First Week of Lent - reflection

This week marks the beginning of the Lenten season. We gathered as a school and parish community on Wednesday to contemplate how we are going to prepare ourselves for Easter celebrations. Fr. Loi encouraged us to look deeply at ourselves as we journey through Lent. We have all begun to do this as we set ourselves our Lenten promises. Our promises should be ones that challenge us enough to bring about a renewal. A renewal of mind, heart, spirit.

This Sunday’s reading is from the Gospel of Matthew – The Temptation of Jesus. Jesus is able to withstand being tempted by the devil. Firstly, our Lenten promise should be a positive one that will enable us to grow spiritually, rather than something that may weigh us down. How are your New Year’s resolutions going?

Secondly, we need to have a plan. We make plans all the time. How are we going to overcome temptation? What can we foresee that may get in the way of our Lenten promises? What will we do about it? We can call upon the Holy Spirit to guide us on our journey. Follow in Jesus example in this weekend’s reading, the Holy Spirit was with him the entire time.

School Focus – Weeks 4, 5 and 6

This week, we began our school focus of SUPPORT. As a school community we will be exploring how we are supported at St Monica’s, who we support and what support looks like and feels like. A community who grows together, supports one another. During Lent, we will be supporting Caritas’ Project Compassion. Students will be learning about the communities around our globe who benefit from our support. Next week we will be coming together to discuss learning goals. All classes are exploring how our learning goals are supporting our learning at St Monica’s.