On Sunday it was lovely to once again attend Mass in person and celebrate the Feast of Corpus Christi, the Body and Blood of Christ. Jesus offers a life giving, eternal and personal relationship with himself: “He who eats my flesh and drinks my blood lives in me and I live in him.” At our celebration of Eucharist, which means ‘thanksgiving’, we remember the meal which Jesus shared with his friends the night before He died and we share in His death and resurrection. We come together at Mass as one body united in Christ, a Christian community challenged to share Jesus’ message with others through our actions.

This week at Holy Spirit Catholic School, we value respect. Having respect for someone means you think good things about who a person is or how he or she acts. Respect also means that you accept somebody for who they are, even when they are different from you or you don’t agree with them. We often use the value of respect in schools when we are speaking with children and how they treat others. We reinforce that showing respect to someone means they act in a way that shows they care about their feelings and well-being. This week we pray that our students show respect for others by thinking and acting in a way that shows others they care about their feelings and their well-being, not calling others names, treating each other with courtesy and caring about themselves.

God bless.

Caroline Fuller