Mass with the students

Yesterday, I celebrated my first Mass for the 1st through 4th grade students. Each week they have Mass on Wednesday while the 5th through 8th graders have Mass on Thursday. It's very enjoyable having Mass with the children. The 1st through 4th graders are an exciting bunch. They are excited about learning, about Mass and about Jesus.

The students plan the whole Mass. Each week one of the classes plans the songs, theme, writes an introductory prayer and meditation prayer and they choose readers as well as students to read the petitions. It's really cool to see the work they put into preparing the Mass and I think it's a great ideal because the students truly participate in the Mass as we are called to do by the 2nd Vatican Council (Sacrosanctum Concilium, para. 14).

I spoke on prayer and used a coin as an example of our need for help in our lives and asking someone to give us what we need. Holding the coin in my hand, I told told them that whoever can get the coin without touching it could have it. I ask for ways in which they could get the coin. After a few suggestions, one student asked me if I would give it to him. Of course, the object of this was to help them realize that when we need something, we can ask God - pray to Him for what we need. We seek God's help by our prayer just like you asked me to help you get the coin.

I really enjoyed an interactive homily with the kids. I will probably have more of a question and answer type homily for the older students today, but I will enjoy it too. Until next time...God bless.

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