Thought for the week Week Commencing 4 th

Thought for the week Week Commencing 4 th June 2018 “You, then, are the Body of Christ. Every one of you is a member of it. ” 1 Corinthians 12: 27 “The Church is not an charitable, cultural or political association, but a living body, that walks and acts in history. And this body has a head, Jesus, who guides, feeds and supports it. ” Pope Francis

Dear God, You loved us so much You created us in your image and sent us your Son to teach us the way to love You. Jesus taught us to love ourselves. To love each other To respect our differences To respect our world To work together Dear Jesus, we pray that we are better people for knowing and loving You. Amen St John Plessington Pray for us

Monday 4 th June 2018 Mark 14: 12 -16, 22 -26 On the first day of the Festival of Unleavened Bread, when it was customary to sacrifice the Passover lamb, Jesus’ disciples asked him, “Where do you want us to go and make preparations for you to eat the Passover? ” So he sent two of his disciples, telling them, “Go into the city, and a man carrying a jar of water will meet you. Follow him. Say to the owner of the house he enters, ‘The Teacher asks: Where is my guest room, where I may eat the Passover with my disciples? ’ He will show you a large room upstairs, furnished and ready. Make preparations for us there. ” The disciples left, went into the city and found things just as Jesus had told them. So they prepared the Passover. While they were eating, Jesus took bread, and when he had given thanks, he broke it and gave it to his disciples, saying, “Take it; this is my body. ” Then he took a cup, and when he had given thanks, he gave it to them, and they all drank from it. “This is my blood of the covenant, which is poured out for many, ” he said to them. “Truly I tell you, I will not drink again from the fruit of the vine until that day when I drink it new in the kingdom of God. ” When they had sung a hymn, they went out to the Mount of Olives.

Monday 4 th June 2018 Paired Speaking Question Why was the last supper important? Class Speaking Challenge: What happened on Maundy Thursday (the last supper)? Class Discussion: Where/when do we receive the body of Christ today? Exit Pass: On the way out, tell me whether you think we work as the body of Christ at school?

Tuesday 5 th June 2018 “This is my Body. ” Dear God, Grant us the patience to work together. Bring us all together as a family. Let us work together with understanding and compassion in our hearts. Let us not be rude or arrogant towards one another, as we light the way to your heavenly kingdom. Amen. St John Plessington Pray for us What does this video compare the body of Christ to? How can we work as the body of Christ?

Wednesday 6 th June 2018 16 -year-old Sofi Cruz Turner used money that she earned from her first job to surprise a classmate with a heartwarming gift. Jahiem hinted that he needed new shoes and Sofi decided to buy him Adidas trainers, backpack and socks. Video Why do you think Sofi did this? How could this be seen as her doing Christ’s work on earth?

Thursday 7 th June 2018 We are many, God's great diversity, yet we are one in Christ. Different faces, different races, yet we are one in Christ. Butchers, bakers, website makers, bankers, tailors, teachers, sailors, yet we are one in Christ. Fathers, mothers, sisters, brothers, single, married, broken, carried, yet we are one in Christ. The happy, the clappy, the barely out of nappies, the ancient, the modern, the famous, the forgotten, yet we are one in Christ. Some hopeful, some hopeless, some cope well, some cope less. Some sure and some doubt, some whisper, some shout, yet we are one in Christ. Those with abundance, those with need, those who are generous or wrestle with greed, yet we are one in Christ. Elbows, tummies, knees and noses, kidneys, femurs, teeth and toeses. Some unmentionable, some protected, some accepted, some rejected, yet we are one in Christ. A broken body, torn apart, mars God's image, breaks God's heart. And yet our Father knows how the end will be, when all his kids will sing in harmony, the bride will dazzle, her branches bloom, so add your voice to hymn the tune that we are one in Christ.

Friday 8 th June 2018 The Most Sacred Heart of Jesus Feast of the Sacred Heart 2018 The heart has always been seen as the "centre" or essence of a person ("the heart of the matter, " "you are my heart, " "take it to heart, " etc. ) and the wellspring of our emotional lives and love ("you break my heart, " "my heart sings, " etc. ) Devotion to the Sacred Heart of Jesus is devotion to Jesus Christ Himself, but in the particular ways of meditating on his interior life and on His threefold love - His divine love, His burning love that fed His human will, and His sensible love that affects His interior life. Pope Pius XII