Term 3 School Value- Compassion

This term St Mary’s will focus on living our school value of COMPASSION.

Compassion is much more than just feeling sorry for another person or group of people.

The mercy value of compassion is about feeling AND ACTION. It is about loving and caring for your family and friends, and about showing kindness to people who are feeling sad or upset to help them feel better. The mercy value of compassion is about feeling that you can make a difference and setting out to do this as best you can.

Jesus is the perfect model of compassion. He showed God’s unconditional love for all humankind by always reaching out with concern, care, and kindness. Out of compassion for all of humanity, he gave the ultimate sacrifice; he was crucified to free us from sin and restore our relationship with God.

How can you model Jesus’ compassion in your everyday life?

We encourage our students daily to ‘CHOOSE KINDNESS’.

At school, we are reflecting on the following Scripture passages to lead us to be more compassionate members of our community…

Ephesians 4:32 “Be kind and compassionate to one another, forgiving each other, just as in Christ God forgave you.”

Colossians 3:12-14 “Therefore, as God’s chosen people, holy and dearly loved, clothe yourselves with compassion, kindness, humility, gentleness, and patience. Bear with each other and forgive whatever grievances you may have against one another. Forgive as the Lord forgave you. And over all these virtues put on love, which binds them all together in perfect unity.”

1 Thessalonians 5:15 “Make sure that nobody pays back wrong for wrong, but always try to be kind to each other and to everyone else.”