Rooted in Christ:

we Belong

we Believe

we Become

2018-2021

Pastoral Plan Prayer and Liturgical Resources Prepared by the Catholic Teachers’ Centre 2018

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Table of Contents

Selected Prayer for the Year, we Belong…………………..3

Celebration of the Eucharist ………………………………………………..8

Prayers of the People (Intentions) ……………………………………....9

Possible Scripture Readings………………………………………………..10

Selected Scripture Quotes on Belonging…………………………..…18

Suggested Songs for the Year, we Belong…………………………...20

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Selected Prayers for the Year, we Belong 2018-2019 Pastoral Plan Prayer Loving God, we believe that everyone is a gift and belongs to your family for we are made in your image and likeness. As a community of believers rooted in Christ, may we always celebrate your presence with us and appreciate both the gifts and responsibilities of belonging to this community of faith. Through the inspiration of the Holy Spirit, the intercession of Mother Mary, and all the Saints, may we become all you intend us to be— a reflection of Christ in our world. We pray through Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen.

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For our Neighbours “Love your neighbour as yourself.” – Romans 13:9

Lord Jesus, Every day as we travel to school we see many other people going to and from their homes. Please bless these people who are our neighbours. Help us to remember to smile at them when we meet. Amen. About Belonging The ‘tall tree’ does not stand alone on the plain, but stands inside the forest. Loving God, Thank you for the gift of our school community. Thank you for the teachers who care for us and help us learn. Thank you for the friends who help us to know that we belong. Amen. For Families God, You are the Father of the whole human family. You love each of us, and you love our families. Please help those families that are going through a bad time. Help me to be kind to everyone in my family, even when I may not feel like it. Amen.

Reflection: Who in your family can you help this week?

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Respect for Differences Almighty God, You used a whole rainbow of colours when you created human beings. The people in my class have different eyes, noses, hair, and different shaped faces to me, but they are all your beautiful creations. Help me to enjoy the differences between me and my friends, not just in how they look, but in how they think and speak. It makes life so very interesting. Amen.

Reflection: Can you name all of the different cultures at your school? Responsibility for Others “Jesus keeps knocking on our door in the faces of our brothers and sisters, in the faces of our neighbors, in the faces of those at our side.” – Pope Francis

Jesus, You are my brother. You are there for me when I am happy and when I am sad. Help me to be a caring person to those around me, at home and at school. Help me bring your love to others every day. Amen. (Taken from: http://www.caritas.org.nz/system/files/SJW2017%20Prayers%20%28Y1-4%29.pdf)

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A Prayer of Belonging

Loving God, You made all the delicate, inner parts of my body and knit me together in my mother’s womb. Thank you for making me so wonderfully complex! Your workmanship is marvelous—how well I know it. You watched me as I was being formed in utter seclusion, as I was woven together in the dark of the womb. You saw me before I was born. Every day of my life was recorded in your book. Every moment was laid out before a single day had passed. (Psalm 139:13-16) Lord, I choose to believe your Word of truth, that I belong to You, that I always have a home in Your blessed heart, that every promise you have uttered in your Word is true for me, that I am not an exception to your lavish grace and provision. I belong to you and you belong to me. Thank you. Amen. Culled from: http://www.beliefnet.com/columnists/prayerplainandsimple/2015/07/a-prayer-of-belonging.html#OADKgC6J58O4DGA8.99

A Prayer for Belonging to the Earth

Spirit of Life, remind me of my deep belonging to this world. May I know in my bones my true place in the family of Earth. Just as the roots of a tree belong to the soil and microbes, and the branches of that tree belong to the wind and birds that come to perch, may I know my own deep roots and wide branches as belonging to a greater forest of life. As such, may I know regularly the gift of grace, and act whenever I am able in service to the whole. Amen.

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Culled from: https://www.questformeaning.org/prayers/earth-and-spirit-belonging-to-the-earth/

Prayer of Belonging

Father, I love you I trust you, I believe in you you are my father, I have no other the One True God, there is no other like you you are joy, peace, and love and I am love’s child. All that I have comes from you any power I have is yours my peace is your peace my joy is your joy you hear my thoughts you share my tears and laughter. Perfect loving Father you make me feel like an only child I am in you, and you are in me I belong to you, and you belong to me forever. Amen. From: http://www.freelyreceive.net/prayer-of-belonging/

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Celebration of the Eucharist Rooted in Christ: we Belong, we Believe, we Become

Greeting & Welcome:

Penitential Rite:

Collect:

Gracious God, each of us belongs to the great community

of faith and are believers in Jesus Christ. Help us to take care

in what we say and do and to become who you want us to be.

