0:00:02 > 0:00:05These are the Bowland Fells in Lancashire,
0:00:05 > 0:00:08an area of England rich in Catholic history,
0:00:08 > 0:00:11and whose Catholic identity remains strong.
0:00:15 > 0:00:18It's OK.
0:00:21 > 0:00:25In 2011, I spent several months in the parish of Chipping
0:00:25 > 0:00:28at St Mary's Roman Catholic Primary School.
0:00:28 > 0:00:30Six of the school's 33 pupils
0:00:30 > 0:00:33were preparing for their first Holy Communion.
0:00:33 > 0:00:35I filmed with the whole school
0:00:35 > 0:00:38throughout the period of Lent and into the summer,
0:00:38 > 0:00:41watching as the essence of Catholicism
0:00:41 > 0:00:44was distilled into young hearts and minds.
0:00:53 > 0:00:56Good morning, Pat-Joe, how are you this morning?
0:00:58 > 0:01:01Right, who shall I start with today?
0:01:01 > 0:01:04Bonjour, Jean.
0:01:04 > 0:01:08- Bonjour, Madame. - Comment ca va aujourd'hui, Jean?
0:01:08 > 0:01:11- Ca va tres, tres bien. - Tres, tres bien, bon.
0:01:11 > 0:01:16- Bonjour, Isaac.- Bonjour, Madame. - Comment ca va aujourd'hui, Isaac?
0:01:16 > 0:01:19Tres, tres...comme ci, comme ca.
0:01:19 > 0:01:22- Bonjour, Victoria.- Bonjour, Madame.
0:01:22 > 0:01:27- Comment ca va aujourd'hui, Victoria? - I've got a spot on my head.
0:01:27 > 0:01:31- What have you been doing? - Well, I don't know how I did it.
0:01:31 > 0:01:34- It just turned up somehow. - It just turned up?!
0:01:34 > 0:01:39- Well, you'll have to try not to touch it today.- Yes.- OK?
0:01:39 > 0:01:42- Bonjour, Luciano.- Bonjour.
0:01:42 > 0:01:44Comment ca va aujourd'hui, Luciano?
0:01:44 > 0:01:49- Tres...comme ci, comme ca. - Just comme ci, comme ca.
0:01:49 > 0:01:53Can we start our prayers this morning with something to say
0:01:53 > 0:01:56thank you to God for?
0:01:58 > 0:02:01You think about all those wonderful things.
0:02:01 > 0:02:05All the things that we have round here.
0:02:05 > 0:02:08You can see that you can do. You can hear.
0:02:10 > 0:02:12What do you think, Sam?
0:02:13 > 0:02:17Good morning, God. Alleluia.
0:02:17 > 0:02:23Thank you for that bird I saw flying across the garden,
0:02:23 > 0:02:24what was a blue tit.
0:02:24 > 0:02:25Amen.
0:02:25 > 0:02:27Good morning, God.
0:02:27 > 0:02:32When I was on my way to school,
0:02:32 > 0:02:34I saw a blackbird,
0:02:34 > 0:02:37and behind it, I saw some lambs.
0:02:37 > 0:02:39Amen.
0:02:39 > 0:02:42Amen. What a lot of wonderful things!
0:02:48 > 0:02:55I confess to Almighty God and to you, my brothers and sisters,
0:02:55 > 0:02:59that I have sinned through my own fault, in my thoughts
0:02:59 > 0:03:05and in my words, in what I have done, and in what I have failed to do.
0:03:05 > 0:03:12And I ask the blessed Mary, ever virgin, all the angels and saints,
0:03:12 > 0:03:18and you, my brothers and sisters, to pray for me to the Lord, our God.
0:03:18 > 0:03:21May Almighty God have mercy on us.
0:03:21 > 0:03:25Forgive us our sins and bring us to everlasting life.
0:03:37 > 0:03:42Good, and the Lenten lunch is this coming Wednesday at 12 noon.
0:03:43 > 0:03:46Put a full stop in there and not a comma.
0:03:46 > 0:03:50Do you have much to do with the school?
0:03:50 > 0:03:55Well, normally, Friday is the day when I'm invited to go in.
0:03:55 > 0:03:59Yeah, I'm...school friendly.
0:03:59 > 0:04:03Is it very different from the school you went to, when you were a little boy?
0:04:03 > 0:04:07Oh, no, the priest used to pop in to us, both in the infants,
0:04:07 > 0:04:10and then in the boys' school.
0:04:10 > 0:04:14And Father Murphy and Father Nevin, I remember them coming in
0:04:14 > 0:04:17and Father Murphy, he said he burst
0:04:17 > 0:04:23the buttons on his overcoat if we all had gone to mass on the Sunday.
0:04:23 > 0:04:27And we used to... Peter Pessagno and me, or Frank Gannon and me,
0:04:27 > 0:04:30used to call for a certain boy, Raymond,
0:04:30 > 0:04:33to get him out of bed on a Sunday
0:04:33 > 0:04:38to make sure he wouldn't spoil... so that we'd have a full class.
0:04:38 > 0:04:41But that didn't happen always.
0:04:41 > 0:04:47Cos the priest used to come in regularly every week, yeah...
0:04:47 > 0:04:51Well, that's usual, thank God, in our tradition of Catholic schools.
0:04:51 > 0:04:55We are familiar with the Father.
0:04:55 > 0:04:58Cos many kids don't have fathers.
0:04:58 > 0:05:00You know, living with their mothers,
0:05:00 > 0:05:05and it's nice to be called that title, and we honour it.
0:05:05 > 0:05:07Yeah. So...
0:05:22 > 0:05:26It's Christopher Robin sitting down
0:05:26 > 0:05:30with Winnie the Pooh and Piglet.
0:05:30 > 0:05:32Can you see that on the picture?
0:05:32 > 0:05:35"Piglet said that the best place
0:05:35 > 0:05:40"would be somewhere where a Heffalump was,
0:05:40 > 0:05:42"and that he hadn't thought of that.
0:05:42 > 0:05:46"As soon as he got home, he went to the larder,
0:05:46 > 0:05:51"and he took down a very large pot of honey.
0:05:51 > 0:05:57"It had honey, H-U-N-N-Y, written on it."
0:05:58 > 0:06:00That was spelt wrong, wasn't it?
0:06:00 > 0:06:06Honey's spelt H-O-N-E-Y.
0:06:06 > 0:06:08PHONE RINGS
0:06:08 > 0:06:14Oh, dear. It's the dentist. Can I just pause for a minute?
0:06:14 > 0:06:18Hello? Father... Yeah.
0:06:18 > 0:06:24I'm telling a Winnie The Pooh story in our school,
0:06:24 > 0:06:29and I'm coming to you on Monday morning, aren't I?
0:06:29 > 0:06:3211 o'clock, OK. To have me tushy...
0:06:32 > 0:06:35Thank you. Bye-bye, now. Bye.
0:06:35 > 0:06:38Ha-ha! They ring me if, just to check
0:06:38 > 0:06:40that I won't miss the appointment.
0:06:42 > 0:06:44So I can get some teeth fixed.
0:06:52 > 0:06:55HE HUMS
0:06:55 > 0:06:5967...
0:06:59 > 0:07:02That's the Offertory hymn.
0:07:02 > 0:07:08Oh, is there a join? And then there is...
