Preparation

PLANNING A NON-EUCHARISTIC LITURGY

Date: 01/12/15

Feast: None

Focus: Advent

Place: Classroom

Time: Morning- begin

school day with
introduction to the
season of Advent

Group: Teacher Driven

Required Props (Cross, candles, symbol etc):

Advent Wreath
Cloth and decorations in the colour violet
How will symbols be displayed/used? (What specific action?):
Wreath will be blessed using Blessing of wreath Prayer
Cloths draped over table holding wreath, blessing & Bible (Marked with
appropriate page for readings)

Welcome:
Today we celebrate the beginning of the season of Advent. This
is a season where we prepare and open up our hearts to the
joy and miracle of the birth of Jesus Christ and offer ourselves
and our service to those in need.

Gather (Introductory Rites)

Gathering Hymn:
Together as One by Andrew Chinn

Opening Prayer:
With hands joined, the leader says:
Lord our God,
we praise you for your Son, Jesus Christ:
he is Emmanuel, the hope of the peoples,
he is the wisdom that teaches and guides us,
he is the Savior of every nation.
Lord God,
let your blessing come upon us
as we light the candles of this wreath.
May the wreath and its light
be a sign of Christs promise to bring us salvation.
May he come quickly and not delay.
We ask this through Christ our Lord.
R/. Amen.

Lyrics to be
displayed on
IWB
Prayer and
response to be
displayed on
IWB, children
asked to utter
response when
prayer
concludes

Listen (Liturgy of the Word)

Reading/s:
IS 11:1-10
On that day,
A shoot shall sprout from the stump of Jesse,
and from his roots a bud shall blossom.
The Spirit of the LORD shall rest upon him:
a Spirit of wisdom and of understanding,
A Spirit of counsel and of strength,
a Spirit of knowledge and of fear of the LORD,
and his delight shall be the fear of the LORD.
Not by appearance shall he judge,
nor by hearsay shall he decide,
But he shall judge the poor with justice,
and decide aright for the lands afflicted.
He shall strike the ruthless with the rod of his mouth,
and with the breath of his lips he shall slay the wicked.
Justice shall be the band around his waist,
and faithfulness a belt upon his hips.

Reading listed
on IWB

Then the wolf shall be a guest of the lamb,

and the leopard shall lie down with the kid;
The calf and the young lion shall browse together,
with a little child to guide them.
The cow and the bear shall be neighbors,
together their young shall rest;
the lion shall eat hay like the ox.
The baby shall play by the cobras den,
and the child lay his hand on the adders lair.
There shall be no harm or ruin on all my holy mountain;
for the earth shall be filled with knowledge of the LORD,
as water covers the sea.
On that day,
The root of Jesse,
set up as a signal for the nations,
The Gentiles shall seek out,
for his dwelling shall be glorious.

Share, Reflect,
Respond

Prayer/Reflection/Action:
Responsorial Psalm
Response: Justice shall flourish in his time, and fullness of
peace for ever.
O God, with your judgment endow the king,
and with your justice, the kings son;
He shall govern your people with justice
and your afflicted ones with judgment.
R. Justice shall flourish in his time, and fullness of peace for

Response to be
displayed on
IWB

ever.
Justice shall flower in his days,
and profound peace, till the moon be no more.
May he rule from sea to sea,
and from the River to the ends of the earth.
R. Justice shall flourish in his time, and fullness of peace for
ever.
He shall rescue the poor when he cries out,
and the afflicted when he has no one to help him.
He shall have pity for the lowly and the poor;
the lives of the poor he shall save.
R. Justice shall flourish in his time, and fullness of peace for
ever.
May his name be blessed forever;
as long as the sun his name shall remain.
In him shall all the tribes of the earth be blessed;
all the nations shall proclaim his happiness.
R. Justice shall flourish in his time, and fullness of peace for
ever.

Go & Tell (Concluding Rites)

Dismissal:
Lord of all,
you are a God of plenty, a Lord who provides
for us in our need.
as I begin these early days of Advent
help me to believe that you know what I need.
give me courage to listen to your voice
and the freedom
to open my heart to the graces you are
offering me to place my trust in you.

Concluding Hymn:
Light of Christ by John Burland

Display
dismissal prayer
on IWB so that
it can be
followed by all.
Encourage
students who
wish to do so to
say this prayer
with you, this
can be done
aloud or in
private by each
individual
Lyrics to be
displayed on
IWB