In pondering the Gestures of the Mass with the children, they have shared the following...
After Preparing the Chalice by combining a cruet filled with wine and a tiny drop of water, two extended day (kindergarten) children said...
"I think the water is the sheep and the wine is the Good Shepherd."
"No! The water is us! Jesus is the wine and the water is us!"
Pondering the same gesture, a four-year-old said, "He did it in remembering of us."
And this same four-year-old, when asked what the priest might be praying through the Gesture of Epiclesis said, “He’s saying, ‘Come stay with us, Jesus!'”
Here is an extended day child beginning his work at the Gestures Altar by preparing the chalice...