0:07:08 > 0:07:11295.
0:07:15 > 0:07:17There we are. Good morning, everyone.
0:07:17 > 0:07:18Good morning, good morning.
0:07:20 > 0:07:25During Lent, we are listening
0:07:25 > 0:07:30and following Jesus as he slowly goes to the cross.
0:07:30 > 0:07:36He will die on the cross at the end of Lent, on Good Friday.
0:07:36 > 0:07:39And we want, in some way,
0:07:39 > 0:07:43to show Jesus, as he loved us
0:07:43 > 0:07:47so much to die for us, we love Jesus.
0:07:47 > 0:07:52And in a way, we want to die in a little way.
0:07:52 > 0:07:54And as a mark of that resolution,
0:07:54 > 0:07:56we're going to do today,
0:07:56 > 0:08:01we're going to do what people in the old days used to do.
0:08:01 > 0:08:05We're going to sprinkle ashes on our foreheads,
0:08:05 > 0:08:13so that we, in Chipping, will say we're beginning Lent in a holy way.
0:08:13 > 0:08:16Remember you are dust, and unto dust, you will return.
0:08:18 > 0:08:23Remember you are dust, and unto dust, you will return.
0:08:23 > 0:08:25Stay there.
0:08:25 > 0:08:28Remember you are dust, and unto dust, you will return.
0:08:28 > 0:08:30Come... Come this way.
0:08:31 > 0:08:35Remember you are dust, and unto dust, you will return.
0:08:35 > 0:08:36Come here.
0:08:37 > 0:08:40Remember you are dust, and unto dust, you will return.
0:08:40 > 0:08:44Remember you are dust, and unto dust, you will return.
0:08:44 > 0:08:48Remember you are dust, and unto dust, you will return.
0:08:48 > 0:08:50I think we're all right now.
0:08:52 > 0:08:54I'll give Margaret...
0:08:58 > 0:09:01Remember you are dust, and unto dust, you will return.
0:09:01 > 0:09:05Remember you are dust, and unto dust, you will return.
0:09:05 > 0:09:09Remember you are dust, and unto dust, you will return.
0:09:17 > 0:09:21Right, now then, this morning...
0:09:21 > 0:09:24What was all that about?
0:09:24 > 0:09:26Thinking about ash.
0:09:26 > 0:09:30Father puts it on everybody's foreheads, and he says,
0:09:30 > 0:09:34'Remember, man,
0:09:34 > 0:09:39'that thou art dust,
0:09:39 > 0:09:44'and to dust you will return.' That means...
0:09:44 > 0:09:49We were made from dust in the story of creation,
0:09:49 > 0:09:54and when we die, we turn back to dust. But that's really hard for us.
0:09:54 > 0:09:56That's for your grown-ups to think about.
0:09:58 > 0:10:01So, we're getting ready for Lent.
0:10:01 > 0:10:05Would you like to have a little talk about
0:10:05 > 0:10:08what you think you could do extra in Lent?
0:10:08 > 0:10:14- Isaac?- Well, I'm going to clean up the whole house.
0:10:14 > 0:10:17The whole house?
0:10:17 > 0:10:18Well, I shall let your mum know.
0:10:18 > 0:10:20The whole house! What do you think of that?
0:10:20 > 0:10:22- Do you think he's going to do that, John?- No!
0:10:22 > 0:10:24Do you think he's going to manage the whole house?
0:10:24 > 0:10:28No! 1,000 billion, trillion.
0:10:28 > 0:10:32OK, children, children.
0:10:32 > 0:10:33OK, Pat-Joe?
0:10:33 > 0:10:40I'm going to give up all things of Ben 10,
0:10:40 > 0:10:42because it's my favourite.
0:10:42 > 0:10:45Ben 10 is my favourite character,
0:10:45 > 0:10:49so I'm going to try and give it up.
0:10:49 > 0:10:50- Everything?!- Yeah!
0:10:50 > 0:10:54Gosh, that's going to be hard, isn't it?
0:10:54 > 0:10:57Sam, are you going to do something, or are you giving up?
0:10:57 > 0:11:01I'll let Mum have a little relax and watch telly,
0:11:01 > 0:11:04while I'm tidying up.
0:11:04 > 0:11:06Wow! Now, that's a really good one.
0:11:06 > 0:11:11So, he's helping, and letting Mum do something.
0:11:11 > 0:11:15Go on, Annie, are you going to tell them what I've got to do?
0:11:44 > 0:11:50I normally say a Hail Mary for safe journeys. You don't mind if I do?
0:11:50 > 0:11:53Hail Mary, full of grace. The Lord is with thee.
0:11:53 > 0:11:56Blessed art thou amongst women,
0:11:56 > 0:11:59and blessed is the fruit of thy womb, Jesus.
0:11:59 > 0:12:02Holy Mary, Mother of God, pray for us sinners,
0:12:02 > 0:12:06now and at the hour of our death. Amen.
0:12:06 > 0:12:11In the name of the Father, and of the Son, and of the Holy Spirit. Amen.
0:12:13 > 0:12:16It's Windy Street.
0:12:16 > 0:12:21And John Procter is the only grocer shop we've got in Chipping.
0:12:23 > 0:12:26And I met his brother, Dennis, last night, at the ceilidh.
0:12:27 > 0:12:29That's interesting.
0:12:32 > 0:12:37That's the house of the organist, Jack Moon. He lives there.
0:12:37 > 0:12:41And he's played our organ for over 60 years.
0:12:44 > 0:12:48This reminds me so much of six years in Kenya...
0:12:50 > 0:12:56..visiting, not only the sick, but the well. The farmers in Kenya.
0:13:01 > 0:13:04Good morning, Tom.
0:13:08 > 0:13:10Here I am.
0:13:11 > 0:13:13And hello, Dorothy.
0:13:13 > 0:13:20This is the Lamb of God, who takes away the sins of the world.
0:13:20 > 0:13:23Happy are those who are called to his supper.
0:13:23 > 0:13:29Lord, I am not worthy to receive you, but only say the word
0:13:29 > 0:13:31and I shall be healed.
0:13:31 > 0:13:34- Body of Christ.- Amen.
0:13:36 > 0:13:39- Body of Christ.- Amen.
0:13:46 > 0:13:47Let us pray.
0:13:52 > 0:13:57Do you remember your own first Holy Communion?
0:13:57 > 0:14:02Very vividly. 1943. St Anne's Ancoats in Manchester.
0:14:02 > 0:14:06And I remember being quite excited, and...
0:14:06 > 0:14:10Oh, one thing I do remember,
0:14:10 > 0:14:15one of the girls, called Maureen Goodwin,
0:14:15 > 0:14:20she arrived and burst into tears. And Sister Frances said,
0:14:20 > 0:14:23"What's the matter, Maureen?"
0:14:23 > 0:14:27She goes, "I swallowed some toothpaste water."
0:14:27 > 0:14:30"Oh, Maureen, how could you?!"
0:14:30 > 0:14:34Because those were the days when the fasting for Holy Communion
0:14:34 > 0:14:39went from midnight, and this was 8:30 in the morning of Corpus Christi.
0:14:40 > 0:14:45So, poor Maureen, she was all dressed in her whites and the veil,
0:14:45 > 0:14:48and she had to wait till the next day.
0:14:48 > 0:14:53- She couldn't take it?- No, no. The rule was quite strict.
0:14:53 > 0:14:56And, you know, fingers were wagged at her.
0:14:56 > 0:15:02And then, also, after we went from the church,
0:15:02 > 0:15:04I burst into tears.
0:15:05 > 0:15:08And Miss Peat, who was the teacher, she said,
0:15:08 > 0:15:10"What's the matter, Anthony?"
0:15:10 > 0:15:13"Jesus is stuck to my mouth."
0:15:13 > 0:15:18"Oh", she said. "Well, go in the corner, there,
0:15:18 > 0:15:20"and put some saliva..."
0:15:20 > 0:15:24And I didn't realise what saliva was. It was spit.
0:15:24 > 0:15:29So I had to moisten my mouth, and then I swallowed Jesus.
0:15:29 > 0:15:32And how does it happen here, preparation for Communion?
0:15:32 > 0:15:38We've got a team of three catechists, teachers of religion.
0:15:38 > 0:15:40They are mothers in the community -
0:15:40 > 0:15:44Joanna, Caroline, and Rosalba.
0:15:47 > 0:15:50I remember it was a very long time ago,
0:15:50 > 0:15:53I wasn't allowed to take Communion, cos I'd not made my first Communion.
0:15:53 > 0:15:57What you do when you go up? You do this with your hands, don't you?
0:15:57 > 0:15:59And you get a blessing, don't you?
0:15:59 > 0:16:04And sometimes, you feel a bit sad that you can't have Holy Communion.
0:16:04 > 0:16:07Well, the countdown has started.
0:16:07 > 0:16:11Because you are very soon going to have Holy Communion.
0:16:11 > 0:16:13And you're going to be so pleased
0:16:13 > 0:16:15you'll join the party that we have, in a very,
0:16:15 > 0:16:17very special way,
0:16:17 > 0:16:20every Sunday, and any day that you want to, really.
0:16:20 > 0:16:22During Lent, we should favour the gifts of the Holy Spirit,
0:16:22 > 0:16:27to be given to us to help us to live as followers of Jesus.
0:16:27 > 0:16:32These gifts are wisdom, understanding, counsel,
0:16:32 > 0:16:39fortitude, knowledge, piety, and the Fear of the Lord.
0:16:39 > 0:16:43Shall we go through each one, so we're sure what it means?
0:16:43 > 0:16:45Piety.
0:16:48 > 0:16:52Piety is a bit like the opposite of not showing off.
0:16:52 > 0:16:54You know when you wear something nice,
0:16:54 > 0:16:55you've got a nice piece of jewellery,
0:16:55 > 0:16:58and you want to show all your girlfriends, don't you?
0:16:58 > 0:17:00And sometimes, you can show off a bit too much.
0:17:00 > 0:17:06Yeah? Well, piety's all about being humble, it's the opposite.
0:17:06 > 0:17:13PIANO INTRODUCTION
0:17:13 > 0:17:21# Oranges and lemons, say the bells of St Clement's... #
0:17:24 > 0:17:29# Hungry, hungry
0:17:29 > 0:17:33# I am hungry... #
0:17:33 > 0:17:35That was very, very good.
0:17:35 > 0:17:38In the name of the Father, and of the Son,
0:17:38 > 0:17:40and of the Holy Spirit. Amen.
0:17:40 > 0:17:44What are all these words scattered about the page?
0:17:44 > 0:17:49What do you think all those words have in common? Lily?
0:17:49 > 0:17:51Lent?
0:17:51 > 0:17:54Yes. Well, the title really gives it away, doesn't it?
0:17:54 > 0:17:55Crucifixion.
0:17:55 > 0:17:56Jesus dies on the cross.
0:17:56 > 0:18:03Lent, Easter, and the Crucifixion is the central event of that, isn't it?
0:18:03 > 0:18:06And we're going to take this sheet
0:18:06 > 0:18:10and just take one word, if you like,
0:18:10 > 0:18:13to be thinking about,
0:18:13 > 0:18:15and try and think what that really means.
0:18:15 > 0:18:19What it meant to Jesus, what it means to you.
0:18:19 > 0:18:23If you can do that, that's one way of trying to have
0:18:23 > 0:18:27some understanding of what Jesus did for us.
0:18:27 > 0:18:29- OK, Lily.- Can we write a poem to do with these words?
0:18:29 > 0:18:31That's what I want you to do.
0:18:31 > 0:18:33You can start to have a little think about that.
0:18:33 > 0:18:35You could use the words here.
0:18:35 > 0:18:37You could use your own.
0:18:38 > 0:18:44Ideally, it's something to do with Lent, Easter, the cross. OK?
0:18:46 > 0:18:49I think we could be saying Hosanna now. Couldn't we be singing Hosanna?
0:18:49 > 0:18:54# Hosanna, Hosanna, Hosanna... #
0:18:57 > 0:19:00All right. Can we just stop for one minute?
0:19:02 > 0:19:06Has anybody spotted what's happened here?
0:19:06 > 0:19:08- Bluebells!- Bluebells!
0:19:08 > 0:19:13Bluebells. It's wonderful! Aren't we lucky?
0:19:13 > 0:19:15Thorns are jagged and sharp,
0:19:15 > 0:19:19joined perfectly at both sides of your head.
0:19:19 > 0:19:21Blood is pouring down.
0:19:21 > 0:19:23Wow! What's that poem about?
0:19:23 > 0:19:26Did you hear it? Julia?
0:19:26 > 0:19:29Is it about when they put the crown of thorns on Jesus' head
0:19:29 > 0:19:31when he was on the cross?
0:19:31 > 0:19:34Yeah. I think it was just before he was on the cross, but yes.
0:19:34 > 0:19:36Was that right, Lily? That was fantastic.
0:19:36 > 0:19:40Read it again a bit slower, with everyone's pencils nice and still.
0:19:40 > 0:19:43Will you listen? A little bit louder.
0:19:43 > 0:19:45Thorns are jagged and sharp,
0:19:45 > 0:19:48joined perfectly at both sides of your head.
0:19:48 > 0:19:51Blood is pouring down.
0:19:51 > 0:19:54Wow! That's very vivid. Have you got that picture in your head?
0:19:54 > 0:19:55I have.
0:19:55 > 0:20:01OK, now then, children, children, now, when we go into church,
0:20:01 > 0:20:08we're going to have a look round the side of the church on the walls,
0:20:08 > 0:20:11and we're looking for some special pictures.
0:20:11 > 0:20:14And they might have numbers on them.
0:20:14 > 0:20:16So, I want you to have a little look.
0:20:16 > 0:20:17See if you can find them, first of all,
0:20:17 > 0:20:20then can we work out which is which?
0:20:23 > 0:20:27There you go. Now, go and look for the pictures. What can you see?
0:20:27 > 0:20:32Remember, you are investigating.
0:20:33 > 0:20:35Go and have a look.
0:20:35 > 0:20:37Where did we say they were?
0:20:39 > 0:20:40It's like a storyline.
0:20:44 > 0:20:48"Jesus meets His afflicted Mother."
0:20:48 > 0:20:49These are called
0:20:49 > 0:20:50the Stations of the Cross.
0:20:50 > 0:20:52That's the proper name for them.
