Last Sunday’s Gospel of the parable of the rich man (Luke 12:13-21) explains the challenge many of us face as humans. Jesus tells us about the man who tore down his grain bins to build bigger ones to contain all his grain. Jesus called this man a fool. It is easy to fall into the mindset that achievement and success comes with how much wealth we have accumulated throughout our lives. Our consumerist lifestyles orientate us to desire the latest ‘must have’ gadgets.

As a Catholic School our mission is to raise the hearts and minds of our community towards storing up treasure in heaven rather than storing up treasure for only ourselves. As soon as a member of our community walks in our front gates there should be a realisation that something is different about this place. Our college motto ‘Live Fully Act Justly’ is a daily reminder of what Jesus is calling us to do in the parable. By ‘Living Fully’ we open and raise our hearts and mind to Christ and his teaching of love and use this to ‘Act Justly’ for the good of the other. This is how we can ‘make ourselves rich in the sight of God.’