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St. Augustine's School Prayer
Our Father in Heaven,
Look over and bless St. Augustine’s while we are working and playing.
Help us to respect and care for each other as you taught us to.
Give us the opportunity to do our best for you each day.
We look forward to being able to share our lives with our friends and families.
Keep us safe and give us the courage to be
people who want to know you more.
Amen.
I invite all families to pray this prayer at home, maybe one morning each week.
Prayer of the Week
Things I am Grateful for Prayer
Thank you for my family, For hugs and kisses and special times together.
Thank you for my friends, For laughter and chatting and sharing. Thank you for my home, For rest times, bath times and bed times.
Thank you for food, For breakfast, lunch and dinner and snacks and treats.
Thank you for playtimes, For toys and games and books.
Thank you for fun, For giggles and for silly happy times.
Thank you for making all these lovely things And for helping me to enjoy them all.
Amen.
Scripture of the Week
The Pharisees went away to work out between them how to trap Jesus in what he said. And they sent their disciples to him, together with the Herodians, to say, ‘Master, we know that you are an honest man and teach the way of God in an honest way, and that you are not afraid of anyone, because a man’s rank means nothing to you. Tell us your opinion, then. Is it permissible to pay taxes to Caesar or not?’ But Jesus was aware of their malice and replied, ‘You hypocrites! Why do you set this trap for me? Let me see the money you pay the tax with.’ They handed him a denarius, and he said, ‘Whose head is this? Whose name?’ ‘Caesar’s’ they replied. He then said to them, ‘Very well, give back to Caesar what belongs to Caesar – and to God what belongs to God.’
Reflection
REFLECTION FOR YOUNG PEOPLE – by Lisa-Marie Calderone-Stewart
The Pharisees and the Herodians try to trip Jesus up, but he won’t fall for their setup. They ask him to choose between the worldly and the holy, between the political and the religious. Jesus simply says that we need to give to each what is due to each.
Do you ever experience a conflict between what your faith says and what your country says? If something is legal, is it always moral? And if something is moral, is it always legal? What is an example of such a conflict?
Do you ever experience a conflict between what your civil community says and what your faith community says? If something is an acceptable practice in your school or in your circle of friends, does that mean it’s always right to do? And is the right thing always acceptable in your social situation? What is an example of such a conflict? Some people try to live entirely in one arena, and they are totally against the other.
Do you know anyone who completely rejects all religion and talk of God and only clings to the physical, modern world? What is that attitude like?
Do you know anyone who completely rejects all earthly things and clings only to the religious and spiritual? What is that attitude like?
Do you know anyone who lives a good balance of both the spiritual and the earthly? What is that attitude like?
Some important dates to remember:
Sacrament of First Holy Communion - Postponed until further notice
Sacrament of Confirmation - (TBC - May be postponed until next year)
St. Augustine's Parish Mass Times
Saturday 5.00 pm
Sunday 8.00 am at Annunciation, Brooklyn
9.30 am
10.30 am (Italian)
11.00 am at Corpus Christi, Kingsville
11.30 am (Polish)
Tuesdays 9.30 am
Thursdays 9.30 am
https://www.staugustinesparish.org.au/
Use the above link to access the parish website. There is a link for daily streaming of Mass via Youtube.