Mother Teresa School Harrison eNewsletter

Religious Education - Term 1 Week 2 2022

WHOLE SCHOOL FOCUS

The Whole school focus theme for this year is ‘Do small Things with Great Love’ and the Bible reference that supports our theme is Ephesians 2:1, in which St Paul says:

“We are God’s work of art,

Created in Christ Jesus to live the good life

As from the beginning he had meant us to live it.”

At Mother Teresa we will share our gifts and talents with each other throughout the year. The value we will be focussing on is: Compassion

At Mother Teresa we are going to show compassion towards those we meet in our class and on the playground by:

Empathising
Expressing care
Describing feelings
Taking action to assist others
Responding to other’s needs
Giving generously to Project Compassion.

FOCUS ASSEMBLY

Thank you Ms Weston and 5 Silver for presenting a beautiful Focus Assembly on Compassion via Teams. They explained what compassion looks like, sounds like and feels like at Mother Teresa School. They interviewed some of our students and to top it off they added actions to a great song the school has been learning, ‘Fear Not’.

6th Sunday in Ordinary Time

13 February 2022 - Year C

“Happy are the poor.”

The Story

In today’s gospel, Jesus tells the people about the things that God values. God gives special blessings to those people who are hungry, sad, or poor. People who are rejected or insulted by others, and who feel sad or unloved, can look forward to a reward in heaven. Jesus is reminding us that the ways and values of the world are not necessarily the ways and values of God.

The Scriptures

A reading from the holy gospel according to Luke 6:17, 20-23

Jesus and his apostles went down from the mountain and came to some flat, level ground.

Many other disciples were there to meet him. Large crowds of people from all over Judea, Jerusalem, and the coastal cities of Tyre and Sidon were there too.

Jesus looked at his disciples and said:

"God will bless you people who are poor. His kingdom belongs to you!

God will bless you hungry people. You will have plenty to eat!

God will bless you people who are crying. You will laugh!

"God will bless you when others hate you and won't have anything to do with you.

God will bless you when people insult you and say cruel things about you, all because you are a follower of the Son of Man! Long ago your own people did these same things to the prophets.

"So when this happens to you,

be happy and jump for joy!

You will have a great reward in heaven."

The Gospel of the Lord. Praise to you, Lord Jesus Christ.

Video

This song was our ‘Go To’ in 2021. Watch the video and sing along together: