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Eucharistic Year 6 Liturgy for Advent

Preparation

Date: Last week of school Feast: Advent

year
Place: School church
Time: Morning

Focus: Preparing for the

birth of Jesus
Group: Year 6

Required Props (Cross, candles, symbol etc):

- 4 Advent candles on a larger wreath.
- Cross
- Purple material.
- Advent wreathes (created by year 6 students)

How will symbols be displayed/used? (What specific action?):
- Advent candles placed on a larger wreath there will be 4 candles however
only 2 will be lit at the beginning of the liturgy.
- A cross is already present on the altar at the front of the church.
- Purple material is draped from the sides of the church during the whole of the
advent season.
- Students will create advent wreathes in class and the students will place these
on the ground across the front of the altar.

Gather (Introductory Rites)

Welcome:

Student 1:
Today we gather to celebrate the season of Advent, please join with me in making
the sign of the cross. In the name of the Father, and of the Son, and of the Holy
Spirit. Amen.

Two students will light the Advent candles.

Student 2:
Advent is the season of waiting and hope. In our classroom community, we wait for
the birthday of Jesus and recall how the world waited for the saviour.
We wait for him to be born again in our hearts, our classrooms, our homes, our
parish community, and in the whole world. Let us begin this celebration of joyful
waiting by singing Watch out! Wake up!


Gathering Hymn:
Students will all join in singing Michael Mangans song Watch out! Wake up!
Opening Prayer:
Student 3:
This Advent season we repent, we wait, and we prepare to celebrate
Christs coming in history, in our lives today, and at the end of
time. May God be with us as we celebrate the season with joy!
Let us pray together our opening prayer.

All:
God of Love,
Your son, Jesus, is your greatest gift to us.
He is a sign of your love.
Help us walk in that love during the weeks of Advent,
As we wait and prepare for his coming.
We pray in the name of Jesus, our Savior.
Amen.

Reading:
Student 4:
A reading from the book of Mark 1:1-9

1 The beginning of the good news about Jesus the Messiah,[a] the Son of God,[b]
2 as it is written in Isaiah the prophet:
I will send my messenger ahead of you,
who will prepare your way
Listen (Liturgy of the Word)

3
a voice of one calling in the wilderness,
Prepare the way for the Lord,
make straight paths for him.
4 And so John the Baptist appeared in the wilderness, preaching a baptism of
repentance for the forgiveness of sins. 5 The whole Judean countryside and all the
people of Jerusalem went out to him. Confessing their sins, they were baptized by
him in the Jordan River. 6 John wore clothing made of camels hair, with a leather
belt around his waist, and he ate locusts and wild honey. 7 And this was his
message: After me comes the one more powerful than I, the straps of whose
sandals I am not worthy to stoop down and untie. 8 I baptize you with water, but he
will baptize you with the Holy Spirit.

This is the word of the Lord.
All: Praise to you Lord Jesus Christ

Share, Reflect, Respond

Prayer/Reflection/Action:
Three students will carry baskets with the wreathes created by the students.
While the wreathes are being laid beneath the altar; student 6 will begin to speak.

Student 5:
We have each created our own wreathes. These symbolise the undying love
between God and ourselves. The Advent wreath is green, the colour of new life and
hope. Green reminds us of the newborn Jesus, who came to show us the way to
everlasting life.

Student 6:
Lets now take a minute of silence to reflect on the Advent season, the birth of
Christ and how we can incorporate lessons learnt during this season into our daily
lives.

Pause

Student 7:
Come, Lord Jesus, come into our hearts. It will soon be time to celebrate your
birthday, and we want to be ready. We want to walk in your light.

All:
Come, Lord Jesus, come. Light of the world, guide us.

Student 8: Lord we must know that to walk in your light we must respect others.
We must help those in need. By loving others, we show our love for you.

All:
Come, Lord Jesus. We will walk in the light of our Lord. May the peace of your
coming warm our hearts. May others see through our actions.
Amen

Student 9:
Lead Hail Mary
Please stand and join in saying the Hail Mary

Hail Mary full of Grace, the Lord is with thee. Blessed are thou among women and
blessed is the fruit of thy womb Jesus. Holy Mary Mother of God, pray for us sinners
now and at the hour of our death Amen.

Go & Tell (Concluding Rites)

Dismissal:
Student 10:

Lord, God, you show us the tenderness of your love in Marys newborn Son. Like
Mary, may we always be ready to say yes to your plan, so that Jesus may be born
in us. We ask you to prepare our hearts to welcome him, so that like the angels who
announced his birth, we too might greet his coming with joy. We ask you this
through Christ our Lord.
Amen.

Concluding Hymn:
Students will all join in singing Michael Mangans song
Mary Said Yes!