R.E. News

Prayer for World Day for Grandparents and the Elderly

On Sunday, July 25th we celebrate 'World Day for Grandparents and the Elderly'. 

 

Announced by Pope Francis on January 31, the annual day will be celebrated each year on the fourth Sunday of July, close to the feast of Sts. Joachim and Anne, the grandparents of Jesus.  The theme chosen by the Pope for this first edition this year is “I am with you always” (Mt 28:20).

 

Please find below the text of the prayer:

 

I thank You, Lord,

for the comfort of Your presence: even in times of loneliness,

You are my hope and my confidence, You have been my rock and my fortress since my youth!

 

I thank You for having given me a family and for having blessed me with a long life.

 

I thank You for moments of joy and difficulty, for the dreams that have already come true in my life and for those that are still ahead of me.

 

I thank You for this time of renewed fruitfulness to which You call me.

 

Increase, O Lord, my faith, make me a channel of your peace,

teach me to embrace those who suffer more than me,

to never stop dreaming and to tell of your wonders to new generations.

 

Protect and guide Pope Francis and the Church, that the light of the Gospel might reach the ends of the earth.

 

Send Your Spirit, O Lord, to renew the world, that the storm of the pandemic might be calmed, the poor consoled and wars ended.

 

Sustain me in weakness and help me to live life to the full

in each moment that You give me, in the certainty that you are with me every day,

even until the end of the age.

 

Amen.

 

We dropped some cards made by our students at John Hannah Hostel this week. They will be distributed to the residents and we hope they like them. We also hope to show some photos of the residents receiving them in the newsletter soon. 

 

We will be celebrating our 'Grandparents' on Monday the 29th of August.  More details to follow.

 

Kind Regards, 

 

Ru Lameijn (Religious Education Leader)