{"id":23426,"date":"2026-08-28T15:38:07","date_gmt":"2026-08-28T05:38:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.thebuzz.net.au\/domremy\/?post_type=article&#038;p=23426"},"modified":"2026-08-28T15:38:07","modified_gmt":"2026-08-28T05:38:07","slug":"from-the-religious-education-coordinator-in-our-church-3","status":"publish","type":"article","link":"https:\/\/www.thebuzz.net.au\/domremy\/article\/from-the-religious-education-coordinator-in-our-church-3\/","title":{"rendered":"From The Religious Education Coordinator &#8211; In our Church"},"content":{"rendered":"<h5><b><i>\u00a0The Passion of St John the Baptist\u00a0<\/i><\/b><\/h5>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">This weekend is the Passion of St John the Baptist.\u00a0 Scripture tells us that many people followed John looking to him for hope, perhaps in anticipation of some great messianic power. John never allowed himself the false honour of receiving these people for his own glory. He knew his calling was one of preparation. It is John the Baptist who has pointed the way to Christ. John\u2019s life and death were a giving over of self for God and other people. His simple style of life was one of complete detachment from earthly possessions. His heart was centred on God and the call that he heard from the Spirit of God speaking to his heart. Confident of God\u2019s grace, he had the courage to speak words of condemnation, repentance, and salvation.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Let us remember that we are always in the Holy presence of God.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">O God, <\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">who willed that Saint John the Baptist should go ahead of your Son both in his birth and in his death,<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"> grant that, as he died a Martyr for truth and justice, <\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">we, too, may fight hard for the confession of what you teach. <\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Through our Lord Jesus Christ, your Son, <\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">who lives and reigns with you in the unity of the Holy Spirit, God, for ever and ever.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">\u00a0<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">St John the Baptist\u2026Pray for us.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center\"><em><strong>Venerable Nano Nagle. Pray for us.<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><em><strong>Mrs Caroline Morizzi, Religious Education Coordinator<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>\u00a0The Passion of St John the Baptist\u00a0 This weekend is the Passion of St John the Baptist.\u00a0 Scripture tells us that many people followed John looking to him for hope, perhaps in anticipation of some great messianic power. John never allowed himself the false honour of receiving these people for his own glory. He knew [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"featured_media":23427,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","class_list":["post-23426","article","type-article","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.thebuzz.net.au\/domremy\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/article\/23426","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.thebuzz.net.au\/domremy\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/article"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.thebuzz.net.au\/domremy\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/article"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.thebuzz.net.au\/domremy\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=23426"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.thebuzz.net.au\/domremy\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/23427"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.thebuzz.net.au\/domremy\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=23426"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}