0:20:52 > 0:20:54And in Lent, people come round
0:20:54 > 0:20:57and look at each one, and say a special prayer
0:20:57 > 0:21:00at each one.
0:21:00 > 0:21:02Pat-Joe, can you read the first one to us?
0:21:02 > 0:21:06- "Jesus is condemned to death." - "Jesus is condemned to death."
0:21:06 > 0:21:08So, do you remember when we had the story of them
0:21:08 > 0:21:10saying they were going to get him?
0:21:10 > 0:21:11And they said, "What shall we do with him?"
0:21:11 > 0:21:12And they said,
0:21:12 > 0:21:14"Oh, take him away and crucify him."
0:21:14 > 0:21:15So, all you people
0:21:15 > 0:21:19who were waving those palms at him a few minutes ago
0:21:19 > 0:21:25and saying "Jesus is our friend," now you're shouting, "crucify him.
0:21:25 > 0:21:28"Crucify him." Can you do that?
0:21:28 > 0:21:32ALL: Crucify him. Crucify him.
0:21:32 > 0:21:34Here we are.
0:21:38 > 0:21:43Last year, I put on little labels, so I would know which is which...
0:21:44 > 0:21:46Our Lady.
0:21:47 > 0:21:49Right, Sheila.
0:21:49 > 0:21:55Got the little one here for the crucifix. I'll pin that there.
0:21:55 > 0:21:58- So, when are you putting these on? - Tomorrow afternoon.
0:21:58 > 0:22:03These are the ones I can reach fairly easily on the lean-to step ladders.
0:22:03 > 0:22:08The two of St Joseph and Our Lady that are high up,
0:22:08 > 0:22:11we don't normally cover those.
0:22:12 > 0:22:15And this is the horrible one.
0:22:15 > 0:22:18"Jesus is nailed to the Cross."
0:22:18 > 0:22:21I wonder, if I was going to do something like that to you,
0:22:21 > 0:22:22or if anyone was going to do that,
0:22:22 > 0:22:24- would you just lay there and let them?- No.
0:22:24 > 0:22:27I wonder why Jesus didn't run away?
0:22:27 > 0:22:30I wonder why he didn't run away any time?
0:22:30 > 0:22:32Maybe he was tired.
0:22:32 > 0:22:34Maybe he was tired.
0:22:34 > 0:22:37I think he knew that this had to be done. He was a very special person.
0:22:37 > 0:22:41And you'll learn about that, children, when you get older,
0:22:41 > 0:22:44and we'll talk about it to help you understand.
0:22:44 > 0:22:46"Jesus dies on the Cross."
0:22:46 > 0:22:48Who do you think's with him?
0:22:48 > 0:22:51Who do think is standing next to him?
0:22:51 > 0:22:54Who do you think it could be, Ellen?
0:22:54 > 0:22:56- Mary?- It's Mary, his mum.
0:22:56 > 0:23:00And have you noticed the soldier?
0:23:00 > 0:23:03Just to make sure Jesus was dead,
0:23:03 > 0:23:05the soldier came with a sword
0:23:05 > 0:23:10and stabbed him in the side.
0:23:10 > 0:23:11Just to make sure.
0:23:11 > 0:23:17That's a really, really important bit of the story.
0:23:17 > 0:23:20You're going to hear more about that one, so don't forget that bit.
0:23:20 > 0:23:23Nails in his hands.
0:23:23 > 0:23:25Nails in his feet. Have a look at your hands.
0:23:25 > 0:23:28Where would the nails go?
0:23:28 > 0:23:30About here.
0:23:30 > 0:23:37- Here. Here.- Then you've got a great big sword cut now as well.
0:23:37 > 0:23:40- That must hurt. - That must've hurt, mustn't it?
0:23:42 > 0:23:47Shall we go and look at the last two and see what happens at the end?
0:23:55 > 0:23:56Can everybody see?
0:23:56 > 0:23:59If you can't see, you can move into the benches a little bit.
0:24:18 > 0:24:22Sacred Heart is under this one.
0:24:23 > 0:24:26We have the statues
0:24:26 > 0:24:33and the crucifix covered for two weeks before Good Friday.
0:24:33 > 0:24:40So that our thoughts may be more focused on Jesus himself.
0:24:40 > 0:24:42Even though we cover him up,
0:24:42 > 0:24:48we want to make it more than just a physical view of Jesus.
0:24:48 > 0:24:55We want to put the story of Jesus deeply in our hearts and our lives.
0:24:55 > 0:25:02And Jesus will be revealed on Good Friday afternoon,
0:25:02 > 0:25:04in our special service,
0:25:04 > 0:25:11which used to be called, in old English, the Creeping to the Cross,
0:25:11 > 0:25:17when we come up and kiss the feet of the unveiled crucifix,
0:25:17 > 0:25:22which will be at the front of the altar on Good Friday afternoon.
0:25:29 > 0:25:34# Do not be afraid
0:25:34 > 0:25:39# For I have redeemed you
0:25:39 > 0:25:44# I have called you by your name
0:25:44 > 0:25:46# You are mine... #
0:25:46 > 0:25:51What are we doing today that's really special?
0:25:53 > 0:25:56What is really special that we're doing today? Luciano.
0:25:56 > 0:25:58It's our Lenten lunch.
0:25:58 > 0:26:03It's our Lenten lunch. Who's looking forward to the Lenten lunch?
0:26:06 > 0:26:12OK, why are you all looking forward to Lenten lunch?
0:26:12 > 0:26:14Sam, why are you looking forward to it?
0:26:14 > 0:26:20Because it's a bit of a change from the other school dinners.
0:26:20 > 0:26:24It's a bit of a change, OK. It's a little bit of a change.
0:26:24 > 0:26:30- Ellen?- Because we made it. - Because we have made it.
0:26:30 > 0:26:37- Pat-Joe?- Because our parents might be coming, or might not.
0:26:37 > 0:26:40Why do you think we've invited other people?
0:26:40 > 0:26:45Because we want people to buy it so we can give the money to us,
0:26:45 > 0:26:49and then we can give it to the poor people.
0:26:54 > 0:26:58- See what's happening? - CHILDREN: Wow!
0:26:58 > 0:27:01- It looks like sick. - It looks like sick!
0:27:01 > 0:27:03Yeah, sloppy sick.
0:27:03 > 0:27:08We've made the soup so that we can raise money.
0:27:09 > 0:27:15So, would you like to...help?
0:27:15 > 0:27:18I think help would be a good word, rather than pay.
0:27:18 > 0:27:21- If you could use the word... - Pay is a bit too strong.
0:27:21 > 0:27:25It is a bit strong, isn't it, Pat-Joe?
0:27:25 > 0:27:27So, could we use the word help?
0:27:27 > 0:27:30- We could put, please.- That would be a good one, please help.
0:27:30 > 0:27:34- Please help the people that are poor.- Please help the people.
0:27:34 > 0:27:38I wonder if we could not maybe use the word poor.
0:27:38 > 0:27:41- If we could use the word, people who haven't got...- Much.
0:27:41 > 0:27:42That's really good, Isaac.
0:27:42 > 0:27:48Please help the people who haven't got...much.
0:27:48 > 0:27:51I'll leave you to it. For one more minute.
0:27:51 > 0:27:55OK, I'll go and see if I can sort out what's going on up there.
0:27:55 > 0:27:59And the people that don't have much money or much clothes,
0:27:59 > 0:28:01or much food.
