Education in Faith
Sacramental Dates for 2021
| Grade 3 | Grade 4 | Grade 5 | Grade 6 |
Reconciliation Family Workshop Thursday March 11th at 7pm at SFS.
First Reconciliation: Thursday 25th March at 7pm at St. Kevin’s Church.
| Reconciliation Family Workshop Thursday March 11th at 7pm at SFS.
First Reconciliation: Thursday 25th March at 5pm at St. Kevin’s Church. Eucharist Family Workshop: Wednesday May 26th at 7:00pm at SFS.
First Eucharist Sunday 20th June at 11.00 am St. Kevin’s Church. | Reconciliation for Eucharist Candidates on Wednesday June 9th 1pm at SFS.
Eucharist Family Workshop: Wednesday May 26th at 5:00 pm at SFS.
First Eucharist Sunday 20th June at 9.00 am at St. Kevin’s Church
| Confirmation Family Workshop: Tuesday August 31st 7 pm at SFS.
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Sixth Sunday in Ordinary Time - Year B
Mark 1:40-45 In this week’s Gospel passage, a leper asks Jesus to make him clean, knowing that Jesus has the power to do so. Jesus is moved with pity, reaches out his hand, touches the leper, and heals him. Jesus tells the leper to tell no one, but the leper spreads the news of his healing to all he meets. As a result, many people come to Jesus for healing.
This Gospel passage invites us to think about the choices we make as individuals and as a family. Jesus was faced with a choice in this Gospel. By choosing to heal the man with leprosy, Jesus showed God’s compassion for the sick and the outcast. The man knew that Jesus had a choice that he could reject his request. He may have expected that Jesus would not help him. The social taboos regarding leprosy certainly gave him little on which to base his hope. In the person of the man with leprosy, we see an image of all those in need. The sick and the outcast of our world are watching us, to see if we as Christians will choose to extend ourselves to others in need of healing and compassion.
Jesus was faced with a choice in choosing to heal the man with leprosy; Jesus chose to show God’s compassion and mercy. All our choices reflect our faith, and others are watching.
We live in a world of suffering: suffering caused by diseases, suffering caused by the exclusion of people, suffering caused by the current pandemic. But rather than just say that is ‘the lot of humanity’ we look towards Jesus as the one who brings healing, who welcomes people into his embrace, and who proclaims a new way of living. To belong to this community is to recognise the mystery of God’s forgiveness and healing made visible to us in Christ Jesus, our Lord.
Let us pray together, asking God to help our family to show compassion to others.
Discussion Starters
- Where to go on vacation, what activities to do together, how to spend our evenings?
- How does your family go about making these decisions?
- What do your choices communicate to others about your family’s values?
Rozeta Ambrose
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rambrose@sfslynbrook.catholic.edu.au