The Wednesday Word aims to help all school families draw closer to God, to the Church and to each other by sharing the Gospel together.
As you know, we send home a hard copy of The Wednesday Word every week for families to read together and to support children’s understanding of the Gospel.
During the pandemic The Wednesday Word will be available as an online resource and will be saved on this page every Wednesday for you to continue your reflection. You could also try some of the activities on the Wednesday Word Children’s Zone
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Wednesday Word 10.02.21-25.02.21
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Wednesday Word for the Half Term 14.10 and 21.10 and 28.10.20
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Wednesday Word 20.05 27.05 03.06
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Key Stage 1 Wednesday Word Reflection Sheet
Key Stage 2 Wednesday Word Reflection Sheet
Well done to everyone who has been keeping up with their Wednesday Word reflection sheets-these are an important link between home, school and parish.
09.09.20 I think it shows that you should always forgive everyone. Even if someone does something bad to you.
Good reflection Raimundo, it is important we can forgive everyone even when it is difficult.
09.09.20 What Jesus means by his parable is that no matter how much they
owe you, you should always be able to forgive someone.
Well done Vincent, you’re right forgiveness is so important.
What Jesus means by his parable is that no matter how much they owe you, you should always be able to forgive someone.
16.09.20 Hello Miss Lee
I think the gospel was about how in heaven everyone is treated fairly.
Good reflections Nina, it is important for us to try hard to treat everyone fairly.
16.09.20 I think that Jesus was trying to tell us that you will always be forgiven even if they were mean to you.
Well done Ella, it is important for us to forgive others even when it is hard.
16.09.20 What Jesus was trying to tell Peter was that you must always forgive someone even if they’ve done something unforgettable .
Good reflections Emilie, that’s right and we must remember the many stories in the bible where Jesus forgives others.
16.09.20 I think it’s trying to tell that you have to be generous to everyone. No matter what!
Thoughtful reflections Raimundo. Being generous can really make a difference!
23.09.20 I think it shows that some people are right when you think they are wrong so sometimes you can believe them and make them happy.
Good effort Raimundo, it is important not to judge and to listen to what someone has to say.
Hello this is what we thought of the Wednesday Word 23.09.20.
We think that Jesus is trying to tell you that if you have done something wrong you can always change no matter what. You can always have a change of heart because no matter how many times you have to start again God will always support your decision.
Nina & Ella
Thoughtful reflections Nina and Ella. You’re right, we can make mistakes but God will always forgive us and help us when we try to change.
23.09.20
I think it is important to tell the truth but most importantly to if you think of doing something wrong, you should change your desigion to a right thing that you think God would appreciate.
Choices are the furtur of your life. They will make things happen the way you chose to make them happen.
You have reflected well on the Wednesday Word Stella. I agree with you, we all have choices and it is important to try hard to make the right choices to make God happy.
16.09.20 It is very important to be generous because it is one of the elements you should have to follow God’s way.Being generous is performed as a daily act for most of the people.
For example all the teachers are generous with their time. They give their time to us by teaching us. When someone is generous you have to be grateful to that person. I suggest we should listen carefully to all teachers. Our parents are also really generous with us too. And lastly, Jesus, God our Father, the Saints and everybody else living on planet earth because we are all a family we are generous by sharing our love to each one of them standing on earth.
In the scripture I think that by saying, “Thus the last may be first, and the first may be last.” he means that you should love EVERYBODY no matter what.
Wow Stella, I can see you have really thought carefully about your reflections on this weeks Word. You have written some thoughtful words and excellent advice for others. Well done for linking your ideas to the scripture too!
09.09.20
Forgiveness is really important. Even though sometimes it is hard to forgive each other you should always try to forgive them if they’re truly sorry; for example when Jesus died on the cross he said these very words, “Father, forgive them. They do not know what they have done.” I think this is a very good example to show forgiveness, even though we will never be able to do such a miracle act like Jesus we can always continue tour journey, following Gods footsteps.
In the scripture the king was very forgiving to the poor servant who could not pay his debt, however the servant couldn’t be trusted as he treated others unfairly. I think the servant should have followed the kings example which would have made God happy. I think Jesus is trying to show to Peter that you should forgive anybody no matter what.
Another thoughtful reflection Stella, well done. I agree with your words about trying hard to follow in God’s footsteps by forgiving others.
Wednesday Word 23 September 2020
Many things have changed in the past few months. A positive change is that I have been reading more, and this made me proud. I made some very special puddings for my family, and this makes all of us happy. Good changes in complicated times can be very rewarding.
Thoughtful words Paolo! It is good to recognise that some changes can be positive. It is lovely to hear you are proud of your reading and you have been kind to your family by making them special puddings.
23.09.20
You should never judge people or rely on certain people as the ones you least expect can be the ones who work the hardest.
Great reflection Albert, it is so important not to judge.
23.09.2020
I think the Gospel is telling us that we should do as we say because if you told the person you would do it and then didn’t, the person would be disappointed.
Well done Mayowa, I agree with your reflection. It is important we stick to our word so that we don’t let others down.
23.09.20
I think the gospel means that if somebody asks you to do something you should listen to them and try to make them happy because if you wouldn’t the person who asked you to do something would be angry of disappointed.