May we always show your love and become more like your

Son, Jesus Christ by extending his peace, his patience, his

acceptance of everyone.

through our Lord Jesus Christ your Son, who lives and reigns

with you and the Holy Spirit, one God, for ever and ever.

Amen

Prayer Over the Gifts:

Accept our simple gifts, O God. In the Eucharist they become the Body and Blood of Christ. May they give us, your holy people, the comfort and courage of Jesus Christ in our world.

We pray through Christ our Lord.

Amen

Closing Prayer: Pastoral Plan Prayer (see p. 1)

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Prayers of the People

Response: Lord, Hear Our Prayer 1. that we may develop our talents and gifts to support the human family

and build up God’s church.

We Pray to the Lord . . .

2. that we may hear in faith the call of God and have the courage to respond to that call.

We Pray to the Lord . . .

3. as communities rooted in Christ, may we welcome Jesus who walks with us as he walked with his friends in Jerusalem.

We Pray to the Lord . . .

4. for those who are sick and unwell, and for those who care for them.

We Pray to the Lord . . .

5. for our own personal concerns (pause)

We Pray to the Lord . . .

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Possible Scripture Readings for the Year, we Belong

A Reading From the Book of the Prophet Isaiah (Isaiah 25:9)

It will be said on that day, Lo, this is our God; we have waited for him, so that he

might save us. This is the Lord for whom we have waited; let us be glad and rejoice

in his salvation.

The Word of the Lord. All: Thanks be to God.

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A Reading From the Book of the Prophet Isaiah (Isaiah 26:3-4)

Those of steadfast mind you keep in peace— in peace because they trust in you.

Trust in the Lord forever, for in the Lord God you have an everlasting rock.

The Word of the Lord. All: Thanks be to God.

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A Reading From the Book of the Prophet Isaiah (Isaiah 41:10)

Do not fear, for I am with you, do not be afraid, for I am your God; I will strengthen

you, I will help you, I will uphold you with my victorious right hand.

The Word of the Lord. All: Thanks be to God.

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A Reading From the Book of the Prophet Isaiah (Isaiah 43:1)

But now thus says the Lord, he who created you, O Jacob, he who formed you, O

Israel: Do not fear, for I have redeemed you; I have called you by name, you are

mine.

The Word of the Lord. All: Thanks be to God.

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A Reading From the Book of the Prophet Jeremiah (Jeremiah 17:7-8)

Blessed are those who trust in the Lord, whose trust is the Lord. They shall be like

a tree planted by water, sending out its roots by the stream. It shall not fear when

heat comes, and its leaves shall stay green; in the year of drought it is not anxious,

and it does not cease to bear fruit.

The Word of the Lord. All: Thanks be to God.

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A Reading From the Book of the Prophet Jeremiah (Jeremiah: 29:11)

For surely I know the plans I have for you, says the Lord, plans for your welfare and

not for harm, to give you a future with hope.

The Word of the Lord. All: Thanks be to God.

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A Reading From the Book of Proverbs (Proverbs 3:5-6)

Trust in the Lord with all your heart, and do not rely on your own insight.

In all your ways acknowledge him, and he will make straight your paths.

The Word of the Lord. All: Thanks be to God.

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A Reading From the Book of Joshua (Joshua 1:9)

I hereby command you: Be strong and courageous; do not be frightened or

dismayed, for the Lord your God is with you wherever you go.”

The Word of the Lord. All: Thanks be to God.

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A Reading From the Act of the Apostles (Acts 17:28)

For in him we live and move and have our being’; as even some of your own poets

have said, ‘For we too are his offspring.’

The Word of the Lord. All: Thanks be to God.

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A Reading From St. Paul’s Letter to the Romans (Romans 8:28)

We know that all things work together for good for those who love God, who are

called according to his purpose.

The Word of the Lord. All: Thanks be to God.

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A Reading From St. Paul’s Letter to the Romans (Romans 14:7-9)

We do not live to ourselves, and we do not die to ourselves. If we live, we live to

the Lord, and if we die, we die to the Lord; so then, whether we live or whether we

die, we are the Lord’s. For to this end Christ died and lived again, so that he might

be Lord of both the dead and the living.

The Word of the Lord. All: Thanks be to God.

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A Reading From St. Paul’s Letter to the Romans (Romans 15:13)

May the God of hope fill you with all joy and peace in believing, so that you may

abound in hope by the power of the Holy Spirit.

The Word of the Lord. All: Thanks be to God.

