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18º Ordinary Sunday - cycle A - |
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Theme:
Jesus feeds a crowd
- Objetive :
That the children discover that Jesus not only taught but also had compassion for those who had nothing to eat.
- Environment:
Put the following questions on the notice board:
- How are the children of Africa fed?
- How are the children of India fed?
- How are the children of Latin America fed?
- How do I eat every day?
- How much is my monthly allowance?
1- Greeting
Dear children, today the gospel tells us about something that Jesus did for the multitude of people that followed him.
2- Renewal of commitment.
-Have you prayed that someone will teach the children who don’t know about Jesus nor about the kingdom of heaven?
-Did you ask others if they know which is the kingdom that Jesus speaks about?
3- Prayer.
Dear Jesus, you fed many people. Today there are many people who die of hunger, not because there isn’t enough food but because of the selfishness of a few who prevents the solidarity and the sharing among people. We ask you to help us to get rid of the selfishness and the hate in our lives so that everyone will have the same rights to the necessary things in life. Amen.
4- Activity.
Give a sheet of white paper to each child so that they can answer the questions written on the notice board. When everyone has finished, discuss the following question: why do we have this problem in the world? The catechist will write the answers of the children on the notice board to help them with their commitment for the following week.
5- Gospel
What we have done has a reason to be, pay attention to Matthew 14, 13-21.
13 Now when Jesus heard this, he withdrew from there in a boat to a lonely place apart. But when the crowds heard it, they followed him on foot from the towns. 14 As he went ashore he saw a great throng; and he had compassion on them, and healed their sick. 15 When it was evening, the disciples came to him and said, "This is a lonely place, and the day is now over; send the crowds away to go into the villages and buy food for themselves." 16 Jesus said, "They need not go away; you give them something to eat." 17 They said to him, "We have only five loaves here and two fish." 18 And he said, "Bring them here to me." 19 Then he ordered the crowds to sit down on the grass; and taking the five loaves and the two fish he looked up to heaven, and blessed, and broke and gave the loaves to the disciples, and the disciples gave them to the crowds. 20 And they all ate and were satisfied. And they took up twelve baskets full of the broken pieces left over. 21 And those who ate were about five thousand men, besides women and children.
6- Reflexion
- What did Jesus do when he went ashore and saw the crowd?
- What did the disciples tell Jesus when it got dark?
- Jesus did not listen to them but told them what they had to do.
- What did Jesus do to feed the crowd?
7- Enlightenment
Jesus teaches us a lesson we should not forget, he tells the disciples “you give them something to eat”. The disciples did not think Jesus could feed all those people, so they wanted him to send the people to other villages to get what they needed . That was difficult because it was getting dark. Jesus feels the need of the people. Jesus uses what they have: five loaves and two fishes. His love has no limits, he looks up to heaven and blesses the food, breaks the loaves and gives them to the crowd, and they all eat. Jesus invites us to trust in God. He blesses everything we do for others. Jesus invites us to be generous in sharing.
8- Celebration
Standing up, we will think about the “Our Father”, specifically on the second sentence “Give us today our daily bread”, and we will ask him to give that bread to everyone, the people we know and those we do not know. We then say the “Our Father”.
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