R. E
Religious Education:
John 6:60-69
Lord, whom shall we go to? You have the words of everlasting life.
Formation
A beginning point for discussion of this week's Gospel with children:
What are the important things that you have to do each day?
Why do you do them?
Which are the hardest for you to do?
Why do you keep doing them?
In today’s Gospel some people could not believe Jesus. What did these people do?
The people turned away from Jesus. Following Jesus is not always easy but our faith gives us strength.
We pray that we will choose to follow Jesus in all we say and do this week.
Catholic Culture
REFLECTION by Fr Michael Tate
I remember seeing a James Bond film in which the Voodoo priest could summon the Living Dead – called Zombies – people hovering between life in the grave and life above ground level, but ultimately trapped as human beings living a grave-dominated existence.
There are billions of the Living Dead around the world. People, apparently like you and me, but in fact living with the belief that the grave will mark the extinction of their life.
But our ears are attuned to pick up words which sound the possibility of a different destiny, a different reality. We have heard a voice which speaks the truth, a voice which speaks of a more beautiful reality. That voice says that you and I, individually, personally, are star dust with a marvellous destiny: a destiny that will see our ensouled bodies transformed, transfigured, translucent with Divine Light and energy.
The voice is that of Our Lord Jesus Christ. We hear that voice from within the Church, which has transmitted the tradition of ‘The Voice’ for twenty centuries.
Heeding that Voice, I move from the company of the Living Dead to the companionship of the Conqueror of Death. I am no longer a ‘Dead Man Walking’ but a man alive with the reality of eternal life already within me.
That is why when I hear the challenge: ‘Do you also wish to go away?’ I enter into that tradition and answer with St Peter, I answer in the company of billions of others over twenty centuries: ‘Lord, to whom shall we go? You have the words of eternal life.’
We could pause for a moment and pray that, living in the tradition of the Church, I may hear the Word in the Gospel and take that Word within myself in Holy Communion so that I might be no longer a ‘Dead Man Walking’, but a human being alive with the reality of eternal life already within me.
Class Masses
This Friday 1/2 BD will celebrate their class Mass with the theme "Following in Jesus' Footsteps" . We warmly invite everyone to come along and help to celebrate in the Liturgical and spiritual life of the school.
Mini Vinnies
Our Fair for Fairness was a huge success and as you are aware we managed to raise just over $ 2000 in total. Thank you to all parents and friends of the school as well as the staff and students that helped to make this day a success. The Mini Vinnies students have decided with Fr. Dominic to send some of the funds to the Rohyinga Muslims in Bangladesh. In light of our Indonesian day celebrations the other half of the funds collected will then go to the Lombok Earthquake victims.
May God bless you for your generosity
Mrs. Dawn Heldt
Religious Education Leader.