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thoughts
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There is a morning inside you waiting to burst
open into light. – Rumi
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"The things you do for yourself are gone
when you are gone, but the things you do for others remain as your
legacy." -- Kalu Kalu
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May we recognize the many ways God is present
and active in our lives so that we may cooperate with God more fully
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The Signs Of
The Times
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Life is a succession of lessons which must be
lived to be understood. -- Helen Keller
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"Be more concerned with your character than
your reputation, because your character is what you really are, while your
reputation is merely what others think you are." -- John Wooden
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May we develop our consciences carefully with
the help of the Church, and so stand peacefully before God.
Reflections
ü The
Spirit reaches even the depths of God
The Signs Of
The Times
Ø National
Child Protection Week 2022
Ø Reflections on the Voice to Parliament:
Vicki Clark and Frank Brennan
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thoughts
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International
Day Against Nuclear Tests – may all nations heed the message, so that the
evil of such weapons are eliminated everywhere.
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We pray for all who are trapped in economic,
physical or sexual servitude. May international cooperation hasten the end of
every form of modern slavery.
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Let us make time to read and reflect on this
year’s Social
Justice Statement
Reflections
The Signs Of
The Times
Ø Pope
wants dialogue about Church’s ministries
Ø Laudato si' - An Interfaith
Perspective
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¯ On Jordan’s bank the
Baptist’s cry
Just a few
thoughts
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I have found the paradox, that if you love until
it hurts, there can be no more hurt, only more -- Mother Teresa
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We pray for our political, civil and business
leaders. May the Gospel standard of humility be a challenge to those who claim
to serve their people.
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For all who exercise authority: that they may
follow in the footsteps of Christ in being servants to others and attentive to
those in greatest need
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Social Justice Sunday-The
annual statement is a document all of us should read and act on as best
as we can.
Reflections
ü Sunday
Homily – Frank Brennan
The Signs Of
The Times
Ø Synod
reports from around the world raise clericalism, women as issues
Ø Love
is the essence of religious community life
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¯ Pie Jesu
Just a few
thoughts
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Be nice to people on the way up, because you may
meet them on the way down. -- Jimmy Durante
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"It's not what you say out of your mouth
that determines your life; it's what you whisper to yourself that has the most
power!" -- Robert Kiyosaki
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We pray for every nation where increasing
inequality is feeding resentment and division, that campaigners for social
justice will sow seeds of unity and equity.
Reflections
ü Be
Brave
The Signs Of
The Times
Ø Catholic
Religious Australia calls for action against violence
Ø Calls
for Church reps to attend jobs summit
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thoughts
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"Isn't it nice to think that tomorrow is a
new day with no mistakes in it yet?" -- L.M. Montgomery
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Sit down, take a deep breath, and return to the silence
and stillness at the heart of the world. This acts as a restorative, calling us
to a realistic sense of time, one all but obscured by our busy lives. -- Kathleen
Norris
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May the war between Russia and Ukraine will
quickly come to an end.
Reflections
ü Seeing
What Lies Near Our Doorsteps
ü Knowing
and Loving Our Bodies
The Signs Of
The Times
Ø A Remarkable
Experience of Church
Ø Social
Justice Sunday - People
need people
Ø Hold
the phone, Dial a Prayer on the line
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thoughts
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This day before you now
Greet her with love and joy.
She is a fine strong person
This precious living day
She is young and old
She is warm and cold
She is here for you
She will hold you well.
Make love with her
You’d be a fool to turn away
She is here. She is yours.
She is wise, she is hers.
She has dawned on you; this epic day.
Do not underestimate what she can do.
Give thanks for her as you make your way.
Give thanks for the power and the kindness
Of this precious living day.
~~Michael Leunig
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World
Day of Migrants and Refugees
Reflections
ü Awake
ü Living
in Hope: Luke 13:22-30
The Signs Of
The Times
Ø Caring
for José Luis: A priest learns that love is love
Ø Knowing
with Our Whole Being
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thoughts
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Yesterday is gone.
Tomorrow has not yet come.
We have only today.
Let us begin. -- Mother Teresa
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"I think happiness is what makes you
pretty. Period. Happy people are beautiful. They become like a mirror and they
reflect that happiness." -- Drew Barrymore
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May we not judge people because of where they
live, as did St Bartholomew when he first heard of Jesus, but see each person
as an individual, unique and gifted, a child of God, a sister or brother of the
Lord Jesus.
Reflections
ü Quibbling with
words in order to have things both ways
The Signs Of
The Times
Ø Resources
for Migrant and Refugee Sunday
Ø Caritas
joins fight for more overseas aid
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thoughts
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"The deepest secret is that life is not a
process of discovery, but a process of creation. You are not discovering
yourself but creating yourself anew. Seek therefore, not to find out Who You
Are, but seek to determine Who You Want to Be." -- Neale Donald Walsch
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Let us be grateful to the people who make us
happy; they are the charming gardeners who make our souls blossom. -- Marcel
Proust
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May all who are bound together by their own
language and culture have space to flourish
Reflections
ü Last
Sunday reflection - Heaven’s
Gate
The Signs Of
The Times
Ø Rule
of measure is Jesus and his Gospel: Pope Francis
Ø Compromise
needed to get conservatives on board: Fr Brennan
Ø Catholic
health, aged care look to the future
Musical
Reflection
¯ Parable of the sower and the
seed
¯ Colors
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thoughts
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"A life spent making mistakes is not only
more honourable, but more useful than a life spent doing nothing." --
George Bernard Shaw
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"Never be afraid to raise your voice for
honesty and truth and compassion against injustice and lying and greed. If
people all over the world... would do this, it would change the earth." --
William Faulkner
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The way of Christ - may Christians lead the
whole human family to see the glory of God.
Reflections
ü Sunday
Reflection - Being
known by Christ
ü Sunday
Reflection - Go Away
ü Opening
the door of the kingdom
The Signs Of
The Times
Ø Contemplation
Reveals Our Wounds
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Too many of us are not living our dreams because
we are living our fears. -- Les Brown
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"There are better golfers, there are better
drivers, there are better swimmers, and there are better cooks. The one thing
that no one can ever be better than you at is... being you. Just be you.
There's no one more qualified for the job." -- Doe Zantamata
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Let us pray for Pope Francis who speaks of
fraternity among all people, that people of faith will model that reality and
give hope to those struggling in life.
Reflections
ü Strive to enter
by the narrow door…
The Signs Of
The Times
Ø One
God, One Guidance System, And One Road For Us All
Ø Andy
Hamilton SJ, poet, writer and lover of nature
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