Just a few
thoughts
·
I am feeling so downhearted/depressed! I watched
the 7:30 Report last night.
The blatant cruelty at a Perth luxury aged care facility was disgusting.
The unbelievable cover-ups and hypocrisy in our national government
behaviour relating to a rape case is soul-destroying..
The punishment of the unemployed for not having jobs when there is only 1
job for every 8 applicants.
I feel so powerless.
·
Then of course I reflect on yesterday’s article
about the Hindmarsh parish and recall the energy and servant leadership in our
own parish not so long ago. Distressing.
·
I am reading a book – “Denis Edwards in His Own Words”.
It contains a selection of 37 writings by Fr Denis covering a period
from 1976 to 2019. It is an incredible collection of analyses of issues that
faced and continue to face our Church. How insightful his writings!
Reflection.
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At the beginning of the Communion, we together
recite the Lord’s Prayer in which we all say: “Forgive us our sins as we
forgive those who sin against us.” How often are we conscious of saying those
words and how often do we really mean them?
Just after that, we are invited to share a sign of peace with those around us.
Again, this can be done in a very perfunctory way. But the meaning of this
gesture is that we want to be totally in a spirit of union and reconciliation
with each other before we approach the Lord’s Table to break together the Bread
which is the sign of our unity as members of his Body. Read more
The Signs Of
The Times
Ø
A Cosmology of
Connection -- Brabara Holmes
Ø
Chaos
and Grace -- Fr
Ron Rolheiser
Musical
Reflection
¯ Mercy, O God
¯ Turn to the Living God
¯ Seek The Lord - L.
Larson
Bits & Pieces
v
1606
-- First known European
landing in Australia by Dutch navigator Willem Jansz (or Janszoon) at
Cape York.
v
1928 -- American
singer and pianist Fats Domino,
a rhythm-and-blues standout who became one of the first rock-and-roll stars,
was born.
