Lent - A Time to Show Compassion

This week, beginning with Ash Wednesday, we have once again entered the season of Lent. Our Catholic practice during this time is to prepare ourselves for the great feast of Easter when our belief in the Risen Jesus is celebrated.

During Lent, we are asked to make a special effort to renew our commitment to being the compassionate heart and hands of Jesus, especially towards those in special need.

Project Compassion reminds us, this year, to ‘give Lent 100% in the name of hope’. Through compassionate acts of kindness and giving, we can bring the light of hope to those communities who are most vulnerable and marginalised.

Students at St Brigid’s will be informed during the coming weeks of Lent of the ways that they, even as children, can help to bring hope to those in need. As they learn about communities and people in need, they will also be made more aware of how they might be able to help, demonstrating through their actions the compassion that Jesus asks of each of us.

Therefore, as God’s chosen people, holy and dearly loved,

clothe yourselves with compassion, kindness, humility, gentleness and patience.

(Colossians 3: 12)