, Lord of all that is, you have spoken to us today in so many ways and we want to respond to you out of love and in obedience to you. We love you with all that we are and have. We now dedicate our lives to express your delight in us by giving ourselves and our talents to serve your world with joy and faith. Hear our prayer, through Jesus our Lord, your Son, who lives and reigns with you and the Holy Spirit, God for ever and ever.
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Let us sum up all that we have experienced today by singing, “Lord we thank you for the pleasure that our happy life time brings”.
P: Closing Song – (Could utilise some sort of other Media if relevant to School Community) Cry out to Jesus – Third Day *Hold us Together – Matt Maher – Alive again Album (Suggestion) God of Justice – Words/Lyrics Attached (Suggestion) Above the Broken – Music/Lyrics Attached (Suggestion) Hands – Jewel (Jewel was Homeless when she was 15 – there is a lot of footage to accompany her story online) i
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