Good reflection Julia, it is important we can be there for others and listen to them and show our support.
04.10.2020
I think that the Gospel is telling us that we shouldn’t be cruel and we should always be honest.
Great Mayowa, you have shared some really important advice.
30.09.20
Be nice if you want someone to be nice back.
Well done Holly, kindness is free!
30.09.20 We must never ignore messengers of God and remember that we can be messengers as well by giving good word of love, peace and goodwill to others.
A thoughtful reflection of the Word Chloe H, you’re right, we can all be thoughtful messengers and spread goodness all around.
Hello,
I think we must always be honest and make the right choices.
I think the farmers should have gave the fruit to those servants. If they did not do the right choice the first time, then this time he could do the choice that God would like us to do.
Well done Stella, it is important we make the right choices and think carefully about what God would like us to do.
07.10.2020
I think the Gospel is telling us to accept what we are given and be nice to the people who are sending you the invite.Tthe people who seized the servants did not accept the invite and were mean to the people giving them the invite.
Great reflection Holly, it is important we can accept things from others no matter how big or small.
10.10.20
I think that Jesus means that we should invite anyone and accept invitations to you.
Well done Vincent, it is important to be welcoming and inviting to others.
07.10.20
I think it is telling us to thank people who do something for you and not ignore what they did.
Good reflection Samuel, I think it is important to show our thanks too.
I think that it is important to show kindness and invite any. As the king did, he invited poor and rich, kind looking and bad looking.
Even though you may not invite strangers you can still hold your open heart and invite God so that everyone could in some way be with you.
You must always, no matter what, invite all your family ( the whole world) to your heart. You can do this by showing love and kindness to everyone you see.
Great reflections Stella, I agree with what you said about holding your heart open and inviting God in to allow others to be with you – thoughtful words.
07.10.2020
We should invite Jesus to our lives and follow his way.
Well done Laura, it is important we can do this.
I think the gospel is tell us to invite and welcome others even if they are different.
Good effort Mayowa, we should welcome everyone.
07.10.20
We should invite Jesus to our lives and follow his way.
We should also welcome others even if they are different.
Well done Olivia, welcoming others is an act of kindness.
I think that Jesus wants us to know that even if we have been mean to someone or done something wrong, we will always be forgiven for what we have done
Good reflection Ava, I agree with what you said. Jesus will always forgive us.
This week’s Gospel is all about showing gratitude for the things that we have. Coronavirus has been a very worrying time and I am very grateful that all of my family have managed to stay safe and well.
Well done Regan, you have thought carefully about your reflection. You’re right, it has been a worrying time, it has definitely been a time to be thankful for our health and the things we have.
To show our gratitude we must remember to say thank you to people. It shows that we care and that we are grateful and that we appreciate kind deeds.
Year 6 showed their gratitude by making a lovely thank you card for my grandma who filmed a little video about her experiences during World War II and I know that she will be really pleased to receive it.
Thoughtful reflections Erin. That was a lovely way for Year 6 to show their gratitude to your grandma!
Whenever I receive presents for my birthday, my mum always makes me write thank you cards to show my gratitude. My great aunties who are quite old really enjoy receiving these cards as I don’t get to see them very often.
Orla
This is a lovely way to show gratitude Orla, it can make others happy!
To show our gratitude we must always be kind, say thank you and be respectful. When somebody does us a favour or helps us we must say thank you to show we appreciate it.
Well done Diana, you’re right it is important to show our appreciation by saying thank you.
14/10/2020
I believe that this week’s gospel is advising us to be thankful for what we have as we are fortunate enough, in this pandemic, that London is not as hard as other places in the world and we should all be grateful that we get to go to school, as some other children do not.
A thoughtful reflection Gabriella, it is important we can appreciate the things we have, especially in this difficult time.
I think that Jesus means that we should show God the kindness he shows us.
I agree with you Vincent, God shows us lots of kindness.
14/10/2020
I believe that this gospel is all about how God plans what happens in the future and he knew that the followers where trying to trick Jesus, I think that God said to Jesus that some of the followers where trying to trick him so he had a a warning in advanced.
A good reflection Elena, God is always our protector.
In the Wednesday word I think what Jesus says means:
If we love God he will help guide us and teach us to spread the news to others, and even if they don’t listen you should love them because God is with you on that same path all the time.
Well done Claudia, you have thought carefully about your reflection on the Word. God will definitely help and guide us on our path.
07.10.20
This means that only certain people are the chosen ones. In this gospel it means that only the pure and kind can go to heaven. The violent and mean will refuse this calling and not worship God. If you want to go to heaven you have to have a proper “suit” which in this parable is compassion and love. I found this parable very interesting and didn’t understand it at first.
Have a good evening! Jeanne
A great response Jeanne, it is a tricky parable you’re right, but you have thought carefully about your ideas, well done.
Hi.
In this weeks Gospel, it says that Jesus called people to tell people that the feast was ready and to tell the king. They told the king but the king wasn’t happy so he sent his servants to tell the people on the streets that the wedding was ready but that the people who got an invite were not worthy so everyone came to the wedding.
Well done Sara, what do you think the message of this gospel shows us?
I think the Gospel is telling us to not trick others and not take whats not yours.
A good reflection Mayowa, well done.
