Religious Education with Mrs. Skelly
May we be channels of God’s Peace during the pandemic and over the holidays
CoVID affects us all in some way or another: anxiety/frustration about a disease that we have little control over; working from home, children learning remotely, meetings cancelled, trips cancelled, visits with friends cancelled, feelings of isolation. Life at the moment all seems fast, and out-of-proportion and disorienting.
What can we do?
We can expand our hearts and our minds to see ourselves and see our families as part of a much bigger community that can have a massive impact on the lives of other people. You can help by asking yourself, “What can I and my family do to help?” “What can we offer?”. Every small act of ‘not doing' what you are not meant to do’, and ‘doing’ acts of kindness or support will add up. Your contribution may seem small, invisible, inconsequential but it makes a difference. Each and every one of your contributions to our St Mary's School community (no matter how small) has continued to be invaluable, even more so during Remote Learning.
Imagine if we could make our response to this crisis our finest hour. Imagine if a year or two from now we looked back on this and told the stories of how we continued to come together as a team not only in our school community but in our town, state, nation and across the world.
It can be our finest hour if we work together. We are all on the team. And we all need to keep shining in whatever way we can.
God of all life…
May your love and light shine through us today
in a way no mask can hide.
May our eyes dance with laughter and joy,
replacing our hidden smiles.
May our actions of care and concern
speak louder than our muffled voices ever could.
And may the generosity of our hearts
radiate who we are
and how we respond to the world around us
so that others may not see our masks
but your image shining out and moving in and through us.
Amen
When this is over,
may we never again take for granted
a handshake with a stranger
conversations with neighbours
a crowded theatre
Friday night out
the taste of Communion
a routine check-up
school
coffee with a friend
attending a footy game
each deep breath
a boring Tuesday
life itself.
When this ends,
may we find that we have become
more like the people we wanted to be,
we were called to be,
we hoped to be.
And may we stay that way – better for each other because of the worst.