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First Eucharist

Please keep the following students and their families in your prayers as they prepare to celebrate their First Eucharist over the next two weekends.

Class Mass this Friday 16^th August:

2 Blue and 3 Green

Feast of the Assumption 15^th August

On Thursday the Church celebrates the Feast Day of the Assumption of Our Lady when according to our faith, the Holy Mother, "having completed her course of her earthly life, was assumed body and soul into heavenly glory".

Although defined as an article of faith by Pope Pius XII just over half a century ago, the Assumption of Our Lady into heaven has been accepted from back to the earliest of Christian times.

The Assumption signals the end of Mary's earthly life and marks her return to heaven to be reunited with Jesus. While the bodies of both Jesus and Mary are now in heaven, there is a difference between the Assumption and the Resurrection. Where Jesus arose from the tomb and ascended into heaven by his own power, Mary's body was taken up to heaven by the power of her Son.

For this reason, we use different words to describe each event. One is the Ascension of Christ and the other, the Assumption of Mary.

PRAYER TO MARY

Holy Mary, on this day,

we honour your life as the chosen

Mother of Jesus.

We remember your dedication to God

and the joy and heartache you had in

your life as you followed God’s plan

for you.

We pray for the love you had for God,

the hope you had in Jesus, and the

joy you found in your heart.

Pray for us as we grow in

love, hope and joy.

AMEN