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Presider: Grade 9 10 Students. (3 Readers and some students to help with PP,
music and symbols)
Title: Jesus: The Bread of Life
Liturgical Season: Easter season
Intended Audience: Grade 9 -10
Context: Preparation for the Feast of Corpus Christi. (Service to be presented in
the week leading up to Corpus Christi.
Location: This can be in a classroom, chapel, or even in a hall. Groups can be
single classes, or as a Year group.
**Note** The aim of this service is to introduce the students to the Feast of Corpus
Christi, giving them an opportunity to participate in a prayerful reflection exercise
that focuses on a central theme of our faith and the Paschal Mystery.
Structure:
1. Introductory Rite
Reader 1 Welcome and introduction
Welcome everyone to our service of reflection entitled, Jesus, Bread of Life.
In a few days time, the Church celebrates the beautiful Feast of Corpus
Christi. In this feast, we celebrate the memorial meal that Jesus left us, in
offering himself in the form of bread and wine. When we receive Holy
Communion, we eat His flesh that he sacrificed for us; as we drink his Blood
that was poured out for us, we are washed clean. Jesus is our saving priest
and victim of love.
As the introduction rite is being read, a table can be dressed up with a white
linen cloth, a lit candle, Bible, chalice and loaf of bread. Quiet instrumental
music can be playing the background.
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2. Scripture (Three readers)
A reading from the Gospel according John. (John 6:27-33)
Reader 1
Jesus said to the Jewish crowds:
Reader 2
"I am the living bread that came down from heaven;
whoever eats this bread will live forever;
and the bread that I will give
is my flesh for the life of the world."
(Short silence)
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3. Response: Psalm 147 (Use slides or PP with instrumental background music)
Reader 3
He has granted peace in your borders;
with the best of wheat he fills you.
He sends forth his command to the earth;
swiftly runs his word!
Reader 1
He has proclaimed his word to Jacob,
his statutes and his ordinances to Israel.
He has not done thus for any other nation;
his ordinances he has not made known to them. Alleluia.
Transition
Reader 1 This next song is the prayer of St. Teresa of Avila. As Catholics who
receive the gift of the Eucharist, we are all parts of the one body of Christ. Jesus is
in us and we are in Him. He gives us His Holy Spirit and asks us to be his disciples.
Please listen reflectively to this song, which reminds us that we are his hands, his
feet, and his love to others.
https://youtu.be/wUbxOli4HcI
5. Intercessory prayer: (Taken from Living with Christ June 2017 p.110)
Prayers and response on the PP
Reader 1: Let us prayer for the wider community, the Church and the world.
For the Church, the people of God, nourished by the real presence of Christ in the
community, the word, and Eucharist, we pray to the Lord.
Reader 3: For the children in our own country who live in poverty, and for all the
worlds children whose parents and guardians lack the means to nourish them, we
prayer to the Lord.
Reader 1: For the young people of our school, in whose lives God is working, we
prayer to the Lord.
Let us prayer in the words that Jesus taught us: Our Father Words on PP
6. Concluding Rite
Reader 1
We thank you, Lord, for your presence with us this day. As we prepare Lord for the
Feast of Corpus Christi, we pray that you fill our hearts with a new desire and a
deeper faith for this wonderful sacrament of your Body and Blood. We thank you,
that you love us so much and call us into the fullness of life and love. Who live and
reign for ever and ever. Amen.
General Considerations:
2. Did the order of service provide just what was essential to engage the
participants?
Yes. No sheets were used as this can be distracting. The presiders invited
participants to respond using the words on the PowerPoint.
Yes. Anyone could use this service outline. It leaves room for choice of music and
symbols.
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5. Was the language: inclusive; age appropriate?
Yes. This is aimed at grade 9 to 10, but could also be used with grades 11 and 12.
Resources
CCCB
http://www.cccb.ca/
Youtube
https://youtu.be/wUbxOli4HcI