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CONGRATULATIONS TO OUR CONFIRMATION CANDIDATES
On Tuesday, Wednesday and Thursday evenings this week 21 of our Year 6 students received the Sacrament of Confirmation. On Tuesday we were lucky to have the Arch Bishop back in our Parish (after 3 years away due to Covid). He spoke about the connections between how a mob of Aboriginal people welcomed him to country through placing their warmed hands from the fire on his head, heart and feet and Jesus asking us to live out our catholic faith. Fr James and Fr Namora cocelebrated with the Arch Bishop and then celebrated the Wednesday and Thursday masses.
We congratulate the following students:
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Oliver Sazegar Katalina Redmond Eva Miller Matilda Hyland Chloe Lean Kyle Agudo Miles Eyers Juan Marcelo Gariguez Annie McBryde Evan Bradbury Emily Dennis Mia Van Den Boogaard Georgia Kessey Connor Annan Noah Barron Izzabella Comandari Maria Loja Jahkara Grosser Nicholas Clarke Maddison Thain Avaya Weaire |
Sunday Gospel Reflection: John 6:51-58 Sunday Year A
My flesh is real food and my blood is real drink.
Meals are very important events. Not only do we physically need food and drink to keep ourselves alive, but we use meals to mark occasions and celebrate events: birthdays; weddings; dates; achievements; disappointments; reunions. There is a sacredness about gathering with friends and family and sharing a meal together. Stories are told; memories shared; the food is appreciated and more often than not there’s a drink to accompany the meal. Treating such occasions with gratitude – as blessed moments of grace – is living out the Eucharistic reality of welcoming Jesus into our lives and seeking to be more like him.
In the gospel passage, Jesus speaks a number of times about his followers eating his flesh and drinking his blood; ‘For my flesh is real food and my blood is real drink.’ In the Eucharist, we celebrate the ‘real presence’ of Jesus, understanding that bread and wine is changed into the body and blood of Christ. This change does not occur in a physical, observable way. The Church teaches that the ‘substance’ of bread and wine (what makes them bread and wine in essence) is changed but not the physical attributes. This is known as ‘transubstantiation’ – change of substance.
Adapted from reflection by Greg Sunter
EUCHARIST ENROLMENTS
A reminder that enrolments are open for those children in Year 5 who wish to receive the Sacrament of Euchrist which will be celebrated in September. Enrolments are open between now and FRIDAY 30th JUNE. If you wish to enrol your child, please complete the form on the Parish QkR! page.
Have a great week!
Sharee Thomas