The Father gives the Holy Spirit to those who ask him

Just a few thoughts

• "Don't ask yourself what the world needs. Ask yourself what makes you come alive." -- Howard Thurman

• As Jesus taught his disciples how to pray, may grandparents and the elderly show the path of prayer to succeeding generations so that we all recognise God as our Father.

Reflections

• God does not need to be persuaded or to have his arm twisted to give us what we need.

• Two Minute Homily

• Frank Brennan homily – Sunday reflection

The Signs Of The Times

• A Fairer Tax and Welfare System 2025 – Vinnies Report

• What would the good Samaritan do today? – An American perspective

Musical Reflection

• The Lord’s Prayer

A call for tolerance, patience, compassion and understanding

Just a few thoughts

• "Don't wait for the stars to align. Reach up and rearrange them the way you want." -- Pharrell Williams

• "Only those who will risk going too far can possibly find out how far one can go." -- T.S. Eliot

• We pray for women in the church, that every door possible will be laid open to enable them to offer their gifts of leadership, witness and service to the whole community.

Reflections

• The Church is messy

• We fool ourselves into thinking that we only need to root out the wrong people in our society, in our world, to arrive at perfection.

• Ask, Ask, Ask, Ask, Ask – Sunday reflection

The Signs Of The Times

• God’s creation is not a battleground for vital resources

• Humanitarian agencies denounce Israeli ‘siege’ of Gaza

Musical Reflection

• In Every Age

Caring for our brothers and sisters

Just a few thoughts

• "Your life isn't behind you; your memories are behind you. Your life is ALWAYS ahead of you. Today is a new day. Seize it!" -- Steve Maraboli

• May we accept that we must share the cup of the Lord’s suffering in order to share the joy of his glory.

• We pray for workers in essential industries, especially those employed in dangerous, demanding and unpopular work, that they will be justly appreciated for their service.

Reflections

• Ambitious young men

• He kept following Jesus

• On Behalf of Justice – Next Sunday reflection

The Signs Of The Times

• End to the arms trade “that goes behind every war” – Pope Leo

• Debt relief for developing nations a ‘moral responsibility’

Musical Reflection

• All You Need Is Love 

Why do you speak to the crowd in parables?

Just a few thoughts

• "Life is like a camera. Just focus on what's important, capture the good times, develop from the negatives, and if things don't turn out — take another shot." -- Anon

• May Christians recognise the presence of God in prayer, and on the faces of the poor and oppressed of the world.

• We pray for the church in Australia, that the practice of synodality will take root in every diocese, parish and organisation across the nation.

Reflections

• We should forever learn

• Why not Straight Talk?
  
  

• Be Sincere and Persevere – Next Sunday reflection
  

The Signs Of The Times

• Catholic Social Teaching ‘relevant’ to challenges facing Parliament

• How coercive control operates in religious settings

Musical Reflection

• A Place at the Table

It is Christ who lives in me

Just a few thoughts

• "The secrets of success are a good wife and a steady job. My wife told me." -- Howard Nemerov

• May bishops, priests and deacons, ordained to preach the word of God, prepare their homilies with prayer, careful attention, sound knowledge and pastoral love.

• We pray for the leaders of nations, that they will increase, not cut off, the flow of humanitarian aid on which many millions rely on to survive and to care for their children.

Reflections

• If our hearts are not soft soil…….

• Lord, make our hearts like rich soil

• Going beyond acceptable limits – Sunday reflection

The Signs Of The Times

• Pope and Palestinian president discuss humanitarian tragedy in Gaza

• Be fully present to God in the sunrise and sunset

Musical Reflection

• All who hunger gather gladly,

The Christ we know now

Just a few thoughts

• "Blessed are the hearts that can bend; they shall never be broken." -- Albert Camus

• “Always laugh when you can; it is cheap medicine.” -- Lord Byron

• We pray for all women in the Church, that inspired by St Mary Magdalene, the Apostle to the Apostles, they will give witness to the Risen Christ by their faith and love.

Reflections

• The Christ we know now.

• Mary encounters the risen Christ

• Welcoming God – Sunday reflection

The Signs Of The Times

• Pope Leo XIV is the leader we need now

• Pope calls for immediate end to ‘barbarity’ of war in Gaza

Musical Reflection

• We are the Light of the World

The true sign of Jonah

Just a few thoughts

• "The real voyage of discovery consists not in seeking new landscapes, but in having new eyes." -- Marcel Proust

• May we, this day, see God at work around us, in creation and in the people we meet.

Reflections

• Two Minute Sunday Homily

• Formed into a community of radical hospitality – Sunday reflection

• The Signs Of The Times

• Paradox, seeming inconsistency, and tension

Musical Reflection

• Lead Me, Lord