Festa Christi
Year 8 students have had a great time at Festa Christi. They met new friends from other schools in the south of our diocese and built relationships and trust with each other in anticipation to share on a deeper level.
They played games, wrote songs, prayed and attended Mass. They were challenged to take the spark that was ignited within them out to the world and pass on Christ’s love to others.
During evening prayer around the campfire students were given a Lismore flame to remind them of this spark.
Fire is consuming, burning, bright, hot. It is used to shape, refine, purify, consume, for heat, for light. When God is asked to set a fire down in my soul, this signifies a desire for Him to light a burning flame that consumes all, from the inside out, a desire for Him to take over in a way that one can’t help but to be completely free and overflowing with it.
Students prayer on leaving Festa Christi was simple:
Sarah de Byl
Leader of Catechesis