Religious Education 

GOSPEL       John 14:1-12

A reading from the holy Gospel according to John

I am the way, the truth, and the life.

Jesus said to his disciples:

‘Do not let your hearts be troubled.

Trust in God still, and trust in me.

There are many rooms in my Father’s house;

if there were not, I should have told you.

I am now going to prepare a place for you,

and after I have gone and prepared you a place,

I shall return to take you with me;

so that where I am

you may be too.

You know the way to the place where I am going.’

Thomas said, ‘Lord, we do not know where you are going, so how can we know the way?’ Jesus said:

‘I am the Way, the Truth and the Life.

No one can come to the Father except through me.

If you know me, you know my Father too.

From this moment you know him and have seen him.’

Philip said, ‘Lord, let us see the Father and then we shall be satisfied.’ ‘Have I been with you all this time, Philip,’ said Jesus to him ‘and you still do not know me?

‘To have seen me is to have seen the Father,

so how can you say, “Let us see the Father”?

Do you not believe

that I am in the Father and the Father is in me?

The words I say to you I do not speak as from myself:

it is the Father, living in me, who is doing this work.

You must believe me when I say

that I am in the Father and the Father is in me;

believe it on the evidence of this work, if for no other reason.

‘I tell you most solemnly,

whoever believes in me

will perform the same works as I do myself,

he will perform even greater works,

because I am going to the Father.’

 A beginning point for discussion of this week's Gospel with children:

What are some really precious things you have?

What makes them precious?

Jesus says that we are precious in his eyes.

How are we precious in God’s sight? (God lives in us)

We can do good works because Jesus lives in us.

What good works can we do this week?

Andrew Chinn Concert - Wednesday 17th May

On Wednesday 17th May, Australian religious songwriter and singer, Andrew Chinn, will be visiting our school to share his songs with our children. Together with Andrew, each class will attend a workshop to learn songs to perform to the whole school community in a concert at the end of the day.Andrew’s songs, such as “These Hands”, “Rainbow”, “An African Blessing” and “Rise Up!” are used in

classrooms and liturgies around Australia, New Zealand, USA and Canada. 

The concert will take place in our St Kilian’s Hall, at 2.30pm on the day.

We look forward to seeing parents, grandparents, siblings and friends at our concert, 

So please come along !

Carolyn Maher

Catholic Identity Leader