Prayer & Acknowledgment

Reconciliation Prayer

Matthew 18:20 "For where two or three gather in my name, there am I with them."

Holy Father, God of Love,

You are the Creator of all things.

We acknowledge the pain and shame of our history

and the sufferings of Our peoples,

and we ask your forgiveness.

We thank you for the survival of Indigenous cultures

Our hope is in you because you gave your Son Jesus

to reconcile the world to you.

We pray for your strength and grace to forgive, accept and love one another, as you love us and forgive and accept us in the sacrifice of your Son.

Give us the courage to accept the realities of our history so that we may build a better

future for our Nation.

Teach us to respect all cultures.

Teach us to care for our land and waters.

Help us to share justly the resources of this land. Help us to bring about spiritual and social change to improve the quality of life for all groups in our communities, especially the disadvantaged.

Help young people to find true dignity and self-esteem by your Spirit.

May your power and love be the foundations on which we build our families, our communities and our Nation, through Jesus Christ our Lord.

(Wontulp Bi-Buya Indigenous Theology Working Group 13 March 1997 Brisbane, Qld).

Welcome to Country

This is my land. My land is alive. It calls you and it calls me.  Our people have been living here since the first sunrise. I sing a song to her and she sings a song to me.

My spirit born of this country, I am Yorta Yorta.   We pay our respects to the elders past and present and welcome you to our woka.  Welcome!

Below Video: Tahnarlie Briggs and Lilah Weston stand proudly sharing their WELCOME TO COUNTRY.

Acknowledgment of Country

St. Brendan's Primary School acknowledges and pays respect to the Yorta Yorta Nation, as the original ongoing custodians of the land we meet on.

We commit ourselves to actively working alongside Aboriginal people for reconciliation and justice.