Children’s PageWelcome everyone…

Please keep sending in your prayers, poems and photos to emmaheslop@stpetersrcps.org.uk

St Peter’s and Corpus Christi parishes are living the Gospel by taking action and providing basic food items for those who need our help. Well done to Francesca who is pictured donating food to the box outside of St Peter’s Presbytery. Bags of food can also be left outside the presbytery at Corpus Christi. (See the Welcome email for a list of basic items required).“Let us do good to everyone” Galatians 6:10

A prayer from Debora…Almighty God,Please watch over us in this critical time, Help us to be guided in to the correct path and not be driven into evil,Lord Jesus Christ we put our families and we put our friends into your hands so that you may save us from any danger,Take away our worries and protect us from any diseases or any harm, When we are afraid Lord we come to you, we know you are the greatest.Therefore we give our loved ones into your own hands,Give us the strength to come together again as one to unite in the form of the Holy Spirit, Bless those who have lost their loved ones,Let them now that everything has a plan and everything has a time,Help them to know that they are not alone and you will help them in times of troubles, Thank you lord for everything you have done,Thank you for hearing us,Amen.St Peter’s pupils have been busy being kind and spreading awareness of Mental Health Week – check out the video on you tube https://youtu.be/OxHVgMxueDo

Gospel -John 6:51-58

Jesus said to the people,“ I am the Bread of Life which has come down from heaven. This bread is my body which will be given to save the world, and whoever eats it will live for ever.”

“What nonsense is this?” asked the Jews angrily. “Are we supposed to eat this man’s flesh?”

Then Jesus said, “Whoever eats my body and drinks my blood will rise up on the last day to share eternal life with God. They will live in me, and I will fill them with my life. Just as my life comes from the Father so their life will come from me. This bread comes from heaven, and it is not like the bread your fathers ate. They are all dead. But whoever eats the bread of life will live for ever.”

Reflection

This Sunday we celebrate the feast of Corpus Christi (meaning the Body of Christ) – the gift of the Eucharist. “Eucharist” is a Greek word meaning thanksgiving. Since

lockdown we have been unable to physically take part in the Eucharist, maybe only seeing it via youtube at live streamed masses. However, we have still been able to

receive the body and blood spiritually into our hearts.

I think this has been hard for us all. God has blessed us with senses – and therefore we are a sensory people, needing to touch, taste, see, smell and feel. When we receive communion we use these God-given senses as part of our experience of

receiving Jesus, making this an even more sacred moment.

When we’re next able to receive communion let’s be truly thankful, and also remember that in parts of the world and before lockdown, many are unable to receive

regular communion.

Activity

At church we use a special container to hold the precious body of Jesus – it’s called a monstrance. This sounds like a strange word but it comes from Latin and means “to show”. You can make your own – it normally is gold and has a circular holder in the

middle that holds the body of Jesus.