FEAST OF ST CATHERINE OF SIENA, VIRGIN AND DOCTOR OF THE CHURCH, PATRON OF EUROPE, (1347-80).<\/p>\n
\u2018You feed the hungry in your sweetness, because you are gentle, without a trace of bitterness. O Eternal Trinity!\u2019 St Catherine of Siena.<\/p>\n
On these fresh, bright and beautiful mornings it is uplifting to awaken to the bird song, the sight of the blossom and the scent of the whitethorn. The psalmist addresses the whole of creation in Psalm 148, and invites every living creature to thank God. Each one can do that in his\/ her\/its unique way. God\u2019s creation is a gift which calls for appreciation and recognition. Pope Francis calls each one to \u2018care for our common home\u2019.<\/p>\n
Today as we look at the trees, hedgerows, flowers, weeds, insects, animals, mountains, sky, stars, moon, sun, clouds, water\u2026we can imagine how they praise their Creator\u2026 just by being the best they can be. This pleases and brings joy to God. God created the world with love and for love. St Francis, patron saint of ecology is studied in the Grow in Love programme.<\/p>\n
Celebrating the feast of St Catherine of Siena today, we recall her writing from the Dialogue \u2018On Divine Revelation\u2019. St Catherine addresses God using images of creation, \u2018O Eternal Trinity, you are an abyss, a deep sea;\u2026You are a fire ever burning and never consumed,\u2026By your light you enlighten our minds\u2026\u2019 What a great tribute to God and an acknowledgement of her Creator.<\/p>\n
The Gospel which the priest reads at Mass today (Mt 11:25-30), can be heard via webcam or can be read in the New Testament. Jesus offers a prayer of thanks to God and acknowledges how God is pleased. Jesus provides a model on how to pray. Out of this loving relationship with God, he invites the readers and listeners, \u2018Come to me, all you who are weary and burdened, and I will give you rest\u2026 I am gentle and humble in heart, and you will find rest for your souls.\u2019 The yoke Jesus gives to the disciples is good as it helps carry the load. Such a consolation Jesus wishes to offer the people of the world today, particularly in this time of Covid-19.<\/p>\n
The Morning Prayer in the Grow in Love Religious Education programme contains a phrase that reads, \u2018I\u2019ll try to please you Father.\u2019 One way to please God is to say thank you. There are also many other ways. This phrase echoes some words of St John\u2019s Gospel (Jn 6). Jesus tells the crowd why \u2018he has come down from heaven.\u2019 He has come \u2018not to do my own will, but the will of him who sent me.\u2019 It is the will of the Father that that all who believe would have eternal life.<\/p>\n
Jesus spent his whole life doing the Father\u2019s will, doing what God wanted. This nourished and sustained his life even to the death on the Cross. Jesus shows the disciples another way to please God is to do his will. They recognise this when they pray the \u2018Our Father\u2019.<\/p>\n
How do disciples know what God wants of them? By communicating with God in prayer, by trusting God and listening to Jesus\u2019 teaching and believing in him are just some of the ways of knowing what God wants. Jesus always helps the disciples along the way even especially when they find the going tough. By exploring the stories and poems in Grow in Love, children grow in God\u2019s love and learn how to turn to God in happy and challenging times and how to share the love with others.<\/p>\n
The psalmist in Psalm 37 calls each one \u2018to trust in the Lord and to do good\u2019.<\/p>\n