0:28:02 > 0:28:06Please help the trapped people.
0:28:06 > 0:28:10The trapped people, because they can't play.
0:28:10 > 0:28:13So they're kind of trapped.
0:28:13 > 0:28:16They're trapped and in, like, like, some...
0:28:16 > 0:28:20like, in a dungeon with nothing.
0:28:20 > 0:28:23But not a jail. Not a jail.
0:28:26 > 0:28:31I must, erm, take a snap or two.
0:28:32 > 0:28:35Lovely!
0:28:35 > 0:28:38And when you press that, it stopped.
0:28:45 > 0:28:47Give me one of them fivers.
0:28:50 > 0:28:53Give me that, and take these.
0:28:53 > 0:28:56Wow, we took a load of money.
0:28:56 > 0:29:01We give you thanks, Almighty God, for all your gifts and benefits.
0:29:01 > 0:29:05For you live and reign forever and ever. Amen.
0:29:05 > 0:29:08In the name of the Father, and of the Son,
0:29:08 > 0:29:11and of the Holy Spirit. Amen.
0:29:11 > 0:29:14Now, enjoy the warm weather outside. It's lovely.
0:29:35 > 0:29:37I don't think the ducks would come
0:29:37 > 0:29:43if the herons had been attacking their little ones.
0:29:45 > 0:29:47- All right, now?- Yeah.
0:29:47 > 0:29:50OK, we'll go in that little chapel.
0:29:52 > 0:29:56The pelican is a symbol of the Eucharist,
0:29:56 > 0:30:00because when the pelican can't get fish or proper food
0:30:00 > 0:30:06to feed its young, it is known to have pecked its breast.
0:30:06 > 0:30:10And the little chicks, the Pelican chicks,
0:30:10 > 0:30:14take the blood of the mother pelican.
0:30:14 > 0:30:17And so it's been used often, in the Catholic Church,
0:30:17 > 0:30:21as a symbol of Christ giving his precious blood
0:30:21 > 0:30:23for us in Holy Communion.
0:30:23 > 0:30:27And there's a little painting of that symbol up there.
0:30:31 > 0:30:38Some non-Catholics, they seem to have a great halt
0:30:38 > 0:30:40when we talk about the Eucharist.
0:30:40 > 0:30:46We believe that Christ is really present
0:30:46 > 0:30:50under both bread and wine,
0:30:50 > 0:30:56and that in Communion, we receive Christ whole and entire
0:30:56 > 0:31:03in his divinity when we receive either,
0:31:03 > 0:31:06in the form of bread or in the form of wine.
0:31:06 > 0:31:10But the symbolism of that is made more...
0:31:12 > 0:31:17..obvious when we receive under both kinds,
0:31:17 > 0:31:21which, in many churches, we do nowadays.
0:31:21 > 0:31:26But some people say, "No, I can't go that far.
0:31:26 > 0:31:29"If I'm disposed to receive Christ,
0:31:29 > 0:31:32"Christ comes to me in a wondrous way."
0:31:35 > 0:31:38Whether we are disposed or not, Christ comes to us,
0:31:38 > 0:31:43if we take him as food in our bodies.
0:31:43 > 0:31:45But it's not symbolic for you?
0:31:45 > 0:31:47Oh, it's not symbolic to us, no.
0:31:47 > 0:31:50Do you think children can understand that, can feel that?
0:31:52 > 0:31:56Did I, at six years and a half?
0:31:56 > 0:32:01Yes, because there's an awesomeness
0:32:01 > 0:32:03that the teacher and the family
0:32:03 > 0:32:07can bring to a child
0:32:07 > 0:32:12that helps that faith to develop.
0:32:12 > 0:32:16And basically, it's faith.
0:32:16 > 0:32:20You either believe it or you don't, and faith is a gift.
0:32:20 > 0:32:24So we pray for the gift of faith.
0:32:30 > 0:32:35OK, Lily, would you be able to read the first two lines, please?
0:32:37 > 0:32:41"These two sacraments complete our invitation to the church,
0:32:41 > 0:32:44"which begins with our baptism."
0:32:44 > 0:32:46That's right, now what do you think those two words are?
0:32:46 > 0:32:49- Yes?- Confirmation and Communion.
0:32:49 > 0:32:53Yes. When we're baptised, do we get baptised every week?
0:32:55 > 0:32:58How many times do we get baptised in our life?
0:32:58 > 0:33:00- Yes, Shannon.- One.
0:33:00 > 0:33:03Just once. What about Communion?
0:33:03 > 0:33:06Do we go up to Communion just once?
0:33:06 > 0:33:08Does it, just on your first Holy Communion day?
0:33:08 > 0:33:09And that's it?
0:33:09 > 0:33:11Never again?
0:33:11 > 0:33:12No?
0:33:12 > 0:33:15- Yes.- When you come to church. - Yes, right, yes.
0:33:15 > 0:33:18You can go up every week. You can go up more than once a week.
0:33:18 > 0:33:21So, it's a sacrament that you can take over and over again.
0:33:21 > 0:33:25So, let's have a look at this first page.
0:33:27 > 0:33:30Emily... Would you start us reading?
0:33:30 > 0:33:34What about the title at the very top of it?
0:33:34 > 0:33:35We are the body of Christ.
0:33:35 > 0:33:38That's right. We've just been talking about that, haven't we?
0:33:38 > 0:33:39We are the body of Christ.
0:33:39 > 0:33:42Why do you think being the body of Christ is very important?
0:33:44 > 0:33:47- Lily.- Because we are Catholic?
0:33:47 > 0:33:50Yeah. And what does Jesus and God want us to do?
0:33:51 > 0:33:55Being the body of Christ is OK, but there must be a purpose to that.
0:33:55 > 0:33:58Why do you think he wants us to be the body of Christ?
0:33:58 > 0:34:01- To be happy?- Yeah, to be happy, yeah.
0:34:01 > 0:34:04- Anything else? Amelia. - To follow him.
0:34:04 > 0:34:07To follow him, and to follow his teachings.
0:34:07 > 0:34:09And maybe to spread it out to other people.
0:34:09 > 0:34:12You know, we are the next disciples.
0:34:21 > 0:34:23This is the Lamb of God,
0:34:23 > 0:34:28who takes away the sins of the world.
0:34:28 > 0:34:31Happy are those who are called to his supper.
0:34:31 > 0:34:35Lord, I am not worthy to receive you,
0:34:35 > 0:34:39but only say the word and I shall be healed.
0:34:44 > 0:34:45INAUDIBLE BLESSING
0:34:59 > 0:35:01All right?
0:35:03 > 0:35:07Children love to play amongst the graves. It's nice.
0:35:07 > 0:35:09Hello!
0:35:10 > 0:35:13Don't, don't fall.
0:35:13 > 0:35:14That's Grandma.
0:35:16 > 0:35:18And that's wonderful.
0:35:18 > 0:35:24We've got Grandma and Grandad, Father and Mother, and Son and Daughter.
0:35:24 > 0:35:29And they are in Key Stage 1.
0:35:29 > 0:35:33It's to them that I read the Winnie the Pooh stories.
0:35:33 > 0:35:37But they come up for a blessing. They're, they're lovely.
0:36:20 > 0:36:23How do? Morning.
