Religious Life of St Joseph’s

Today we celebrate Ash Wednesday which marks the change in our Liturgical Season from Ordinary Time to Lent. In this season, we prepare ourselves to celebrate the high point of our Christian life, Easter. Each year, the readings for Ash Wednesday are the same. They call us to a change of heart and teach us about the traditional Lenten practices of prayer, fasting, and almsgiving.

Ethos and Charism

Our strategic priority to deepen our St Joseph’s identity means to deepen our understanding of our Josephite Charism.  As a staff we have been collaborating to understand what following the example of Saint Mary Mackillop looks like at St Joseph’s O’Connor. Together we have developed 4 core values of what it means to ‘Be a Joey.” 

Prayer and Worship 

Student Led Christian Prayer

Each Friday after the first break Year 6 lead classes in prayer.

Liturgical Season: First Week of Lent , Year A

Liturgical Season Colour: Purple

This week the focus is on the Gospel: Matthew 4:1-11

Jesus was led by the Spirit into the desert to be tempted by the devil. He fasted for forty days and forty nights, and afterwards, he was hungry. The devil approached and said to him,

“If you are the Son of God, command that these stones become loaves of bread.”

Jesus said in reply, “It is written:

One does not live on bread alone, but on every word that comes forth from the mouth of God.”

Then the devil took him to the holy city, and made him stand on the wall of the temple, and said to him,

“If you are the Son of God, throw yourself down. For it is written:

He will command his angels concerning you

and with their hands they will support you,

lest you dash your foot against a stone.”

Jesus answered him, “Again it is written:

You shall not put the Lord, your God, to the test.

Then the devil took Jesus up to a very high mountain, and

showed him all the kingdoms of the world in their magnificence,

and he said to him, “All these I shall give to you, if you will

worship me.”

At this, Jesus said to him, “Get away, Satan! It is written:

The Lord, your God, shall you worship

and him alone shall you serve.”

Then the devil left him and, behold, angels came and ministered to him.

At home, we invite you to sing our focus song for 2020, “Be God’s” by Danielle Rose and discuss how we can Be God’s Love. You can view a version with the lyrics at: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pvddWibgS2E

Celebrating Liturgy and Sacraments

Yours in Christ,

Melanie Stratford

Religious Education Coordinator

melanie.stratford@cg.catholic.edu.au