Social Justice - Catholic Mission

This year, we supported Catholic Mission with three special fundraising events; Year 6 Mission Markets, Zoe and Olive’s Bake Stall and Socktober. All together we raised $1,980.20! Catholic Mission is the Pope’s international mission agency. Catholic Mission, together with the community, shares in God’s mission to reach out, giving life by sharing our personal and financial resources to:

• proclaim the Gospel
• serve people in need and
• act for peace, justice and creation.

Thank you to everyone for supporting the work of Catholic Mission around the world..

Sunday Gospel: Matthew 22:34-40, 30th Sunday in Ordinary Time Year A

You shall love the Lord your God and your neighbour as yourself.

Gospel Reflection by Dianne Bergant

The Catholic tradition  is founded on love. Actually, life itself is grounded in love. We may not always feel this love, but if we allow ourselves to reflect on life, we will realise this truth. We have been called into being by God’s love; and we will only be happy if we live in that love. Thus, when we are directed to love God and love one another, we are not being asked to do something contrary to our nature. Rather, we are being told to live in accord with that nature. We come from God who is love, and so it is in our very nature to love and to be loved.

We may sometimes think that it is easier to love God than to love others. It may actually be just the opposite. Other people are tangible. We can see and hear them, interact with them. Their influence in our lives can permeate our consciousness. That is not the way it is with God. Like Moses on the mountain, we can only see the traces of divinity as God passes by. However, we show that we love God in the way we love our neighbour.

Love, the foundation of the reign of God, is contagious. When we love others, the reign of God spreads throughout the world. The compassion that we show toward others is a form of evangelisation. It proclaims much louder than any words that the reign of God has been established.

Blessings for the week ahead,

Veronica Hall

Religious Education Coordinator