0:36:23 > 0:36:26Hard at it? So am I.
0:36:29 > 0:36:30Good morning.
0:36:34 > 0:36:37Body of Christ. Amen.
0:36:50 > 0:36:53Has everybody got their little bead?
0:36:53 > 0:36:54If you want to hold your bead
0:36:54 > 0:36:57and have a little think about what you're going to say.
0:36:58 > 0:37:00Good morning, God.
0:37:00 > 0:37:04I'm happy for myself because I'm building a train track on my own,
0:37:04 > 0:37:09and I usually need my dad to help me. Amen.
0:37:09 > 0:37:14Amen. Wow! Well done, Dylan. You're next, John.
0:37:14 > 0:37:16Good morning, God.
0:37:16 > 0:37:20Please help my telly to get fixed
0:37:20 > 0:37:24because I like watching telly
0:37:24 > 0:37:29and I miss watching Simpsons. Amen.
0:37:29 > 0:37:31Amen.
0:37:34 > 0:37:40Good morning, God. I like my mum cos she makes me laugh. Amen.
0:37:40 > 0:37:41Amen.
0:37:41 > 0:37:43Good morning, God.
0:37:43 > 0:37:46Thank you for the lovely curlew that I saw flying over Sam's farm
0:37:46 > 0:37:49this morning.
0:37:49 > 0:37:54- It made me smile. Amen. - ALL: Amen.
0:37:57 > 0:37:58Now, who's going to read?
0:38:00 > 0:38:04You read beautifully the other day. Let's, let... A little one.
0:38:05 > 0:38:10"Next, the tempter showed him all the kingdoms and the worlds
0:38:10 > 0:38:13"and their splendour.
0:38:13 > 0:38:18"'I'll give you all these, he said, if you fall at my feet and worship me.'
0:38:18 > 0:38:21"Then Jesus replied,
0:38:21 > 0:38:24"'Be off, for Scripture says
0:38:24 > 0:38:29"'you must worship the Lord, your God, and serve him alone.'
0:38:29 > 0:38:31"Then the tempter left him,
0:38:31 > 0:38:34"and the angels appeared and looked after Jesus."
0:38:34 > 0:38:37And looked after Jesus.
0:38:37 > 0:38:39Who is the tempter?
0:38:39 > 0:38:44- The devil.- The devil. Has he got any other name?- Satan.
0:38:44 > 0:38:49And does he have any other name? It begins with an L.
0:38:49 > 0:38:51- Yeah?- Lucifer.- Lucifer.
0:38:51 > 0:38:55The bearer of light.
0:38:55 > 0:39:01That was his name in heaven before he fell from God's favour.
0:39:01 > 0:39:04He said, "I was brighter than God."
0:39:05 > 0:39:07He had the big sin of pride.
0:39:07 > 0:39:11And where did the devil get cast into?
0:39:11 > 0:39:14- Yeah?- Hell.- Hell.
0:39:14 > 0:39:17Ooh! Is it a nice place, hell?
0:39:17 > 0:39:20- No.- What do you think of hell? - Red.- Yeah?
0:39:20 > 0:39:24- Well, you can't exactly imagine how bad it would be.- Yeah.
0:39:26 > 0:39:28The worst thing you can ever have,
0:39:28 > 0:39:30even in this life,
0:39:30 > 0:39:34is when someone dear to you dies.
0:39:34 > 0:39:38It's called the pain of loss. Katia?
0:39:38 > 0:39:41I just think it as the devil with just a fire.
0:39:41 > 0:39:46Yeah, well, often, a pain of loss...
0:39:46 > 0:39:48A pain is like a fire inside you.
0:39:48 > 0:39:53And so, even Jesus talks about hellfire,
0:39:53 > 0:39:55and there will be weeping and gnashing of teeth.
0:39:55 > 0:40:00We use human words to try and describe it.
0:40:00 > 0:40:04And we say Hell must be like that, wherever it is.
0:40:06 > 0:40:09Right, off you go and stretch your legs, just for a moment,
0:40:09 > 0:40:11then we'll call you back.
0:40:16 > 0:40:19..We saw them singing...
0:40:19 > 0:40:27- What sort of sounds do they make? - They make like this. Ooh!
0:40:27 > 0:40:29That's the one.
0:40:29 > 0:40:32And once, my mum found, like, a blackbird egg and it cracked,
0:40:32 > 0:40:37but it didn't come out, because something must have eaten it.
0:40:37 > 0:40:40What colour was it? Did she say what colour it was?
0:40:40 > 0:40:44- It was like green with black spots on.- That's the one. A bluey green.
0:40:44 > 0:40:48- Yeah.- Maybe the little bird had come out.
0:40:48 > 0:40:52You might not have seen the little bird come out.
0:40:52 > 0:40:58And, do you know, a little blackbird is as big as its mummy and daddy.
0:40:58 > 0:41:01It's just like them, except it's more fluffy.
0:41:01 > 0:41:03So you keep your eyes open for that.
0:41:03 > 0:41:05Cos I've got one in my garden,
0:41:05 > 0:41:08and the mummy is feeding it at the moment.
0:41:08 > 0:41:13I've got a playhouse, and there's, like, a nest
0:41:13 > 0:41:17that's like a bird hutch.
0:41:17 > 0:41:19And there are some blue tits nesting in there.
0:41:19 > 0:41:23- Have you got blue tits in your little box?- Yeah.- You are lucky.
0:41:23 > 0:41:26- I haven't got any in mine this year.- No.
0:41:26 > 0:41:29You'll have to play very quietly by, in your house, then.
0:41:31 > 0:41:35I've got, I've got, a little play area.
0:41:35 > 0:41:37Well, you look after your blue tits.
0:41:37 > 0:41:40- Will you do that?- Yeah.- Good boy.
0:41:40 > 0:41:43OK, Annie, do you want to come and pop that...?
0:41:43 > 0:41:46Shall we keep it in our classroom?
0:41:46 > 0:41:51Would God ever forgive Satan, or not?
0:41:51 > 0:41:57- It's a good question.- Would God ever let Satan back into heaven?
0:41:57 > 0:42:01- Because we say God is all merciful. Is he, though?- It's just a question.
0:42:01 > 0:42:05Does his mercy extend to the being
0:42:05 > 0:42:08that has caused so much trouble
0:42:08 > 0:42:11to God's creation from the word go?
0:42:14 > 0:42:17It's only for God to say yes or no to that.
0:42:18 > 0:42:23God forgives us if we are really sincere in saying to God,
0:42:23 > 0:42:28I am very sorry, and I won't offend you again.
0:42:28 > 0:42:32That's a hard thing to do, but you've got to mean it. Yeah?
0:42:32 > 0:42:35Did Satan say sorry?
0:42:35 > 0:42:41I don't know whether Satan could say sorry.
0:42:41 > 0:42:45We don't have to think too much about Satan,
0:42:45 > 0:42:49otherwise, he might say, "This person's interested in me.
0:42:49 > 0:42:53"I think I'll go and have a little rest in him, or her."
0:42:55 > 0:42:56Yeah?
0:42:56 > 0:42:58What happens if you don't love God,
0:42:58 > 0:43:00but you start to believe in the Devil?
0:43:00 > 0:43:02- What happens then?- Ooh...
0:43:02 > 0:43:09Well, there are stories that people sell their souls to the Devil.
