Spiritual Connections
This Week’s Gospel:
A reading from the Holy Gospel of Luke (9:11-17)
When the crowds found out about it, they followed him; and he welcomed them, and spoke to them about the kingdom of God, and healed those who needed to be cured.
The day was drawing to a close, and the twelve came to him and said, 'Send the crowd away, so that they may go into the surrounding villages and countryside, to lodge and get provisions; for we are here in a deserted place.' But he said to them, 'You give them something to eat.'
They said, 'We have no more than five loaves and two fish—unless we are to go nd buy food for all these people.' For there were about five thousand men.
And he said to his disciples, 'Make them sit down in groups of about fifty each.' They did so and made them all sit down. And taking the five loaves and the two fish, he looked up to heaven, and blessed and broke them, and gave them to the disciples to set before the crowd. And all ate and were filled. What was left over was gathered up, twelve baskets of broken pieces.
The Gospel of the Lord
Reflection:
This Sunday we celebrate the solemnity feast of Corpus Christi – the Body and Blood of Christ. This week’s Gospel:
The Feeding of The 5000 is a miracle story and a reminder that anything is possible through God’s grace.
In this story the disciples are called into partnership with Jesus. He says “you feed them’. We are called into partnership with Christ also. We must trust that we are capable of great things in God’s name.
St Augustine defines a sacrament as the visible sign of an invisible grace. The feeding of the 5000 is a sacramental moment. When we work in partnership with God, we too are sacramental, the visible sign of God’s grace.
The feeding of the 5000 reminds us of the last supper: as Jesus looked up to heaven, and blessed and broke them, and gave them to the disciples to set before the crowd.
On Corpus Christi Sunday we remember that Christ is our nourishment. Christ provides for all of our needs as we continue His work in the world and promises to be present in the Eucharist sacramentally until the day we finally meet Him face to face.
Source: Wellsprings.
Feast of the Most Sacred Heart of Jesus Mass
On Friday 27th June, the whole school will celebrate the Feast of the Most Sacred Heart - our School Feast Day. All families are most welcome to come along and celebrate with us - liturgy will be at 9:15am in the church.
This year we have a special visit taking place on the Feast of the Sacred Heart. Bishop Shane MacKinlay will be visiting Sacred Heart during the day. This is part of his Parish Visit, taking place over the weekend of the 28th and 29th June. Bishop Shane will be visiting Sacred Heart Parish, Tatura and St Augustine’s Parish, Kyabram.
Bishop Shane will be celebrating Mass at Sacred Heart Parish on Sunday, 29th June, at 10:30am. Following this, there will be a shared lunch for Bishop Shane and parishioners. Attendees are asked to bring something to share for this. All families are welcome to join the parish for this special occasion.
As part of Bishop Shane’s visit, he will spend time visiting classrooms across the school, attend assembly as well as join us for lunch.
We look forward to Bishop Shane’s visit as part of our school feast day.
Collection baskets will be placed in the entrance foyer for donated goods to be placed in.
Thankyou for your support of this important appeal
which is part of our Catholic tradition.
Reconciliation Mass: St Joseph’s, Benalla.
Members of the Social Justice Action Team recently attended the Diocesan Mass for Healing and Justice in Benalla. The Mass was a beautiful liturgy, led by Bishop Shane.
Thank you to our Senior Leaders for representing our school so well.
Events/Dates:
More information about specific events will be communicated closer to the dates.
Kind regards,
Tony McDonald.
