RE News with Laura Matchett

As a staff we have been exploring what keeps us anchored to our faith, and by extension to our vocation. In light of this theme, this week during staff prayer, I shared the following and asked our staff to reflect on its message. The prayer is attributed to St Oscar Romero but was written by Bishop Ken Untener of Saginaw.

A Prayer of Oscar Romero

It helps, now and then, to step back and take a long view.

The Kingdom is not only beyond our efforts,

it is even beyond our vision.

We accomplish in our lifetime only a tiny fraction

of the magnificent enterprise that is God's work.

Nothing we do is complete,

which is a way of saying that the Kingdom always lies beyond us.

No statement says all that could be said.

No prayer fully expresses our faith.

No confession brings perfection.

No pastoral visit brings wholeness.

No program accomplishes the Church's mission.

No set of goals and objectives includes everything.

This is what we are about.

We plant the seeds that one day will grow.

We water seeds already planted,

knowing that they hold future promise.

We lay foundations that will need further development.

We provide yeast that produces effects far beyond our capabilities.

We cannot do everything,

and there is a sense of liberation in realising that.

This enables us to do something,

and to do it very well.

It may be incomplete, but it is a beginning, a step along the way,

an opportunity for the Lord's grace to enter and do the rest.

We may never see the end results,

but that is the difference between the master builder and the worker.

We are workers, not master builders;

ministers, not messiahs.

We are prophets of a future that is not our own.

Amen.

First Eucharist 2022

A reminder to our First Eucharist candidates and their families that there will be no formation session this weekend due to the long weekend. The third formation session will be on Sunday 5th June. Any questions throughout the preparation period are best addressed to the Parish’s Sacramental coordinator and our Youth Minister, Olivia Brown. Her email address is :  olivia.brown@cg.org.au  You can also contact the parish office, their phone number is 6288 1979 or send an email to: westoncreek@cg.org.au  Please pray for our candidates and their families throughout this time of preparation and formation.