I think it is important to show gratitude so that others feel happy . In my past life I have shown gratitude by saying thank you. This shows love towards others and others know you as a polite person.
Hi Stella. I agree with you; gratitude is really important. When we are grateful, it doesn’t mean that life is perfect; it doesn’t ignore the burdens and hassles of life but rather it encourages us to identify some amount of goodness in our life. For there is always goodness in the life God has gifted us 🙂
We can show our gratitude to God by showing love and kindness to others and by praying to God.
This is very true, Laura. True gratitude involves a humble dependence on others: We acknowledge that other people have many gifts to offer us, big or small and we should be king to them as well as offer God praise for creating us all.
Hi.
I think this message shows us that even if you get like a special invite to like a friends party doesn’t mean you deserve it, and that you are worthy of the invite.
04/10/20
In this weeks gospel there was a landowner who owned a vineyard and when the fruit-season came he told his servants to go and get the fruits but the farmers seized them then the son came and said
to respect his son. I am not sure what this means.
Hi Sara, we are always worthy and deserving of an invitation. However, the most important invitation is the one
that is offered to us in the Gospel.
It means that those in God’s vineyard (those who follow God) will bear fruit in plenty (will be rewarded).
Hi everyone,
This week’s Wednesday Word means that God loves us and sent Jesus to help us grow in wisdom. We should follow God’s footsteps as He will lead us in the right direction and will teach us to love and care for one and another.
Thank you to the Allford sisters for reminding us of this fantastic message. We can definitely learn a lot about how to love others by remembering how He loves us.
I think the message behind this parable is that you should be prepared for anything that could happen.
That’s right and we can be prepared by doing as much good as we can while on Earth.
I think the gospel is telling us that we should be very wise with doing as your parents say and being kind to your friends and family.
Thank you for sharing your thoughts. The Gospel tells us to ‘stay awake, because you do not know either the day or the hour’ which means we can prepare for our meeting with God by being kind to ALL humans, not just those we know.
I think that the gospel is telling us that we have to be wise and ready about the bad or good things which may come.
The Gospel tells us to be prepared for the gates of Heaven by shining our light while on Earth. Do you know how we can shine our light?
I think the Gospel is telling us that we should be ready for any-thing that comes our way . I also think it is telling us to be wise and listen to God.
Yes, Mayowa. We should always follow God’s way and act in a way that would make us proud when we finally do meet with God in Heaven.
I think that the Gospel teaches us to share our talents with other people and not to hide it.
I agree, Julia. It would be a real shame if we hid our God-given talents from the world.
11.11.20 I think the gospel is telling us to give back what we have received from others.
Yes, Orla. Giving back is really important and sometimes we need to do this even if we receive nothing from others!
11.11.20
I think the gospel is saying to respect that other people have different talents than you
The Gospel can definitely be interpreted in this way! It is so special to see so many different individuals with different talents and they should definitely be respected and admired.
I think the gospel is telling us to not hide but use and share our talents with others.
Thank you, Laura. I agree – we should let our light shine by showing the world our wonderful God-given talents and not be afraid to do so!
I think the gospel is telling us to respect other people’s talents so they can respect your talent.
It is important to respect other people’s talents even if they may not respect ours. This is very challenging!
I think the gospel is telling us that you should not hide your talent because God gave us different talents to use them and we should be thankful.
Yes, these wonderful talents make the world a more joyful and encouraging place!
Wednesday Word – 11/11/2020
I think the gospel is telling us that we should use our talents and not hide them.
Yes, hiding our talents would be a real shame especially as they can bring so much joy to other people’s lives!
I did the Wednesday Word for today.
Hope you enjoyed it!
Thank you Elisa. How have you shared your talents this week?
The gospel has taught me that if I Am kind to someone that means that I have been kind to Jesus. We should always be kind to each other also we should help the people that are poor.
Julia, I agree with your reflection of the Gospel. I always remember that the way we treat others is indirectly the way we treat Jesus because we are made in His image.
I think that the gospel has taught us that we should be respectful and nice to Jesus and each other. We should always help people and guide them even is they are poor. We should be compassionate.
The world would be an even more wonderful place, Chloe, if we all strived for this 🙂
I think Jesus meant that we should be kind to everyone
Yes, learning to live with kindness and to be kind to others is a quality we should all be striving to develop every day.
18.11.20
I think what the gospel is saying is for us to show kindness to each other and god as well as ourselves.
Yes, that’s right Holly. Through showing kindness to each other, we are being kind to God for He made us all in His image.
I think the gospel is telling us to be open to others, to share with the poor and let us learn to live with kindness.
That’s right, Laura. It is wonderful we can rely on the Gospel to remind us of our real purpose in this world.
I think the gospel is telling us that we shouldn’t leave others out, but take care of them. I also think that it is telling us is that what ever we do for others we do for God.
Thank you for sharing your thoughts, Mayowa. All that Jesus asks from us is that ‘we should look after our neighbours in need’. How will you aim to do that this week?
Hi everyone. This is just a reminder that Gospel and God always have a capital ‘G’. Thank you for your comments!
The Gospel tells us to stay awake and welcome Jesus when he comes.
That’s right, Julia. Can you give us an example of how we can ‘stay awake’?
