This voice has come for your sake, not for mine.

Just a few thoughts

·         March is full of days that focus on our environment.  --  Fr Andrew Hamilton
International Day of Forests

Reflection.

ü  I will write my Law in their hearts

ü  Mahatma Gandhi reflects the same as «the best way to find yourself is to lose yourself in the service of others».

ü  Seeing Jesus

The Signs Of The Times

Ø  God’s Love Is Evolutionary  --  Fr Richard Rohr

Musical Reflection

¯ In These Days of Lenten Journey

¯ Create in Me

¯ Change Our Hearts

Bits & Pieces

v  1685  --  German composer Johann Sebastian Bach, who is generally considered the greatest composer of all time, was born.

v  1965  --   One of the most popular musical films of all time, "The Sound of Music", starring Julie Andrews and Christopher Plummer, is released (Academy Awards Best Picture 1966.

Seek out His voice of conviction and clarity.

Just a few thoughts

·         International Day of Happiness  --  The shape of our relationships  --  Fr Andrew Hamilton

·         National Day of Action against Bullying and Violence

·         14 months ago the Sex Discrimination Commissioner published the “Respect@Work” report. It had 55 recommendations. That report has been sitting on the attorney-general’s desk without implementation. “We don’t want any more reports. The women of Australia want some action.”

Reflection.

ü  We need to reflect on our own prejudices and short-sightedness.

ü  May I be attentive to Your unmistakable Voice and to the authority with which You speak.

The Signs Of The Times

Ø  The God of Welcome  --  Fr Richard Rohr

Ø  MPs urged not to legalise euthanasia  --  CathNews

Musical Reflection

¯ Gregorian Chants

Bits & Pieces

v  Happy World Frog Day!  --  Link 1  --  Link 2

Joseph knew, with a certainty beyond human reason, that the voice of God had spoken to him and he responded with generous faith.

Just a few thoughts

·         Yesterday was Close The Gap Day. Indigenous People - constitutional recognition and Voice to Parliament

·         Feast of Saint Joseph (19 March)  --  the Sisters of St Joseph

·         The women’s march was a huge success. Now comes the hard part: how to actually get something done

Reflection.

ü  Joseph, a support and guide in times of trouble

ü  Joseph must have been a very successful father.

ü  The Stations of the Cross  --  St Joseph’s Church Tranmere

The Signs Of The Times

Ø  Questions of courage and risk  --  Fr Andrew Hamilton

Ø  Loving the “True You”  --  Fr Richard Rohr

Musical Reflection

I have no hymns about St Joseph for you.The hymns I did find were in my humble opinion just terrible.

¯ Lord's Prayer sung by Denyce Graves

¯ Kyrie Eleison, Gregorian Chant

¯ We Venerate Thy Cross

Bits & Pieces

v  1927  --  Caroline Herbig  --  The Herbig Tree today

 

Where do we ultimately put our faith? In the Christ of the New Testament or in a Jesus we have tailored to our own wants?

Just a few thoughts

·         Today is Close The Gap Day – yes, another day to remind us that Indigenous Peoples are disadvantaged under our colonial style ‘supervision’! Here is a reflective prayer.

·         I subscribe to the Columban eBulletin. There is always an article that will make me think about things  --  What it means to be Australian?

·         Every time we turn our heads the other way when we see the law flouted, when we tolerate what we know to be wrong, when we close our eyes and ears to the corrupt because we are too busy or too frightened, when we fail to speak up and speak out, we strike a blow against freedom and decency and justice.  --  Robert F. Kennedy

Reflection.

