Faithful God, we stand in the dim shadow of a cross, longing for resurrection. But today we pause to remember the pain of the cross, and the pain of the crosses we’ve faced. We pause to cry for the Sudan, for the Middle East, for East Timor, for the African continent, for people fleeing Syria and trying to find a place to call home, for the people of Christchurch, seeking a place of safety. As the disciples wept on that fateful day so long ago, we weep for the Saviour and for the tree, and all the trees that one represented, from which he hung. We cry for our ecology: birds slick from oil; forests decimated, causing mudslides and runoff; air polluted due to our disdain for the creation that cries for us. As those first disciples wondered whether that fateful day was the end of their dreams, we admit we are afraid that our dream of a just, non-violent world is fleeting and in peril of death. Help us, God, as we live in the tension between this death and your seeming silence, the time after the crucifixion and before the resurrection.

 Holy Week at St Monica’s

This week the students at St Monica’s have walked with Jesus the events of Holy Week. From Monday prayer when the school community was welcomed to Jerusalem- with palms and songs, to today where we meet in the upper room and then on to the road to Calvary. You may have noticed the large cross at the top of the stairs. This represents the 12^th Station- Jesus Dies. Perhaps you could pause as you walk by and say a pray for all who are suffering in our world.  Tomorrow 3L will lead us through the amazement and joy of Easter Sunday morning.

Sacramental Program- Our Lady of Perpetual Help Parish

Sacrament of Eucharist

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