We should respect God as we respect each other
We should show respect for other people and through this we are respecting God, yes!
I think the gospel is telling us to welcome Jesus and to be ready for him to show respect, care and lots of love.
Hi Chloe. Yes, the Gospel is saying this indeed. How can we show respect, care and love for others?
I think it means that we should stay alert for Christ’s coming.
That’s right. In which ways can we do this?
I think it means to always stay alert in case Christ is coming.
Hi Laura. It is super important to stay alert for His Coming. I try to ‘stay awake’ by being extremely grateful during this time and supporting others who are less fortunate than me in any way I can. How about you?
I think it means that you don’t know when God decides when your time will end and go to heaven.🧖♂️👼
No, we do not know this so we must make the most of our time on Earth by living how He would want us to and treating others how He taught us to!
25.11.20
Jesus wants us to stay awake because he wants us to not miss anything in Advent.
This is a good point. There are a lot of distractions during Advent (gifts, Christmas lights, Santa etc) so how can we make sure we do not ‘miss’ anything?
I think this means that God baptizes us with the Holy Spirit to wash away our sins. This means that we can have a fresh start to everything and have more hope.
I am so grateful He gives us the opportunity for a fresh start in this special way!
I think it means to hope for the arrival of Jesus.
Yes you are right. Hope is so important in our lives. What do you hope for this Christmas?
I think that John means that Jesus would fill them with the Holy Spirit.
That’s right. Can you think of what that feeling might inspire them to do?
I think the gospel is telling us that we should have lots of hope during this Advent in the celebration in the birth of Jesus, which brings us good news that we are loved cared and respected.
Yes, we sometimes forget we are loved unconditionally by God and this time of year is always a good reminder 🙂
The Gospel is telling us to have hope for that the Messiah is yet to come to bring peace to the world. And to be aware that he might come when you least expect him.
Thank you Ella. What can we do to prepare for this Second Coming?
The gospel it telling us that the Messiah is going to come down and for us to never lose hope in God. We need to prepare for the Messiah to come down to earth. It might come when we least expect it.
That’s right! Do you think He would be happy with the world as it is? What kind of things might He really be pleased with?
The gospel is telling us that Jesus will fill us with the holy spirit.
Thanks Mayowa. Always remember ‘Gospel’ and ‘Holy Spirit’ have capital letters. What can we do with the Holy Spirit inside of us?
02.12.20 Advent is a spiritual season of hope. It is about giving but not always receiving. During this time we should prepare for the coming of God.
I definitely agree with you! It can sometimes be challenging to give even when we know we may not receive the same gifts back (i.e.: the gift of joy, peace, forgiveness etc). How can we prepare for this girls?
This week’s Wednesday word is telling us that even though we are not prophets we can still spread the good news and be a example to others.
Absolutely! Can you think of a way we can spread the Good News?
This week Wednesday Word tells us that we should always spread joy to other people.
That’s right. It is even more important this Christmas! How can we do this?
I think the gospel is saying for us to show joy because Jesus would want us to have joy
He would definitely want us to be joyful. Sometimes it can be challenging to be joyful when things make us sad but Jesus taught us to always praise God and be thankful, no matter what!
I think the Gospel is telling us that John the Baptist was Baptist and prepared the path for Jesus.
Yes he did. How do you think the people felt waiting for His Coming?
13.12.2020
The gospel is about Angel Gabriel telling Mary she is going to have a baby boy called Jesus who is the son of God and going to be the King of all Kings. I have learned that we should not be scared and trust in God ‘s plan.
That’s right. We should never fear what God has planned for us 🙂
I think it means that we should be happy that we have Jesus to make us feel joyful 😀.
Yes, you are right! We can always think of Jesus and be joyful to know he is in our hearts 🙂
Baptism is very important, when we are baptized we give ourselves to God and see the holy spirit.
That’s right Julia. We enter into the family of God when we are baptised 🙂
That Jesus was with good and evil in the desert but he chose good, and said that the day of the proclamation had come.
That’s right Julia. It can sometimes be difficult to make good choices but we know we must always try our best just like Jesus taught us.
This passage shows us that we are supposed to give our time to someone in need. It also shows us that Jesus is the light in our darkness.
This gospel reminds us to be good, helpful and generous. Jesus is our best example to follow. He is in our hearts so we should not be afraid and hesitate to be there for another.
14.3.21. The gospel is about self giving and you can do that by just doing kind actions and I think that Jesus is a great example because he does all these things just for us and he puts others before himself.
17.3.21
I think that the Gospel is trying to tell us that when Jesus dies we will still be with him and God will watch over us still.
Jesus is teaching us to put others before ourself and to do that by making kind and caring actions.
17.03.2021
I think the Gospel means making a commitment to Jesus and God and by that, we need to make sacrifices to ourselves for others.
In my opinion the gospel tells us that the most important thing for us to do is to follow Jesus and live our lives as he teaches us.
17.3.21
I think they are talking about heaven because the most important life is up there.
It is not all about receiving,
if you give to someone it is all about helping others,
because God is giving his love to you.
24.3.21
When Jesus and his disciples were on their way to Jerusalem, they came to the Mount of Olives. Jesus sent two of his disciples into the nearby village to collect a donkey.
