This week we celebrate the Year 12s and all students who have worked hard academically, spiritually, culturally or in sports at Our Lady of the Southern Cross College. Our College Awards allows us to acknowledge the efforts of all people in our school and their journey in faith and knowledge. We are extremely fortunate to be able to be witness to our students living out their lives in the example set by Jesus. With all of this going on, we must remember to be ever grateful and thankful for what God has provided us. I think that here at OLSCC, we definitely know how to show our gratitude by celebrating what we have and who we are as well as giving thanks by giving to others. 

Psalm 95 exclaims: 

Come, let us sing for joy to the Lord;  
    let us shout aloud to the Rock of our salvation. 

Let us come before him with thanksgiving 
    and extol him with music and song. 

For the Lord is the great God, 
    the great King above all gods. 

A Prayer of Gratitude to God 

Dear Father, I am so grateful for everything that you have given me.  

Thank you so much for the loved ones in my life, For the many ways in which I am cared for and supported.  

Thank you for the many ways I can serve and give to others. Thank you for the rich tapestry of colours in creation, For the beauty which is all around me, For the skies and the ever changing cloud formations, For the breathtaking sunsets and early morning mists.  

My heart is so grateful and brimming with thanks.  

I could write a thousand books about your great goodness, And still have many stories to tell.  

I thank you from the bottom of my heart.  

I thank you with everything I am.  

All my being cries thank you Lord!  

Amen.  

(a short prayer of gratitude to God from www.lords-prayer-words.com)