Both Psalm 148 and Psalm 37 are available as video lyrics on the VERITAS website www.veritas.ie. Verses from these psalms can also be read from the Bible or the e-books for Third Class\/P5 and Fourth Class\/P6. Psalms 139, 23 and more are also taught in the Grow in Love programme. The children also learn that at Mass each day a psalm is read from the lectionary during the Liturgy of the Word. This is taught in the context of the lesson on The Mass in the Third class\/P5, Fourth Class\/P6 programme, Fifth Class\/P7 programme.<\/p>\n
Email: trial@growinlove.ie<\/p>\n
Password: growinlove.<\/p>\n
Many of the SONGS in the Grow in Love programme relate to the theme of creation and thanksgiving: \u2018Grow in Love\u2019, \u2018Thank You, God, for Our World\u2019, \u2018Caring for God\u2019s World\u2019, \u2018Created by God\u2019, \u2019Alleluia\u2019, \u2019When Creation was Begun\u2019, \u2018Water\u2019, \u2019We give Thanks\u2019, \u2018Trust in the Lord (Psalm 37)\u2019, \u2018Parable Song-The Mustard Seed\u2019, \u2018All Things Bright and Beautiful\u2019, \u2018Sing Praise\u2019(Psalm 148), \u2019Beginning Today\u2019, \u2019Creation Story\u2019, \u2018God has Given us the Earth\u2019 all are accessible as lyrics\/video lyrics.<\/p>\n
PRAY from Grow in Love\/I nGr\u00e1 D\u00e9<\/p>\n
Care For the Earth<\/p>\n
God our Creator, you have given us<\/p>\n
the earth, and the sky and the seas.<\/p>\n
Show us how to care for the earth, not<\/p>\n
just for today but for ages to come.<\/p>\n
Let no plan or work of ours damage<\/p>\n
or destroy the beauty of your creation.<\/p>\n
Send forth your Spirit to direct us to<\/p>\n
care for the earth and all creation. Amen.<\/p>\n
C\u00faram don Domhan<\/p>\n
A Dhia \u00e1r gCruthaitheoir, thug t\u00fa an<\/p>\n
talamh, an sp\u00e9ir agus na farraig\u00ed d\u00fainn.<\/p>\n
Taispe\u00e1in d\u00fainn conas aire a thabhairt<\/p>\n
don domhan, n\u00ed hamh\u00e1in don l at\u00e1 inniu ann,<\/p>\n
ach do na haoiseanna at\u00e1<\/p>\n
le teacht freisin.<\/p>\n
N\u00e1 milleadh aon phlean n\u00e1 obair<\/p>\n
againne \u00e1illeacht do chruthithe.<\/p>\n
Seol do Spioraid chugainn chun<\/p>\n
cabhr\u00fa linn aire a thabhairt don<\/p>\n
domhan agus don chruth\u00fa ar fad.<\/p>\n
\u00c1im\u00e9an.<\/p>\n
Our Father<\/p>\n
Our Father, who art in heaven,<\/p>\n
hallowed be thy name;<\/p>\n
thy kingdom come,<\/p>\n
thy will be done<\/p>\n
on earth as it is in heaven.<\/p>\n
Give us this day our daily bread, and forgive us our trespasses,<\/p>\n
as we forgive those who trespass<\/p>\n
against us;<\/p>\n
and lead us not into temptation,<\/p>\n
but deliver us from evil. Amen<\/p>\n
An Phaidir<\/p>\n
\u00c1r nAthair ata ar neamh,<\/p>\n
go naofar d-ainm,<\/p>\n
go dtaga do r\u00edocht, go nd\u00e9antar do thoil ar an talamh<\/p>\n
Mar a dh\u00e9antar ar neamh.<\/p>\n
\u00c1r nar\u00e1n laeth\u00fail tabhair d\u00fainn inniu,<\/p>\n
agus maith d\u00fainn \u00e1r bhfaicha,<\/p>\n
mar a mhaithimindne d\u00e1r bhf\u00e9ach\u00fana<\/p>\n
f\u00e9in,<\/p>\n
is n\u00e1 lig sinn i gcath\u00fa,<\/p>\n
ach saor sinn \u00f3 olc. \u00c1im\u00e9an.<\/p>\n
\u201cCome to me, all you who are weary and burdened, and I will give you rest. Take my yoke upon you and learn from me, for I am gentle and humble in heart, and you will find rest for your souls. For my yoke is easy and my burden is light.\u201d (Mt 11:28-30).<\/p>\n
\u2018The holy virgin, Saint Catherine, never ceased praying to God to let peace return to his holy Church, alleluia\u2019 (Benedictus antiphon).<\/p>\n
\u2018At all times and in all places, Catherine sought God. She found him and was united to him in love, alleluia.\u2019 (Magnificat antiphon)<\/p>\n
\u2018With all my heart I praise the Lord<\/p>\n
And with all that I am, I praise his holy name.\u2019 (Psalm 103:1).<\/p>\n
St Catherine of Siena, pray for us.<\/p>\n
Sr Anne Neylon<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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