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A Reading From St. Paul’s Letter to the Galatians (Galatians 3:26-29)

For in Christ Jesus you are all children of God through faith. As many of you as were

baptized into Christ have clothed yourselves with Christ. There is no longer Jew or

Greek, there is no longer slave or free, there is no longer male and female; for all

of you are one in Christ Jesus. And if you belong to Christ, then you are Abraham’s

offspring, heirs according to the promise.

The Word of the Lord. All: Thanks be to God.

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A Reading From St. Paul’s Letter to the Ephesians (Ephesians 1:6-8)

Praise God’s glorious grace that he freely bestowed on us in the Beloved. In him we

have redemption through His blood, the forgiveness of our trespasses, according

to the riches of his grace that he lavished on us with all wisdom and insight.

The Word of the Lord. All: Thanks be to God.

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A Reading From St. Paul’s Letter to the Ephesians (Ephesians 1:11)

In Christ we have also obtained an inheritance, having been destined according to

the purpose of him who accomplishes all things according to his counsel and will.

The Word of the Lord. All: Thanks be to God.

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A Reading From the First Letter of John (1 John 3:1)

See what love the Father has given us, that we should be called children of God;

and that is what we are. The reason the world does not know us is that it did not

know him.

The Word of the Lord. All: Thanks be to God.

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A Reading From St. Paul’s Second Letter to the Corinthians (2 Corinthians 8:21)

We intend to do what is right not only in the Lord’s sight but also in the sight of others.

The Word of the Lord. All: Thanks be to God.

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A Reading From St. Paul’s Letter to the Philippians (Philippians 4:13)

I can do all things through him who strengthens me.

The Word of the Lord. All: Thanks be to God.

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A Reading From the Holy Gospel According to Matthew (Matthew 22:39)

Jesus said, ‘You shall love your neighbor as yourself.’

The Gospel of the Lord. All: Praise to you, Lord Jesus Christ.

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A Reading From the Holy Gospel According to John (John 3:16)

For God so loved the world that he gave his only Son, so that everyone who

believes in him may not perish but may have eternal life.

The Gospel of the Lord. All: Praise to you, Lord Jesus Christ.

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A Reading From the Holy Gospel According to John (John 13:34-35)

I give you a new commandment, that you love one another. Just as I have loved

you, you also should love one another. By this everyone will know that you are my

disciples, if you have love for one another.

The Gospel of the Lord. All: Praise to you, Lord Jesus Christ.

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A Reading From the Holy Gospel According to John (John 14: 1-6)

‘Do not let your hearts be troubled. Believe in God, believe also in me. In my

Father’s house there are many dwelling-places. If it were not so, would I have told

you that I go to prepare a place for you? And if I go and prepare a place for you, I

will come again and will take you to myself, so that where I am, there you may be

also. And you know the way to the place where I am going.’ Thomas said to him,

‘Lord, we do not know where you are going. How can we know the way?’ Jesus said

to him, ‘I am the way, and the truth, and the life. No one comes to the Father except

through me.

The Gospel of the Lord. All: Praise to you, Lord Jesus Christ.

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A Reading From the Holy Gospel According to John (John 14:27)

Peace I leave with you; my peace I give to you. I do not give to you as the world

gives. Do not let your hearts be troubled, and do not let them be afraid.

The Gospel of the Lord.

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Selected Scripture Quotes on Belonging

Genesis 1:27 - So God created humankind in his image, in the image of God he created them; male and female he created them.

Psalm 100:3 - Know that the Lord is God. It is he who made us, and we are his; we are his people, the sheep of his pasture.

Jeremiah 1:5 - “Before I formed you in the womb I knew you, before you were born I set you apart; I appointed you as a prophet to the nations.”

Zephaniah 3:17 - The Lord, your God, is in your midst, a warrior who gives victory; he will rejoice over you with gladness, he will renew you in his love; he will exult over you with loud singing

John 10:27-28 - My sheep hear my voice. I know them, and they follow me. I give them eternal life, and they will never perish. No one will snatch them out of my hand.

Romans 15:7 - Welcome one another, therefore, just as Christ has welcomed you, for the glory of God.

1 Corinthians 12:27 - Now you are the body of Christ and individually members of it.

2 Corinthians 1:21-22 - But it is God who establishes us with you in Christ and has anointed us, by putting his seal on us and giving us his Spirit in our hearts as a first instalment.

Galatians 3:28 - There is no longer Jew or Greek, there is no longer slave or free, there is no longer male and female; for all of you are one in Christ Jesus.

Ephesisns 1:5 - He destined us for adoption as his children through Jesus Christ, according to the good pleasure of his will

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Hebrews 4:15-16 - For we do not have a high priest who is unable to sympathize with our weaknesses, but we have one who in every respect has been tested as we are, yet without sin. Let us therefore approach the throne of grace with boldness, so that we may receive mercy and find grace to help in time of need.