0:43:09 > 0:43:13Lord above, I wouldn't dream of doing it,
0:43:13 > 0:43:19but if people, those, there are people that find...
0:43:21 > 0:43:27..happiness, if you can call it that, in having devil worship.
0:43:27 > 0:43:32But it's not recommended for anyone to go into that area.
0:43:32 > 0:43:35Because the Devil is very crafty.
0:43:35 > 0:43:38The Devil tempts you in little ways, doesn't he?
0:43:38 > 0:43:42Until you realise when you've nearly said it,
0:43:42 > 0:43:44or you've done it, "What am I doing?
0:43:44 > 0:43:45"No!"
0:43:45 > 0:43:48He's very subtle, isn't he?
0:43:48 > 0:43:50Yeah.
0:43:52 > 0:43:54Yeah, all right?
0:44:04 > 0:44:07Do you think that a big part of the priestly role is to form
0:44:07 > 0:44:12the next generation of Catholics, the children in the junior school?
0:44:12 > 0:44:16Yes. It's all part...
0:44:16 > 0:44:24And with the parents in this, we are in loco parentis -
0:44:24 > 0:44:28in the place of the parents - when we are teaching children.
0:44:28 > 0:44:33And we teach the children, as the parents do, all that is good in life.
0:44:33 > 0:44:39And the children are asking lots of questions. Why am I priest?
0:44:39 > 0:44:45And why I wear this funny collar, and why... There's all sorts.
0:44:45 > 0:44:48Why haven't I got a wife?
0:44:48 > 0:44:50And things like this.
0:44:50 > 0:44:54They're fascinated by the priest.
0:44:59 > 0:45:01Has the whole scandal, the child abuse scandal,
0:45:01 > 0:45:04and things, contaminated things, or is it very isolated?
0:45:04 > 0:45:06Erm...
0:45:06 > 0:45:08It's...
0:45:08 > 0:45:11It's been taken on board.
0:45:11 > 0:45:17It amazes me that this has happened.
0:45:17 > 0:45:19Because, you know, from my own feeling,
0:45:19 > 0:45:24Lord above, I've got no intention, either for boys or girls,
0:45:24 > 0:45:26to go and interfere with them.
0:45:29 > 0:45:30I don't know.
0:45:30 > 0:45:37The Devil attacks in ways where he knows it will injure.
0:45:38 > 0:45:44And it's for us human beings to try and work out
0:45:44 > 0:45:47how we can do better
0:45:47 > 0:45:52than our poor brother priests, or sisters,
0:45:52 > 0:45:57that have failed in this way, I just can't imagine it.
0:45:59 > 0:46:01So...
0:46:13 > 0:46:16I'm on the good team, and they're on the bad team,
0:46:16 > 0:46:18who are on the grass chasing us.
0:46:18 > 0:46:23And if the bad team takes us, we're on the bad team.
0:46:23 > 0:46:27One, two, three. What're you doing?
0:46:28 > 0:46:32..Father, and the Son, and the Holy Spirit. Amen.
0:46:32 > 0:46:39Hey, Pat-Joe, I've got a sharks video, with sharks.
0:46:39 > 0:46:46I've got Blue Planet videos, with every kind of things in the sea.
0:46:46 > 0:46:51Even every single thing in the sea.
0:46:51 > 0:46:54My one only shows about sharks.
0:46:54 > 0:46:57Sharks are the dangerous-est animals in the sea.
0:46:57 > 0:47:00Except for killer whales. They're more dangerous.
0:47:00 > 0:47:04- No.- No?- No. Did you know...?
0:47:04 > 0:47:06Those massive whales.
0:47:06 > 0:47:10No. Blue whales only eat krill. I'll tell you what's the...
0:47:10 > 0:47:11Stingray.
0:47:11 > 0:47:13Yeah, the stingray.
0:47:13 > 0:47:17Pat-Joe, have you ever seen a spider crab?
0:47:17 > 0:47:19They live at the bottom of the ocean.
0:47:19 > 0:47:22What happens if the thing bites you?
0:47:22 > 0:47:25- I know.- You die?
0:47:25 > 0:47:30You'll die, and, you'll die,
0:47:30 > 0:47:33and you'll die,
0:47:33 > 0:47:37and then you will turn into a spider crab.
0:47:37 > 0:47:40It's true, isn't it, Sam?
0:47:40 > 0:47:42- Yes.- True or false, Jamie?- True.
0:47:45 > 0:47:51# This is the wood of the Cross
0:47:51 > 0:47:57# On which hung the Saviour of the World
0:47:57 > 0:48:03# Come let us worship!
0:48:13 > 0:48:20# This is the wood of the Cross
0:48:20 > 0:48:28# On which hung the Saviour of the World
0:48:28 > 0:48:33# Come let us worship! #
0:48:58 > 0:49:02It's Holy Saturday. Lent is finished.
0:49:02 > 0:49:04Will you have a gin and tonic?
0:49:04 > 0:49:08Or will you have one of my mixtures?
0:49:08 > 0:49:10It'll put me to sleep.
0:49:10 > 0:49:13- Pardon?- You're going to put me to sleep.- Not at all.
0:49:13 > 0:49:16You're going to be eating.
0:49:16 > 0:49:20- A mild pink gin, I'll give you. - Sounds delicious, thank you.
0:49:26 > 0:49:28Ha-ha-ha!
0:49:28 > 0:49:30I've got a pink gin for both of you,
0:49:30 > 0:49:33and I want to go back and get the crisps.
0:49:33 > 0:49:36- You're a star.- There we are.
0:49:36 > 0:49:37- Thank you. - It's not an over amount of gin,
0:49:37 > 0:49:41- but it's got Angostura bitters in. - Oh, wow! Thank you very much.
0:49:41 > 0:49:45- Happy Easter.- Happy Easter. Thank you.
0:49:45 > 0:49:48- Happy Easter, Father. - I'm just going to get mine.- OK.
0:49:55 > 0:49:57Good morning and welcome, everybody.
0:49:57 > 0:50:00It's lovely to see you on this nice Easter morning.
0:50:00 > 0:50:03I'm going to start by doing the sign of the Cross, OK?
0:50:03 > 0:50:05So, in the name of the Father,
0:50:05 > 0:50:08and the Son, and the Holy Spirit. Amen.
0:50:08 > 0:50:11And we're just going to wait for a few minutes,
0:50:11 > 0:50:14and just close your eyes, and just think of anything that you
0:50:14 > 0:50:17may have done this week that might have made anybody sad.
0:50:17 > 0:50:20Anything you've done that you feel you shouldn't have done,
0:50:20 > 0:50:23and just very quietly, in our own way,
0:50:23 > 0:50:25we're going to say we're sorry to God.
0:50:25 > 0:50:28Just for a few minutes.
0:50:28 > 0:50:32We're going to ask you, in a moment, to stand
0:50:32 > 0:50:36and we'll say our baptismal promises.
0:50:36 > 0:50:40I'll come round with the water, blessed last night,
0:50:40 > 0:50:42and sprinkle you with it.
0:50:42 > 0:50:44I hope I don't get you in the eyes.
0:50:44 > 0:50:47Close your eyes. Please stand.
0:50:50 > 0:50:54We're going to go on an Easter egg hunt.
0:50:54 > 0:50:56So I have a basket.
