Celebration of the Word

The Exaltation of the Holy Cross

    

Our Celebration of the Word assembly this morning, focused on a very special feast day in the Church yesterday – the Exaltation of the Holy Cross - when we remember how important the Cross is in our faith.

Even though the Cross was used to hurt Jesus, it became a symbol of love, hope, and forgiveness. We spoke about how the cross shows that Jesus would do anything for us because He loves us so much.

When you look at the cross, you can see a beautiful symbol pointing in four directions – up, down, left and right. When it points down, we think about God who loved the world so much that he sent his son DOWN to earth from heaven to be with us and to show us His love. When it points up, we think about Jesus dying on the cross and anyone who believes him will rise UP to heaven to be with God. The cross points right and left. When Jesus’ arms were stretched out wide on the cross and he was lifted up from the earth, he called all people to himself. We must love all people, left and right and know they are our Brothers and Sisters.

We practised thinking about how much Jesus loves us and to help us remember this, we can open our arms as if on a cross and say, “Jesus loves me this much and more!”

 

23rd Sunday in Ordinary Time

In this week’s Gospel (Luke 14:25–33), Jesus reminds us that following Him isn’t always easy. He tells a story about someone who wants to build a tower. Before they start, they have to plan carefully and be ready — just like we need to be ready to follow Jesus every day with love and kindness.

On our prayer focus, we used bricks to show the good qualities we want to have, like kindness, patience, and humility. When we try our best and show these qualities, it’s like building a strong tower. But if we don’t prepare or don’t try to be our best, the bricks won’t stay in place, and the tower might fall.

Let’s try to build strong towers by being our best selves every day!

 

22nd Sunday in Ordinary Time

In this week’s Gospel (Luke 14:1, 7-14), Jesus showed us the importance of being humble. I spoke with the children about what humility means: recognising our talents without boasting, helping others even when no one is watching, and showing kindness by putting others’ needs before our own. 

This week, I encouraged the children to practice humility at school by being kind, listening carefully, and helping others without expecting a reward.

 

Our Celebration of the Word assembly this morning, focused on a very special feast day in the Church yesterday – the Exaltation of the Holy Cross - when we remember how important the Cross is in our faith.

Even though the Cross was used to hurt Jesus, it became a symbol of love, hope, and forgiveness. We spoke about how the cross shows that Jesus would do anything for us because He loves us so much.

When you look at the cross, you can see a beautiful symbol pointing in four directions – up, down, left and right. When it points down, we think about God who loved the world so much that he sent his son DOWN to earth from heaven to be with us and to show us His love. When it points up, we think about Jesus dying on the cross and anyone who believes him will rise UP to heaven to be with God. The cross points right and left. When Jesus’ arms were stretched out wide on the cross and he was lifted up from the earth, he called all people to himself. We must love all people, left and right and know they are our Brothers and Sisters.

We practised thinking about how much Jesus loves us and to help us remember this, we can open our arms as if on a cross and say, “Jesus loves me this much and more!”