Our usual weekly prayer service will take place today in our beautiful oratory and I would encourage as many pupils, parents and carers to come along. With Lent around the corner and the year of Mercy a huge consideration, it is particularly important to pray at this time.
As promised, in yesterday’s blog, a second extract from Mr Young’s speech from Education Sunday’s address is as follows:
I’m sure you will have noticed the simple motto that appears on our school website and also greets us at the main entrance to the school: Love God, Love others, Love learning. Loving God lies at the heart of St Bartholomew’s. When we pause for prayer at various points through the day, we invite God into the ordinariness of our daily routine and these brief moments of lifting the heart and mind to God are simple expressions of our love for him. We also show our love for God when we gather for Mass, and our school community celebrations of the Eucharist are always special and moving moments of grace. Of course, we are particularly blessed in St Bartholomew’s to have the Blessed Sacrament reserved in our school oratory, and what better way to express our love for God than to spend some quiet moments each day before the tabernacle. As we pour out our love for God in the presence of the Blessed Sacrament, He, in turn, pours out his unlimited and perfect love upon us. Pope Francis describes it like this:
“Do you allow yourselves to be gazed upon by the Lord? But how do you do this? You look at the tabernacle and you let yourselves be looked at . . . it is that simple! It can sometimes be a bit boring; I sometimes fall asleep. Fall asleep then! He is still looking at you. Know for sure he is still looking at you!”
An important reminder for our Primary 7 pupils and carers – An Information Evening is taking place this evening at 7pm at St Ambrose High School. This will equip both parents and pupils with essential knowledge about this imminent transition to High School.
I would recommend that tickets for the Valentine Disco next Thursday are bought this week. As you know, children have a mid-term break next week and return on Thursday the 12th of February. This is the day of the disco so it might be an idea to think about buying tickets as soon as possible.
Mrs Bolland 🙂
