St Pat's Shamrock: Community Update # 3.14

Daffodil Day is a day for us all to give hope

Daffodils demand only that we plant them in hope. Planting in hope reminds us to pray in hope, as the Holy Spirit teaches us to do.

“The Holy Spirit… teaches us to pray in hope” says the Catechism. We can pray for hope. One cannot expect to grow in hope without prayer any more than one can expect a blooming daffodil to surface when one did not plant the bulb. Our God is God of hope. It is through prayer and the Holy Spirit that, despite our circumstances or the circumstances of those around us, we can abound joyfully and peacefully in hope. It was St. Paul who prayed: “May the God of hope fill you with all joy and peace in believing, so that by the power of the Holy Spirit you may abound in hope” (Romans 15:13).

We can remember that there is no winter so brutally cold, no situation so wretchedly impossible, that God cannot triumph in it. When the harsh winters of our lives approach, we can think of the triumph of our Lord and in our prayers plant daffodils of hope. And then we can patiently wait for them to bloom remembering that “hope does not disappoint.” (Romans 5:5)

(Thanks Miss Adcock for sharing this reflection).

Thank you to everyone who planted daffodil day messages of hope in our garden and for the Cancer Council donations too. Please continue to keep Mrs Barclay and all family and friends affected by cancer in your prayers.

Let's be hopeful that we will all be back together at school in Term 4.

SRC Gratitude Video

Our Semester 2 SRC leaders are sending a strong message about gratitude in their very first video. Taking the time to reflect on who or what we are grateful for each day, is a way to strengthen and develop a healthy, positive mindset and contributes to our mental wellbeing.

What are you grateful for ?