He said to them, “If anyone stops you, tell them that it is for the Lord, and that the donkey will be returned.” So the disciples set off and found the donkey. When they untied it from its post, some people said to them,
“What are you doing?” The disciples answered just as Jesus had
told them, and the people let the disciples take the donkey to Jesus. Then Jesus rode into Jerusalem. People were spreading their cloaks and palm branches on the road in front of him. They praised God, shouting: “Hosanna! Blessings on him who comes in the name of the Lord! Hosanna in the highest heavens!”
To me, this means that if you do God’s will, you won’t be happy and joyful. ‘Hosanna’ means ‘to express adoration, praise, or joy’.
🙂
Nika (Y6)
When Jesus and his disciples were on the way to Jerusalem, they went to the Mount of Olives. On that day Jesus had send two of his trustworthy disciples into the nearest village they could find to collect a donkey. Jesus said to them ”If anyone stops you, tell them that it is for the Lord, and that the donkey will be returned.” So the disciples set of to find a donkey. Once the disciples found the donkey the person looking after the donkey said ”What are u doing ?” The disciples repeated exactly as Jesus told them to. After they explained the person let the disciples to take the donkey to Jesus. Then all of the sudden Jesus was in the Village. Everyone saw them and started putting palms and cloaks on the road for him. They were praising God and saying ”Hosanna. Blessings on him who comes in the name of the Lord! Hosanna to the highest heavens!”
I think the 24.3.21 is about Palm Sunday because it said that the people the palms and also it said that Jesus’ disciples rode on the donkey to Jerusalem.
This reading about them selling in the temple means you should respect the church.It is also a place to be quiet and pray to Jesus in the Tabernacle
Always trust Jesus as he will never let you down. Put your love and faith into him trustfully and never doubt him.
21.04.21
Jesus said, ‘I am the good shepherd. I know each of the sheep and they know me.’ Always have faith in Jesus because Jesus looks after us and no matter what, he is always next to us and looks after us.
Anyone who loves their life in this world will keep it for the eternal life. If anyone serves Jesus God will honour them.
Everyone should be treated the same. God treated and made everyone the same.
I think the Gospel is trying to tell us always to trust Jesus as he will always trust us. We should always put our love and faith on Jesus and always believe in him. The Gospel is also trying to tell us to trust one another.
I think this gospel tells us that we should always be good and trust everyone even if the person does bad to you.
I think the Gospel is trying to tell us to trust everyone and one and another. The Gospel is also trying to tell us put all of our faith and trust in Jesus.
Matthew 5:44 “Love you enemies as your self. Love your neighbour too.”
1 Corinthians 16:14, “Do everything in love.”
1 Corinthians 16:14, “Let all that you do be done in love. Above all, love each other deeply, because love covers over a multitude of sins.”
1 Peter 4:8, “Above all, keep loving one another earnestly, since love covers a multitude of sins.”
1 John 4:18, : “There is no fear in love, but perfect love drives out fear, because fear involves punishment, and the one who fears is not perfected in love.
You should respect the Church, for it is a sacred place and needs to be worshipped in.
Jesus is the Good Shepherd, and guides us like God the Father through our path in life. He takes care of us as a Good Shepherd would take care of his sheep. 21.04.21
I think the Gospel is trying to tell us to grow into a loving family, to be a supportive friend and try to be patient just like God is patient with us.
28.4.2021
Jesus said make your home in me as you make mine, I am the vine and we are the branches. Whoever remains in me with me in him, bears fruit in plenty. We are pruned already and he said if you remain in me you will produce much fruit to the glory of God.
28.04.2021
This passage is all about unity and fruitfulness and how we are all connected to God like branches are to their trees. We all need to work together to achieve things in life.
Thank you Sebastiao. I agree that it is really important to work together and I think our school family does this really well.
Jesus said that he is the vine and we are the branches. I think this means that we are his followers. when he says every branch that dose have fruit shall have some more. I think this means that every branch was Picked by God.
We should love our friend and family, even strangers. God made us equal and no one is more special than us. Respect others, always trust and God is always there.
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Thank you for sharing your ideas. It is great that you are doing more research but remember to try and write in your won words as you have wonderful ideas and you too are special.
Jesus said love one another as I have loved you and what he commands us is to love one another. I think this because Jesus wants everyone to love one another because we are all made in Gods hands.
Thank you Gabriella, it is so important to love one another.
Thursday 6th April 2021
Jesus told us to love each other and do the commands he tells us to do. I think the Gospel is telling us this because Jesus wants us to love one another and show lots of care and resilience.
06.05.21
Jesus tells us to love one another as we love God. I think He tells us this because we should respect and take care of each other as we are all equal and part of the same family.
Thank you for this important message Sebastiao. In school we have been thinking about equalities and how we are all part of God’s family, which you have clearly understood.
Sunday 9th may 2021
Jesus told us that if we love one another we should care for them. If we do this Jesus would tell us how to do greater things and he would call us friends.
Thank you Mayowa, it’s so important to care for others, especially those who are less fortunate than us.
Sunday 16th of may
I think the message is to take care of people in need and take care of each other.
Yes Emilie, we must always take care of ourselves and each other.
It means to take care of each other and ourselves for they might do something in return.
