I hope you all had a Happy Easter and a lovely weekend with your family and friends.

I trust you were able to attend the Easter ceremonies in our community.

EASTER REFLECTION… An Easter Prayer from Joan Chittister

To say "I believe in Jesus Christ . . . who rose from the dead," is to say I believe that the Resurrection goes on and on and on forever. Every time Jesus rises in our own hearts in new ways, the Resurrection happens again. Every time we see Jesus where we did not recognize him before—in the faces of the poor, in the love of the unloved, in the revelatory moments of life, Jesus rises anew. The real proof of the Resurrection lies not in the transformation of Jesus alone but in the transformation awaiting us who accept it. To say, "I believe in Jesus Christ . . . who rose from the dead," is to say something about myself at the same time. It says that I myself am ready to be transformed. Once the Christ-life rises in me, I rise to new life as well. "Christ is risen, we are risen," we sing at Easter. But it has a great deal more to do with life than with death. If I know that Jesus has been transformed, then I am transformed myself, and as a result, everything around me. Until we find ourselves with new hearts, more penetrating insights, fewer compulsions, less need for the transient, greater awareness of the spiritual pulse of life, resurrection has not really happened for us. Jesus has risen but we have not. Resurrection is change at the root of the soul. It marks a whole new way of being in life.

Prayer

Jesus, help me to understand that in every life, something good fails, something great ends, something righteous is taken unjustly away, something looms like an abandonment by God. Give me the wisdom to know that You rose from the dead as a sign to us that every one of these “little deaths” is life becoming new all over again. Be with me in living Your Resurrection over and over again.

Years 3 & 4.

Thank you, Year 3 and 4 for leading the school and our Parish Holy Thursday Mass. It was a lovely, reverent Mass with many attending.

Thank you!

Caritas Australia would like to THANK YOU for supporting Project Compassion 2018. It is time to return your Project Compassion box to the school.

Through your generosity, you are helping to empower our most vulnerable neighbours worldwide to build a just future for themselves, their families and their communities.

Dates to mark on your calendar:

06/04- Liturgy led by Kinder (12:30pm).
13/04- End of term Mass led by SRC (12pm).

Thoughts/ Questions / Reflection for the week:

Breaking Open the Word

Breaking open the word enable us to gain a deeper understanding of and education in the Scriptures. Through reading the Scriptures prayerfully and searchingly, we encounter the Living Christ who calls us to an ever-fuller experience of Him in the Sacraments and life of the Church.
Step One: Listen to the Word
As you hear this very brief reading, what words or phrases strike you? What image or feeling lingers for you?

A reading from the letter of St Paul to the Colossians.

Look for the things that are in heaven, where Christ is.

Since you have been brought back to true life with Christ, you must look for the things that are in heaven, where Christ is, sitting at God’s right hand. Let your thoughts be on heavenly things that are on the earth, because you have died, and now the life you have is hidden with Christ in God. But when Christ is revealed – and he is your life – you too will be revealed in all your glory with him.

The word of the Lord.

Step Two: Look into Your Life

Question for Children: What sacrifices do you make for those whom you love?

Question for Youth: Even the disciples had a hard time understanding Jesus’ Resurrection – it is that surprising. What does Resurrection mean to you? What does Easter mean to you?

Question for Adults: In what ways has God called you to die in Christ? How is this expressed in your own life?