Lectionary for Masses with Children p 8. The way in which the Word of God is proclaimed and celebrated in the lives of children today will shape the future life of the Church. Proclaimed from the Sunday Lectionary for Children. Children proclaim a simple creed integrated with the readings of the day. Children may help to compose the prayer giving them an opportunity to pray for people they know.
Children return to their parents in time for the offertory procession.
We do all this to enrich the children's celebration and participation in mass to benefit their spiritual lives. By the saving word of God, faith is nourished in the hearts of believers. By this faith then the congregation of the faithful begins and grows. Catechism of the Catholic Church 1102. They are not paraphrases, but are translations that children can readily understand and apply to their daily lives.