I think the message is to take care of people less fortunate then ourselves. This is really important throughout our everyday lives.
A few days ago I gave some food to someone on the street and he was really great full .
I think the Gospel is trying to tell us to look after one another and ourselves so the person who we helped might do something in return for saying thank you.
I think the Gospel is trying to tell us to look after one another and ourselves so the person who we helped might do something in return.
Sun 16 May
I think the gospel is telling us that we are one in God and Jesus, and they are one in us.
One day Jesus sat with his friends and prayed for us. He prayed for us because he loves us. Jesus did not say something like ‘Once I go to my fathers house in heaven I know that you will be fine’
NO HE DID NOT!
Jesus looked up in heaven and said ‘Holy Father, keep those you have given me true to your name ,so that they may, I kept those you have given me true to your name. I have watched over them and not one has bean lost except the one who chooses to be lost, and his wish was to fulfil the scriptures. In these words Jesus actually shows the love to us. He tells God to bring kindness and happiness to our hearts. 🙂
Thank you Karolina, you have thought carefully about the special message of this scripture.
Sunday 16th May 2021
Jesus said ” Since I have been with them, I have taken care of them, and I kept them true to you”.
Wednesday word reflection:
I think the word “care” means to take responsibility in careful steps or actions. And to treat others with respect and tenderness. I also think that it means to try very hard not to choose to get lost and to care about all of the things from God’s creation.
To be a caring person, I think they need to be free but to be responsible for themselves and to treat others fairly. To care is to love God and others. And if somebody is careful, it means somebody is cautious about their actions.
This week’s Gospel is all about Jesus, CARING for his apostles and praying to God. And God is reminding us of the tremendous care he has for everybody.
18.5.2021
I think that the scripture was showing us that Jesus loves us and takes care of us because it says ” Since I have been with them, I have taken care of them, and I kept them true to you”. This shows that Jesus loves us and takes care of us.
The Wednesday word is Care . We can care for each other by respecting each other , being kind to each other or we could just spend some time with someone to show that you care about them .
I think the Gospel is trying to tell us that peace only comes from God and God’s peace isn’t dependent. Sometimes if we feel doubt or distant from God we still need to be assured that God is close to us and he is wanting to share his peace with us. 😀
We have to be at peace with one another to be at peace with God. Peace only comes from within and from God, for he is the creator of this world so he must have created peace. We should know that God is near us whenever we are in need. He guides us onto the right path of education 🙂
Thank you Holly for your thoughtful response. Peace is so important.
God is our father, the creator. To be peaceful, you must first be peaceful to each other.
Todays gospel invites us to forgive others who have hurt us.This is a grace from God which he can give us if we ask for it.It is impsossible to forgive on our own strength but God offers this free gift to us.The Holy Spirit comes with this important gift at Pentecost to give to me the gift to Love and forgive.
We need to at peace with one another and that if we forgive those who have done wrong things to us they are forgiven
Today’s Gospel talks about when the disciples were reunited with Jesus after he was crucified and Jesus showed them his wounds. He then breathes the Holy Spirit into the disciples and tells them to go and proclaim the Good News and to forgive the sins of the world.
I think Jesus telling us to be peaceful and forgive.
I think Jesus is telling us not to be jealous of others and be grateful for what we have.
I think the Gospel is telling us not to be jealous of others and to be thankful for what God has given us.
I think the Gospel is telling us not to be jealous of others and to be thankful for what God has given to us.
I think the gospel is telling us to be grateful and to forgive others.
Yes Mayowa, gratitude and forgiveness are both so important.
Jesus said, I am with you always, yes to the end of time
I think the gospel is about Jesus saying that he is always with us no matter what and the gospel is trying to tell us to also have peace and love to one another and to be thankful for what we have.
A thoughtful response Gabriella, that I agree with.
God wants us to bring peace and kindness to others. If we are ever afraid or nervous, we can pray to Jesus for support. The passage shows just how powerful Jesus is and then when he is present we feel calm.
Lovely response Regan. Prayer is so important.
Mark 4:35-41
I think that this gospel was about that if you trust God and Jesus you will always be protected when you are afraid or nervous.
That’s right Eugenia, we must always put our trust in God.
I think the gospel is about Jesus telling the wind and sea to quiet now and be calm and the wind dropped and it was all calm again and so was the sea too.
Thank you Gabriella. What do you think the message is for us?
i think the gospel is talking about we should not be afraid of everything because God is always there for us and also i thing that we should always stay calm.
I really like the gospel because it teaches you not to be afraid of everything and you can look at it every time when you are scared and that is what I really like about this scripture.
I really like this scripture as well Graceanne, it is very comforting.
Also we should pray to God when ever we are scared. The Gospel is trying to say that God is always near.
I think that the word is is telling me not to worry about so many things and to put my trust in God who knows everything.
You are so right Patrick, God does know everything and we must put our trust in Him.
17.06.21
The Gospel is telling us that we should have faith in God and even when things are hard, we should believe that he will always guide us through life! The word of the week is CALM and to me that means not feeling stressed or worried. It means feeling happy, relaxed and I guess…calm!
Thank you Nika, God will always guide us through life and help us to keep calm.
