Thursday 21 May 2020 is forty days after Easter Sunday and is the Solemnity of the Ascension of the Lord into Heaven and is one of five Holy Days of Obligation in Scotland.
This link takes you to a short input from Bishop Barron on the importance of this Solemnity.
Each Friday at 12,20pm we hold Eucharistic Adoration with prayers to the Sacred Heart of Jesus, the Rosary and the Novena of Mary the Untier of Knots. You and your family are invited to join the School Community tomorrow to recite the Mysteries of Light.
The link below takes you to a Prayer Sheet for tomorrow.
Today is the Feast of St Matthias who replaced Judas as ‘one of the Twelve’. The Apostles were important during the time which Jesus preached but they are also important for our belief in a Catholic Church which teaches with the Authority of Jesus.
This task asks you to check the names of the Apostles and what we know about them.
A different but striking approach to the Story of Fatima.
https://youtu.be/JI1u16Qp3IQ
On 13th May 1917 Our Lady appeared to three young children in the small village of Fatima in Portugal. in 1917 the World was not at peace. The First World War continued and in this year Communism would become the dominant force in Russia which would lead to the formation of the USSR and its atheistic dogma which would blight the World for decades.
Through the three children, Our Lady urged the people of the World to pray especially her Rosary; to go to Mass; to go to the Sacrament of Reconciliation and to make sacrifices for sinners.
The events of Fatima are told in this classic documentary with the link below. On the Feast of Our Lady of Fatima we will post a link for a modern version of the story. Both are good for families to watch together.
Following on from work on Mary’s Meals, Generation Hope is another great video on the work of this great organisation.
Dear Fathers, brothers and sisters,
Pope Francis has asked believers of all religions to unite spiritually in a Day of Prayer and Fasting and Works of Charity on Thursday 14 May, to implore God to help humanity overcome the coronavirus pandemic. ‘All believers together, believers of different traditions, to pray, fast, and do works of charity.’
Please spread the word and do what is possible in the circumstances.
Many commendations on all the amazing good you are already doing in these times, which is widely appreciated by our people.
God bless and keep you safe,
+ John
If you are taking the opportunity to read the excerpts from ‘The Shed Which Fed A Million Children’ you will enjoy, indeed, be moved by the Mary’s Meals Video ‘Child 31’. This is a great video for the family to watch together.
The link is given below.
In 2015 Magnus MacFarlan-Barrow wrote the Best Seller ‘The Shed Which Fed A Million Children’ which told the inspiring story of Mary’s Meals. Mary’s Meal and the publishers of the book. Generously, they have released excerpts from the book for individual and family reading. They have also suggested a variety of creative tasks along with some short questions to consider.
There are six sections which lend themselves to a light read either on your own or with your family. If you complete any of the creative tasks, please send a photo of them to the RE Twitter Account @StNiniansRE