0:50:56 > 0:50:59Now, we can't eat before Mass, obviously, before Holy Communion,
0:50:59 > 0:51:01we don't have anything to eat,
0:51:01 > 0:51:04because we're getting ready to receive the body of Jesus.
0:51:17 > 0:51:19The choir.
0:51:21 > 0:51:23The organist. There we are.
0:51:23 > 0:51:25Thank you.
0:51:25 > 0:51:28Right, everybody, we're going to go in. Can somebody take the eggs?
0:51:28 > 0:51:31- Where's the eggs? - The eggs ought to be inside.
0:51:31 > 0:51:32- Right.- One of the kids can take them.
0:51:32 > 0:51:34One of the kids can take them in.
0:51:34 > 0:51:37CHORAL SINGING
0:52:07 > 0:52:09CHURCH BELL TOLLS
0:52:16 > 0:52:18Happy Easter.
0:52:18 > 0:52:21You can take a little one as well.
0:52:21 > 0:52:23Happy Easter. There we are.
0:52:23 > 0:52:26Happy Easter.
0:52:26 > 0:52:27Happy Easter.
0:52:30 > 0:52:32# One, two
0:52:32 > 0:52:35# Three, four, five
0:52:35 > 0:52:40# Jesus is alive
0:52:40 > 0:52:45# Six, seven, eight, nine, ten
0:52:45 > 0:52:50# He will come again... #
0:52:51 > 0:52:57- It was a baby bird. A baby bird in there.- The baby is dead.
0:52:57 > 0:52:59- A baby dead bird.- Yeah.
0:52:59 > 0:53:01So, that's why you dig a grave.
0:53:01 > 0:53:05- Any, any, blood...- Is that his tomb?
0:53:05 > 0:53:06- Yep.- It's his grave.
0:53:06 > 0:53:11This, this will be the gravestone of our little birdie friend.
0:53:12 > 0:53:16- Why put that on there? - I think they go to birdie heaven.
0:53:16 > 0:53:19They go to heaven. Normal heaven.
0:53:19 > 0:53:21They go to birdie heaven.
0:53:21 > 0:53:24No, there's no such thing as birdie heaven.
0:53:24 > 0:53:30We do this so Father in heaven knows there's a dead bird.
0:53:33 > 0:53:36Who would like to try
0:53:36 > 0:53:38Holy bread and Holy wine,
0:53:38 > 0:53:43before next week, just a little sneak preview? Yeah?
0:53:43 > 0:53:45You'd all like to, yeah?
0:53:45 > 0:53:49The bread and the wine I have got today hasn't been blessed by Father.
0:53:49 > 0:53:51So, it is just bread and wine.
0:53:51 > 0:53:56It's going to taste the same next week,
0:53:56 > 0:53:59but it's going to be very, very different.
0:53:59 > 0:54:01Do you know what I'm saying?
0:54:01 > 0:54:06Because something has happened to that, in the Holy Mass.
0:54:06 > 0:54:08- What? You tell me. - He's blessed it.- He's blessed it.
0:54:08 > 0:54:10Father makes something special happen.
0:54:10 > 0:54:12So that we, as Catholics,
0:54:12 > 0:54:16believe that we are actually receiving Jesus.
0:54:16 > 0:54:20That Jesus is coming into us to guide us, to strengthen us,
0:54:20 > 0:54:22to love us.
0:54:22 > 0:54:24It's a fantastic feeling.
0:54:24 > 0:54:27When we go to Communion, we'll go up for the bread.
0:54:27 > 0:54:30Now, you do have, you don't have to take the wine,
0:54:30 > 0:54:36but I'd like you to try it, because it's the whole thing, isn't it?
0:54:36 > 0:54:39Amelia, do you want to come?
0:54:39 > 0:54:42Amelia, how are you going to take...? You're going to do it with your hand?
0:54:42 > 0:54:43OK, good girl.
0:54:43 > 0:54:48- Right, the body of Christ. - And you say...?- Amen.- That's it.
0:54:48 > 0:54:50OK.
0:54:50 > 0:54:52It's thicker, isn't it, than you think? Yeah?
0:54:54 > 0:54:59- And then, they'll say, the blood of Christ.- Amen.
0:54:59 > 0:55:02Just a tiny little sip.
0:55:02 > 0:55:06- That's it.- Well done. That's fantastic. Really good.
0:55:06 > 0:55:07- Do you want to come?- Right, yes.
0:55:07 > 0:55:12- Do you want to try it? Well done. The body of Christ.- Amen.
0:55:14 > 0:55:16Do you want to try the wine as well?
0:55:16 > 0:55:18Oh, wow. We're going for it.
0:55:19 > 0:55:21The blood of Christ.
0:55:25 > 0:55:27Well done.
0:55:30 > 0:55:31I liked, er...
0:55:34 > 0:55:37OK, children, let's bring ourselves into the presence of God.
0:55:37 > 0:55:38Let's join our hands.
0:55:42 > 0:55:46And, today, obviously, we've got our thoughts with our
0:55:46 > 0:55:51Holy Communion children, so, dear God, please help the children
0:55:51 > 0:55:56who are soon to make their first Holy Communion to prepare,
0:55:56 > 0:56:01with reverence, and with prayer, and with joy.
0:56:01 > 0:56:04Amen.
0:56:04 > 0:56:07How will it be different to when you practised?
0:56:07 > 0:56:08When it's not blessed,
0:56:08 > 0:56:14it's, kind of like, not, cos...
0:56:14 > 0:56:17It's hard, isn't it? It really is hard. It is a mystery.
0:56:17 > 0:56:20And there are people who are twice as old as you,
0:56:20 > 0:56:22three times as old as you, four times as old as you,
0:56:22 > 0:56:24five times as old as you,
0:56:24 > 0:56:26who perhaps still couldn't put it into words.
0:56:26 > 0:56:27It is a mystery.
0:56:27 > 0:56:31And it is something that it takes our whole life to really...
0:56:31 > 0:56:33Perhaps we never really know, properly,
0:56:33 > 0:56:36understand what we're doing.
0:56:36 > 0:56:38But what did Jesus say?
0:56:38 > 0:56:44- Eat this bread, because it's part of my body.- Good. "This is my body."
0:56:46 > 0:56:48That's what he said.
0:56:48 > 0:56:53And we know that's why he died for us, and rose again.
0:57:12 > 0:57:18How are you all? Nice to see you. Great. Isn't it lovely?
0:57:19 > 0:57:22You all look lovely. You look very smart.
0:57:28 > 0:57:30Wait till the music starts.
0:57:33 > 0:57:38# Give me joy in my heart Keep me praising
0:57:38 > 0:57:42# Give me joy in my heart, I pray
0:57:42 > 0:57:44# Give me joy in my heart... #
0:57:47 > 0:57:50CHURCH BELL TOLLS
0:58:08 > 0:58:09Body of Christ. Amen.
0:58:12 > 0:58:15Body of Christ.
0:58:17 > 0:58:19Body of Christ.
0:58:20 > 0:58:23Body of Christ.
0:58:28 > 0:58:32So, what are we going to have?
0:58:32 > 0:58:34Ooh, look at that lovely cake!
0:58:34 > 0:58:37Oh, and the chocolate cross! Lovely.
0:58:37 > 0:58:40Right.
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