ü  There are so many things that fill our days and give us purpose

ü  For those of us who have not had the privilege of visiting the Holy Land here is a video giving some insight into the “Way of The Cross”

The Signs Of The Times

Ø  Truth and Treaties: the ongoing legacy of the Uluru statement

Ø  Love Is Life-Giving  --  Fr Richard Rohr

Ø  An Unlikely Affinity  --  Ron Rolheiser

Musical Reflection

¯ Blest Be the Lord  --  Dan Schutt

¯ Open My Eyes, Lord

Bits & Pieces

v  1954  --  The Royal Visit

v  1922  --  British magistrates in India sentence Mahatma Gandhi to 6 years imprisonment for disobedience

v  1834  --  Six farm labourers from Tolpuddle, Dorset, England are sentenced to be transported to Australia for forming a trade union

 

Seek the mind and will of God in all things

Just a few thoughts

·         We don’t see things as they are, we see them as we are.  --  Anaïs Nin

·         Saint Patrick’s Story

·         Is our federal government in denial? Listen to the voices of our women!

Reflection.

ü  Penance: encounter not performance  --  Fr Richard Leonard

The Signs Of The Times

Ø  Rebuilding trust in aged care  --  Eureka Street

Ø  The Flow of Love  --  Fr Richard Rohr

Ø  The Remains of Vatican II

Musical Reflection

¯ Song of St. Patrick

¯ St. Patrick's Hymn

¯ St Patrick's Day in the Morning

¯ St. Patrick's Breastplate

Bits & Pieces

v  1856  --   St Francis Xavier's Cathedral

v  1905  --   Albert Einstein finishes his scientific paper detailing his Quantum Theory of Light, one of the foundations of modern physics

v  1901  --  At a show in Paris  Vincent van Gogh paintings cause a sensation, 11 years after his death

Evil thrives while we are complicit in our silence.

Just a few thoughts

·         Some estimated 8000 people of all ages took part in the March 4 Justice yesterday in Adelaide. Let us pray that authorities and governments Act for Justice!! Photo 1  -  Photo 2

Reflection.

ü  Prayers of the people

ü  Year of St Joseph  --  presented by the Sisters of St Joseph

The Signs Of The Times

Ø  Stages of Growth in Love  --  Fr Richard Rohr

Ø  Focus on human relationships needed for aged and mental health care  --  Eureka Street

Musical Reflection

¯ Just before the March 4 Justice started 2 singers harmonised an appropriate version of “What’s Going On”. The crowd sang the refrain. It was awesome.

¯ They also sang a version of “The Voice”

¯ At the conclusion of the march this song was played – I am woman

Bits & Pieces

v  1521  --  Portuguese navigator Ferdinand Magellan, sailing under the Spanish flag on his circumnavigation of the globe, reached the Philippines, securing the first alliance in the Pacific Islands for Spain.

 

Reflect, today, upon our own level of faith and trust

Just a few thoughts

·         March for Justice  --  Today 15 March, 12noon;  Victoria Square / Tarntanyangga

·         Saint Louise de Marillac is the Patron Saint of Social workers

·         Albert Einstein once said, ‘The world is dangerous to live in, not because of those who do evil, but because of those who look on and let them do so.’

Reflection.

ü  According to John, eternal life begins as soon as we attach ourselves in total trust to Jesus and to his Way.

ü  Sunday Homily  --  Fr Frank Brennan

ü  God who neither needs nor wants our sacrifices became flesh simply and solely to draw us into all-encompassing love.

ü  Pope Francis:-
God loves each one of us even when we err and distance ourselves from him.
God the Father so loves the world that, to save it, gave what is most precious to him: his Only-Begotten Son, who gives his life for all, rises, returns to the Father, and together with him sends the Holy Spirit. The Trinity, therefore, is Love, altogether at the service of the world, which it wishes to save and recreate. Today, thinking of God the Father, the Son, and the Holy Spirit, we think of God’s love!
And it would be good if we felt ourselves loved. ‘God loves me’ this is today’s sentiment.

This is the Christian life. To love, encounter God, seek God, but he seeks us first, he meets us first.

Musical Reflection

¯ Enter the Journey

¯ There is a Longing

Bits & Pieces

v  The Ides of March – Assassination of Julius Caesar – 44BC
‘Ides’ referred to the first full moon of a given month. The’Ides of March’ once signified the new year, which meant celebrations and rejoicing.