Shrove Tuesday Reflection:

Pancake Day, or Shrove Tuesday, is the traditional feast day before the start of Lent on Ash Wednesday.

Hence, on Tuesday, students had the pleasure of enjoying some delicious pancakes from breakfast club.

We would like to say a BIG thank you to our parent and student helpers. What a lovely treat!

Ash Wednesday Liturgy - Gospel Reflection:

There is a time for everything: times to be loud; times to be quiet; times to be happy; times to be sad; times to let things go; times to gather things up; times to celebrate and times to reflect. Towards the end of Lent, the Church celebrates Palm Sunday. Palm Sunday is a loud time of celebration. That day, we remember the part of Jesus’s story when he was greeted by a large crowd on his way into Jerusalem. The people were so excited that they “spread their cloaks on the road, and others cut branches from the trees and spread them on the road.” In celebration, they shouted, “Blessed is the one who comes in the name of the Lord! Hosanna in the highest!”2 But Ash Wednesday leads us into a quieter time. Today, ashes made from branches once used in praise and celebration remind us how, after Jesus’s triumphal entry into Jerusalem, another crowd gathered and called for his death on a cross. Ashes on our foreheads mark the beginning of our journey through Lent. This quieter time is a time to reflect on Jesus’s life and suffering and the ways he continually showed compassion to those around him. It’s also a time to reflect on our own lives and the lives of all in our human family and the rest of creation. Today, we pause to reflect on it all: life’s good bits and life’s quiet, difficult, challenging bits. We can ask: what experience or situation makes me want to celebrate? What makes me want to cry? What moves me to compassion? What actions will I take to make a difference – in my own life? in the lives of other people? in the living creation? Fasting, almsgiving and prayer can help us to reflect. When you receive ashes on your forehead today, let them be an encouragement to share compassion with others. Let the ashes remind you especially of the experiences of those who do not have access to the basic needs of human life. And, as you ask, ‘What can I do to care for them?’, remember that when we stand together as a global family, challenging ourselves to live and act with love and hope, we make a difference, just as Christ does, now and for all future generations.

Caritas – Project Compassion

Project Compassion is Caritas Australia's main annual fundraising campaign. It mobilises Australians to raise much-needed funds to help alleviate poverty, promote justice, and uphold dignity in the most vulnerable and marginalised communities in the world.

Prayer:

God of all hope, we pray for our world with all its beauty and need.  We thank you for the love in our lives that is a mirror of your unending love.

May all creation know your compassion this Lent, and may we take courage to share it, especially with those who don’t have what they need.

In our time, we hear the same words you spoke to Moses: ‘I will be with you,’ when you ask us to do courageous things.

Through your prayer, fasting and almsgiving, move us to act in the company of your Spirit, showing compassion and acting for justice to renew the face of the Earth, now and for all future generations.

We as this in the name of Christ. Amen

Grenfell Parish

MASS TIMES:

SUNDAY: 8.00am Mass (2nd & 4th Sun) 8.00am Communion Service (1st & 3rd and any 5th Sunday)

RECONCILIATION: Sunday (7.30am - 7.45am)

WEEKEND MASS TIMES AT YOUNG AND BOOROWA

YOUNG: 6.00pm (SAT) & 10.00am (SUN)

BOOROWA: 5.00pm (SUN)