Religious Education News
5th Week of Lent
We are coming towards the end of Lent and preparing for Holy Week next week. This week we are still focussing on:
- Prayer: During Lent, we are encouraged to pray more.
- Fasting: During Lent, we give up the food we love as a sacrifice.
- Almsgiving: During Lent, we must think about giving more to those who are in need. We can give money to charities, give old clothes, make hampers for people in need. Collect and save money to give to Project Compassion.
Lenten Prayer
“Stay with me, Lord, for it is necessary to have You present so that I do not forget You. You know how easily I abandon You.
Stay with me, Lord, because I am weak and I need Your strength, that I may not fall so often.
Stay with me, Lord, for You are my life, and without You, I am without fervor.
Stay with me, Lord, for You are my light, and without You, I am in darkness.
Stay with me, Lord, to show me Your will.
Stay with me, Lord, so that I hear Your voice and follow You.
Stay with me, Lord, for I desire to love You very much, and always be in Your company.
Stay with me, Lord, if You wish me to be faithful to You.
Stay with me, Lord, for as poor as my soul is, I want it to be a place of consolation for You, a nest of love.
Holy Week
Holy Week begins next week and is the pinnacle of the Catholic Tradition and during class time the children will be delving into the stories of Jesus’ last week in his ministry, the Paschal Mystery of Jesus life, death and resurrection. The children will be presenting and following the story of Jesus through Holy Week stories, meditations, prayers, liturgies and activities in classes.