Refer to the two pyramids to understand the word summit. By looking at the pyramids, the summits are the Eucharist and the Human person. The summit in the creation should receive the summit in the church the Eucharist to be complete and full as in John 10:10 and John 14:6. Eucharist is the source of life in the church. It is like the source of a river (het bilong wara) where it is original, clean, fresh, life giving and there is nothing behind the source. Remember: • • • • • •
You are the summit of creation so receive Jesus the summit and the source for we are created for him to live life in its fullness. The Holy Eucharist keeps the church holy, alive and united and no power on earth and in heaven will destroy this. Thirst and hunger to receive Jesus in the Holy Eucharist, the source and summit of the church. The Catholic Church has the source and summit of life, The Holy Eucharist. All church activities should start and end with the Holy Eucharist as it is the summit. Daily Masses and all Masses are the source and summit of the life of the church so be in it. We are created for this. Amen.
TEACHERS RESUME WORK FOR 2022 Grace Wrakia At the start of the academic year, teachers in four Catholic Schools in Port Moresby had an opportunity to renew their calling to teach. This was done through a reflective session based on the examples set by Holy Mary, Mother of Jesus and St. Joseph, her spouse. Teachers in PNG returned to work at the end of January. The Lasallian Family office accompanied Bernadette Ove afsc to visit Lasalle Technical Secondary, De La Salle Secondary and Jubilee Catholic Secondary and we got an invitation from St. Charles Lwanga Secondary School- a catholic secondary school run by the Monfort Brothers. Teachers were invited to reflect on their work in relation to the role of St. Joseph, the carer and protector of Mary and baby Jesus. They reflected on the calling of Mother Mary as God’s humble handmaid. The session followed Mary’s response to God’s call described by Treston K. (1991) , in his book ‘Paths and Stories; Spirituality for teachers and Catechists’; 1. Teachers are called from a Life Situation, (Luke 1:26-27). The Teacher belongs to a particular time in history and culture. In our case, we are called and placed in our schools, during this pandemic time, war, financial fragility, natural disaster etc.. Teachers today are called from within these Life Situations.
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