Friday November 8th we do not have school! Teachers will have professional development in-service.
November 14th we will go to the church at 9 AM to listen to LT’s choir! Then we will have the Mr. Freeze Assembly at 1:00 PM in the Parish Center.
November 19th is the end of the Trimester.
November 26th Parent Teacher Conferences.
November 27- 30 we will be off for the Thanksgiving Holiday.
December 2nd Keep Christ in Christmas poster boards are due! I will be sending a letter home Thursday 11/7 to parents about the guidelines of the poster, which will be graded as a Religion project.
December 6th is our field trip to Nazareth Academy to watch the play, Frog and Toad!
Please make sure to sign and send permission forms & payment when they come home next week, Chaperones and teachers are free admission.
I have sent home the Ten Commandments paired with an introduction to the examination of conscience. Please try to practice the Ten Commandments at home with your child as we prepare. I will also be sending home the Act of Contrition this week also to be practiced at home and memorized, and will be said at confession before the priest says the Absolution, freeing us of sin.
“for all have sinned and fall short of the glory of God” Romans 3:23
Reconciliation is a very special Sacrament where we can talk to Jesus through the priest about the ways we have fallen short, and be made completely free from venial and mortal sin. Since we are human we all fall short, but what matters is that we come to God every time, like a child, and like a good Father, He will receive us with compassion and mercy every time.
This Sacrament reconciles us to God allowing us to experience His love fully, receive His Graces, and have the strength to follow Him. Jesus desires this close relationship always with each and every one of us. Though confession may seem scary, it is truly freeing us from sin and gives us peace with God. We thank Christ for the Sacrament of Forgiveness and for making peace with the Father on our behalf.
“For God has not given us the spirit of fear; but of power, and of love, and of a sound mind.” 2 Timothy 1:7
Psalm 139: 1-24
O Lord, you have searched me and known me!
2 You know when I sit down and when I rise up;
you discern my thoughts from afar.
3 You search out my path and my lying down
and are acquainted with all my ways.
4 Even before a word is on my tongue,
behold, O Lord, you know it altogether.
5 You hem me in, behind and before,
and lay your hand upon me.
6 Such knowledge is too wonderful for me;
it is high; I cannot attain it.
7 Where shall I go from your Spirit?
Or where shall I flee from your presence?
8 If I ascend to heaven, you are there!
If I make my bed in Sheol, you are there!
9 If I take the wings of the morning
and dwell in the uttermost parts of the sea,
10 even there your hand shall lead me,
and your right hand shall hold me.
11 If I say, “Surely the darkness shall cover me,
and the light about me be night,”
12 even the darkness is not dark to you;
the night is bright as the day,
for darkness is as light with you.
13 For you formed my inward parts;
you knitted me together in my mother’s womb.
14 I praise you, for I am fearfully and wonderfully made.
Wonderful are your works;
my soul knows it very well.
15 My frame was not hidden from you,
when I was being made in secret,
intricately woven in the depths of the earth.
16 Your eyes saw my unformed substance;
in your book were written, every one of them,
the days that were formed for me,
when as yet there was none of them.
17 How precious to me are your thoughts, O God!
How vast is the sum of them!
18 If I would count them, they are more than the sand.
I awake, and I am still with you.
19 Oh that you would slay the wicked, O God!
O men of blood, depart from me!
20 They speak against you with malicious intent;
your enemies take your name in vain.
21 Do I not hate those who hate you, O Lord?
And do I not loathe those who rise up against you?
22 I hate them with complete hatred;
I count them my enemies.
23 Search me, O God, and know my heart!
Try me and know my thoughts!
24 And see if there be any grievous way in me,
and lead me in the way everlasting!