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15º Ordinary Sunday - cycle A - |
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Theme:
JESUS IS THE GOOD SEED.
- Objetive :
That the children should interiorize that Jesus is the good seed and their hearts should be rich soil to receive Him.
- Environment:
Place on a table: an open Bible, a candle, a glass with water and a flower pot with soil.
1- Greeting
Today, Jesus invites us to listen to him, with a very willing heart. He wishes the best for us and for this wish to come true, our colaboration is necessary.
2- Renewal of commitment.
-Who remembers the commitment we made last week?
-What would be Jesus' opinion of what we did?
3- Prayer.
Dear Jesus: Today you invite us to listen to you carefully because sometimes we get distracted. We ask that your word reach our heart just as good seeds reach rich soil. Amen.
4- Activity.
On a notice board the following drawing will be made (rich soil, a path, rocks, thorns) like a board game. Each child is given five seeds ( black peas, chick peas...). Each child in turn throws his seeds on the board. The name of each player and the number of seeds that fall in rich soil are written down. When everyone has finished the game the one who has the most seeds on “rich soil” will receive his companions' seeds and will keep them until later.
5- Gospel
Jesus tell us that God the Father is the sower and he is the good seed. Let us listen to the gospel of
Matthew 13, 1-23
That same day, Jesus left the house and sat by the lakeside, but such crowds gathered round him that he got into a boat and sat there. The people all stood on the beach, and he told them many things in parables. He said, 'Imagine a sower going out to sow. As he sowed, some seeds fell on the edge of the path, and the birds came and ate them up. Others fell on patches of rock where they found little soil and sprang up straight away, because there was no depth of earth; but as soon as the sun came up they were scorched and, not having any roots, they withered away. Others fell among thorns, and the thorns grew up and choked them. Others fell on rich soil and produced their crop, some a hundredfold, some sixty, some thirty. Listen, anyone who has ears!'
Then the disciples went up to him and asked, 'Why do you talk to them in parables?' 'Because' he replied 'the mysteries of the kingdom of heaven are revealed to you, but they are not revealed to them. For anyone who has will be given more, and he will have more than enough; but from anyone who has not, even what he has will be taken away. The reason I talk to them in parables is that they look without seeing and listen without hearing or understanding. So in their case this prophecy of Isaiah is being fulfilled: You will listen and listen again, but not understand, see and see again, but not perceive. For the heart of this nation has grown coarse, their ears are dull of hearing, and they have shut their eyes, for fear they should see with their eyes, hear with their ears, understand with their heart, and be converted and be healed by me. But happy are your eyes because they see, your ears because they hear! I tell you solemnly, many prophets and holy men longed to see what you see, and never saw it; to hear what you hear, and never heard it.
'You, therefore, are to hear the parable of the sower. When anyone hears the word of the kingdom without understanding, the evil one comes and carries off what was sown in his heart: this is the man who received the seed on the edge of the path. The one who received it on patches of rock is the man who hears the word and welcomes it at once with joy. But he has no root in him, he does not last; let some trial come, or some persecution on account of the word, and he falls away at once. The one who received the seed in thorns is the man who hears the word, but the worries of this world and the lure of riches choke the word and so he produces nothing. And the one who received the seed in rich soil is the man who hears the word and understands it; he is the one who yields a harvest and produces now a hundredfold, now sixty, now thirty.'
6- Reflexion
-What does Jesus compare to the word of God?
-What does “rich soil” mean in the parable?
-Do we see any relation between Jesus' message and the game we played?
7- Enlightenment
Jesus with his presence attracted the people and everyone listened to him. Jesus didn't lose any occasion to tell the message of salvation and so that everyone could understand he gave examples which referred to country life and the work they did. In the gospel we are told that he spoke about the seeds and the soil. He himself explained the meaning of the parable so that, since we have understood, we can find out whether our heart is, rich soil, or soil that does not allow the germination of any seed. We close our eyes and think about which things don't allow the message of Jesus be the most important thing to us.
He who yields a hundredfold, now sixty, now thirty, is the capability of reply of each person, but most important is to produce good fruits, which is what Jesus wants.
8- Celebration
We gather around the table on which the Bible is placed, we light the candle and the catechist invites the winner of the game, the child who won the most seeds, to plant them in the flower pot. Next he pours water from the glass and places the flower pot in a place that receives air and light. Holding hands around the table we tell Jesus: We give you thanks for the saving words you told us today. You want us to be rich soil but sometimes we are hard soil, rocks and soil with thorns. We want to be brave so that your word is not taken away from us and we want to have you always as the most important. Help us, you who can do anything. Amen
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