Class Masses

This week we had a beautiful class Mass with Grade 4 in the 5/6 courtyard. It was a beautiful celebration of our faith and a special way to connect with God in creation. 

Next week we will celebrate a Liturgy with Year 2. 

Class Masses and Liturgies schedule Term 4: 

Kindergarten will be participating in a retreat run by our Year 6 Youth Ministry team in place of a liturgy this term.  It is a great opportunity to connect with the faith through peer ministry in a less formal setting.

30th Sunday in Ordinary Time - The Parable of the Pharisee and the Tax Collector Luke 18: 9-14 

Who are we as we come before God today? Poor, humble, weak, broken-hearted, ill, exhausted, in need of God’s mercy? God’s face is always turned towards such people. In the Mass today, the penitential rite is a great opportunity to stand in that place of humility with the tax collector. Presiders sometimes use their own words to introduce the prayers of mercy. I have heard one ask us to come to our God of love and compassion ‘for forgiveness of our sins, for peace in our hearts and for healing in our lives’.  Another calls us to ‘reflect on our need for healing in our relationships with God, others, ourselves and our environment’. The penitential rite is a great equaliser and reality-check; we can all recognise aspects of ourselves that are rough or broken. We come to receive Jesus’ gift of himself in communion not because we are perfect, but because we are in need of him. He wants to feed and nourish us because we are hungry and thirsty. If we come to him full of ourselves, we may not appreciate this gift and we may leave unchanged. So let us be open to God’s mercy and healing today. 

From God’s Word, Daily Reflections, 2025

Yours in Christ, 

Andrea McQuirk 

Religious Education Coordinator