I think the gospel tells us that Jesus can do anything with his powerful hands. whenever we are afraid or troubled we can pray to Jesus, just siting quietly with Jesus can be enough to calm us. one of the greatest gifts the Holy can bestow on us is to give us calm in the midst of trouble.
Calm
The Wednesday word this week is, “Calm. ” The scripture is talking about how Jesus CALMED down the ocean when they were sailing at sea. Then he told them to have faith in the Lord controlling the wind and the sea. The word calm means to me that there is peace and quiet where you can focus and reflect. This also means to be relaxed but in a same way, faithful, to trust in God when He is needed, like in the Gospel. Personally, calm is to have space and time to think or pray to God. Feeling good or proud of myself when I think of calming down. In the Gospel, this week, the water and the strong breeze was being calmed by Jesus’ hand which was quite extraordinary. This is why being calm is so important in life. You will need to calm down everytime you feel nervous or guilty or too excited.
I agree, trusting in God and having faith will always help us to be calm and to find peace.
I think the Gospel is trying to tell us to always keep calm even during a bad argument. This scripture is talking about how Jesus kept us clam.
The wednesday word is calm .
In the scripture it talks about how Jesus calmed the ocean when they were at sea . I think that this gospel showed us that rather than getting so worried and stressed if you calm down and pray to God he will fix your problem.
I agree Nina, praying to God will always give us comfort and support when we are worried or stressed.
Jesus’ faith in God is so strong that he can stop storms
I think that the gospel is telling us that we should have faith in God.
The week’s gospel is about calmness and it is about Jesus calming the storm and sea down. We should also have faith on God and trust God witb his powerful hands.
This week’s gospel is about fear and Jesus who was with his disciples, and has calmed the storm at sea.
FEAR:
We are all afraid of something which we do not want to tell then a big storm appears in us. That is when Jesus comes and ,helps us and then he calms down the storm in side of us.
JESUS ON THE SEA STORN:
Jesus is on the ship with his disciples with him While Jesus was asleep a huge storm appeared on the waves the disciples woke there master and Jesus calm the storm down .In this gospel we hear that Jesus calm down a storm and we need to believe in God and Jesus and a miracles will happen and all of the bad things will go away.
Gospel tells us to be calm and to stop getting stressed.
The gospel tells us to have faith in God and remain calm.
Nature is a part that God has invented.
We should not cry for something that is going to happen. Always believe in yourself. Also we pray to God.
The Wednesday word this week is “Faith” and in the Gospel reading, the woman had faith in Jesus and thought that if she touched Jesus, she would be cured. Now, faith is the belief or encouragement that people or yourself have in each other. To have faith is to hope for something or someone as you were expecting. Faith means to me that you have hope or encouragement to believe in Jesus and to trust in God’s plan.
23.6.21
This means that we should believe in God and know that we should ask for help instead of not doing anything.
The word of the week is FAITH and to me this means believing, trusting and knowing that God is always right by us and that He will always love us 🙂
The Gospel shows you that Jesus will help you in need, but you shouldn’t expect it from him, instead you should be patient.
I think the gospel is trying to tell us that we should believe in God and ask for help whenever we need help.
I think the gospel is telling us that if we believe in God, we will be healed.
This means that you should never lose your faith and realise that Jesus can do anything.
This weeks gospel is about faith. The scripture talks about Jesus saying to a women, “Your faith has healed you go in peace”.
I think that this weeks gospel is telling us go always believe in god and believe in him when we need help and he will help and heal us.
The Wednesday word this week is “Faith” and in the Gospel reading, the woman had faith in Jesus and thought that if she touched Jesus, she would be cured. Now, faith is the belief or encouragement that people or yourself have in each other. To have faith is to hope for something or someone as you were expecting. Faith means to me that you have hope or encouragement to believe in Jesus and to trust in God’s plan.
This Gospel is talking about God is the power. We should always
believe in God because God is the light.
I like this Gospel because if you are touching something special to you, you are touching the hand of God.
I think the gospel is talking about welcoming everyone into somewhere and making them feel welcome. not making them feel sad and unwelcome.
I think the Gospel is trying to tell us about welcoming everyone and make them feel joyful and welcomed. We should not make them feel disappointed or not welcomed.
I think the Gospel is about welcoming people in your family and no matter who they are, where they come from or what they do, you have to welcome them and treat them fairly.
I think that the the Wednesday Word 03/07/21 shows you that even if it is miraculous and amazing how Jesus could cure people with his bare hands, you should still believe in Jesus, God and Christianity.
I think the gospel is teaching us that we should have respect for others and that you should trust God and Jesus.
I think the Gospel is telling us to always trust God and Jesus. The gospel even says that Jesus sent out his friends and the disciples in pairs to tell the good news. We should even have respect for others and respect God and Jesus.
I think that this Wednesday Word is telling us that you must spread the good news, but if someone does not listen then don’t spend your days on trying and trying to make him believe.
The Wednesday word this week is “Listening”
In the Gospel reading, Jesus tells his people to do the right things
and to sacrifice Clothes, food and sandals to God.
It also helps the sick be cured and
the beggars never to beg again.
I think listening to somebody trusted or wiser than yourself is as wise as you think it is.
But listening to Jesus is even wiser than that.
If you listen to God it means you open your heart to him and do the task he has sent you to do.