1 Peter 2:9 - But you are a chosen race, a royal priesthood, a holy nation, God’s own people, in order that you may proclaim the mighty acts of him who called you out of darkness into his marvellous light.

1 John 3:1-2 – (1) See what great love the Father has lavished on us, that we should be called children of God! And that is what we are! The reason the world does not know us is that it did not know him. (2) Dear friends, now we are children of God, and what we will be has not yet been made known. But we know that when Christ appears, we shall be like him, for we shall see him as he is.

1 John 4:4 - Little children, you are from God, and have conquered them; for the one who is in you is greater than the one who is in the world.

Psalm 100:3-Know that the Lord is God. It is he that made us, and we are his; we are his people, and the sheep of his pasture.

Psalm 119:105- Your word is a lamp to my feet and a light to my path.

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Suggested Songs for the Year, We Belong 2018-2019 Song choices for liturgies are an important way to reinforce the themes of the liturgical season, the readings that are being used for the day, and the actual parts of the mass (Welcoming, Offertory, Communion, Sending Forth). They can also help us to reinforce our values as they are reflected in our TCDSB Pastoral Plan,Rooted in Christ: we Belong, we Believe, we Become. These song suggestions below are offered to help in enhancing the theme of our first year, We Belong. This is by no means an exhaustive list. However, these songs are chosen from Catholic sources, and are fitting for use in liturgies.

Pastoral Plan Song:

We Belong to God—by Susan HooKong-Taylor

https://www.tcdsb.org/Board/NurturingOurCatholicCommunity/rooted-in-christ/Pages/we-belong-to-god.aspx

Elementary

Friends All Gather Round the Table of the Lord—by Carey Landry

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SpjBUR71_FM

We Come To Your Table—by Carey Landry

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KQ9ZYqOKaeg

One Bread, One Body—by Dan Schutte

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=o_hd7K5Rn5k

Before the Sun Burned Bright—By Dan Schutte

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=y7fUY8zQ1xw

Zacchaeus

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mV8wFANocHY&index=13&list=RDQMxFo6rFZQ7zk

He’s Got the Whole World In His Hands-Traditional

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oEkXzi19Crk&index=16&list=RDQMxFo6rFZQ7zk

Hearts on Fire—by Michael Mangan

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=79pWkATu1SY

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True Colours Shine—by Michael Mangan

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=l4pV_K_2IAk&index=11&list=PLDkjFCmBytnb1WqWQkLQd8El6s0CHnXCd

One Body, One People—by Michael Mangan

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lS4FnC-carQ&index=16&list=PLDkjFCmBytnb1WqWQkLQd8El6s0CHnXCd

Thank You God—by Janet Vogt

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2GymxJxpzRM

Enter the Journey –by Janet Vogt and Mark Friedman

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GV5kTMfhZeE&list=PLiNyyomLBtM0WdTVa9OMd7M63LkF5q-ht

Be the Hands, the Heart of God-- by Janet Vogt and Mark Friedman

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=t8uCfdlno9w&index=4&list=PLiNyyomLBtM0WdTVa9OMd7M63LkF5q-ht

We Are Yours

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sKj7er0hU0A&index=58&list=PLiNyyomLBtM0WdTVa9OMd7M63LkF5q-ht

Secondary

The Servant Song (Gather 751)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kdmgpMfnjdU

We Are Many Parts by Marty Haugen (Gather 834)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=q77uRQxKDCY

Gather Your People by Bob Hurd (Gather 837)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=y0KWKmRfY2k

Ubi Caritas (Taize Hymn) (Gather 696)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=G2o27qpvfUc

No Greater Love by Michael Joncas (Gather 701)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=m2EtBYAa7JI

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Sing A New Church (Gather 743)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=J_WmI3WRMDI

City of God by Dan Schutte

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-zRAUH8yBcQ

Christians Let Us Love One Another (CBW III 595)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_MD00AZ1Qt4

Gather Us In (CBW III 587) by Marty Haugen

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ar0BXa82F9M

In Christ There Is No East or West (CBW III 529)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2B4ZEsqxDfA

Break Not the Circle of Enabling Love (CBW III 524)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NFNsL3N1TQs

Blest Are They (CBW III 522)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=S4jCsshMK3E

For the Healing of the Nations (CBW III 503) by John F. Wade

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IJeOMZoyLKs

Song at the Centre by Marty Haugen

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KeTVs7ejtDw

Many and Great, O God

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1HHdpyTATco

They’ll Know We Are Christians

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=k6k_mwNqFdQ