RELIGIOUS EDUCATION NEWS
Gospel Reflection
Mk 12:28-34
In this Gospel passage, Jesus is asked which commandment is first and he provides two commandments as His answer. However, He doesn’t bundle them together as one overarching commandment – He very distinctly identifies them as first and second. Sometimes we can feel the way to express love for God is through demonstrating our love for other people in charitable or justice-focused actions. However, Jesus makes clear that the first commandment of all is the love of God with all our being – that God is worthy of love in God’s own right. Our love of God may inspire us to action for others but the first step is loving God for who God is.
Jesus reminds us ‘You must love your neighbour as yourself.’ There’s an unspoken, underlying idea here that is absolutely crucial. Before you can love your neighbour, you must first love yourself. To say that you love yourself today can imply a level of boastfulness or ego. However, what is required is a genuine love of self – an acceptance; a respect; a true valuing of self. Only then can we know how to treat others. When we ask ourselves how we would want to be treated it points us towards how we should treat others. What is summed up so simply by Jesus is a very tough ask!
Adapted from Greg Sunter
Catholic Mission Socktober
Next Friday November 5th we will be holding a socktober shootout to raise money for Catholic Mission. Students will participate in a soccer goal shoot-out competition with their class and will get to use a sock ball - a ball made from plastic bags, similar to the balls used by many children around the world. .
Of, course, we will sanitise all sporting equipment used and ensure this activity is appropriately socially distanced to keep our students safe. Students will be asked to donate money to participate in the shootout, which will raise money for early childhood education for children in Thailand. Donations can be made via the Qkr App. We thank you so much, for donating to this cause.
Steps to make a donation:
- Open the Qrk app
- Select Sts Peter and Paul
- Scroll down to ‘school payments’ and select
- Click on ‘payments’
- Select Socktober Shootout
Is a weekly online child-friendly reflection of the coming Sunday’s Gospel.
Sunday 30th October, 31st Sunday in Ordinary Time
http://www.prayingwithchildren.org/4r0m4ntc15h3.html
Family Prayer Session
Thursday October 28th @ 6:00pm
The Year 5 Youth Ministry Team invite you to join a prayer evening via teams at 6:00pm.
The link for the meeting is here.
Blessings,
Fron Garrett
Religious Education Coordinator (Acting)