I think the gospel is telling us to always listen to God and it will help sick people to be cured and bad people to follow the right path. But it is also saying if someone just won’t listen to God then you shouldn’t waste all you kindness and hope trying to anoint them.
Wednesday 7th of July.
This Gospel was about the disciples spreading the Good News and telling people more about God so that more people can turn to God and become Christians.
I think that this gospel means to repent and spread the good news to everyone.
This is about spreading the good news of God’s love.
This also spreads joy and comfort as much as love. You must be generous and spend time towards God and spread the good news.
I think this gospel tells us that you should do good not bad, you should pray the word of God and spread the good news to those around you.
I think the Gospel is trying to tell us to spread the good news of God’s love. This also spreads happiness, love and passion.
I think the gospel is about Jesus telling people to go on a journey. He told them to go to any house anywhere and stay there until they leave the district. If anywhere does not welcome you, shake the dust under your feet as a sign to them. They were all to wear sandals.
I think that the Gospel 07.07.21 shows us that when we go to spread the Good News, it is important to remember that what we are doing is in favour of God and his people, not us. Also, when we are spreading the Good News, the only thing we should bring with us is the faith, belief and Good News sent from God. This is because you should believe only in God if it is your will, not because of anything apart from the Good News. This is what I think the Gospel is trying to tell us.
I think this week’s Gospel is about helping people heal their souls and helping them to be better people and not do bad things. When the disciples shook the dust off their feet it showed that they were disappointed that those people didn’t want to listen to the word of the Lord, be forgiven and now their sins were something that their sins were on them.
I think the Gospel is about welcoming people and Jesus is going to teach people not to upset people and not to be unkind because if you upset people they will be sad and maybe a couple of days later they might hurt you and it can be something like a broken bone or a scar so then do not do bad stuff to other people
I think the gospel is telling us that we should help others to preach and help people to welcome others.
I think the Gospel is about Jesus taking his friends and the apostles away in a quiet place because Jesus knows that work is essential, but in this Sunday gospel Jesus reminds us how important it is to take time too. I also think that it’s about having peace and remembering when we are stressed or angry or tired that we should have time out or to take time.
I think the Gospel is about Jesus talking to his disciples to go to a quiet place .I think in this Gospel Jesus is saying how important it is to have some time for yourself.
15.07.21 – Holiday Special!
To me, this means if we are stressing about something or feeling anxious, we should calm down and have some time alone 🙂
In the Wednesday word this week, which is “Holidays”, Jesus teaches us that even in our days of rest we should still care and respect other people as we would like to be treated. I think that the word HOLIDAYS links to the gospel as Jesus tells the apostles to go somewhere quiet to pray. This links as it is the holidays and Jesus takes pity on the others. Even though it is the holidays, Jesus welcomes everybody, he calls sheep and him the shepherd, into the family of God.
It is really important to listen to God’s word and show it to others.
Listening is amazing and it is how God made us, however, let’s use it wisely.
I think that the Wednesday Word 14/07/21 shows us that in life we need someone to guide us. Also, it shows us that we should let others rest, and not take away the peace of reflecting on people’s actions from somebody.
I think the gospel is telling us that we should listen and learn from each other as hearing is a great gift. 🙂
I think the Gospel is about Jesus sending out his apostles to heal and teach people but like Jesus’s apostles got exhausted of teaching and healing he told them to have a break to eat some food. He also said he would teach and heal the people instead of the apostles doing it.
I think Gospel for the 19th of September is that we should put others before ourselves and be last to serve and help the others instead of being first and not helping the poor.
The gospel is saying to not be selfish and think of the people who are poor or people who are in need. Let others be first in your life and specially the ones who are helping you.
The Wednesday word is about and you always have to be good so God can lead you on the right path and to do the things that God wants us to do.
We should always be grateful even if we do not get what we want because other people want what you have but they do not get it.
I think that the gospel is about goodness and it says that God is good and all of the things that come from God is good. So its saying because God is the one who lead us on the right path we should trust his creation like animals and plants.
I think this weeks gospel is about being kind and if you don’t have much money to give to the church then God will still love you more than people who give money that they can spare.
You can’t buy God’s love with money.
This week’s Wednesday word is gift. A gift doesn’t have to be expensive, it needs to be given from the heart with love and care. In the gospel, money really meant a lot to the widow but she still donated it even though she really needed it.
This weeks Wednesday word is a reminder that when the World ends, the only thing remaining will be Jesus’s word and God’s love for those that are faithful to him. If we are faithful to Jesus, he will be faithful to us and we will live forever with Jesus, the Angels and the Saints in the new World which will be the Kingdom of God.
This week the Wednesday word is about Jesus bringing good news to all of the people in the Synagogue. First, he said he would give sight to the blind and freedom to the prisoners. This shows that Jesus loves everyone and even forgives the people who have done bad things.
This week’s gospel is about people who value money more than God. If you treat money with more respect than their faith in God, then you have sinned against Jesus Christ, the Holy Spirit and God.
This weeks gospel is all about thankfulness. We can be thankful to God by praying everyday to say what your thankful for. There are other ways like presenting the person who gave you a gift a thank you card in return. Being thankful for the small things everyday doesn’t just make us happy it makes God and others happy as well.