Possibilities we may have stopped seeing in ourselves

Just a few thoughts

• Unexpected kindness is the most powerful, least costly, and most underrated agent of human change. -- Bob Kerrey

• United Nations Day -We pray that the Organization will advance the cause of world peace, enhance its work in health care, watch over refugees, protect the environment and the preserve cultural sites, languages and traditions.

• We pray for Australia’s children. May this year’s National Children’s Week highlight their right to use their own language, celebrate their culture and practise their religion.

Reflections

• There is always hope of transformation

• Exercising Patience

• Look What Love Is Doing -- reflection for Next Sunday

The Signs Of The Times

• Governments need more revenue

• Relating To Our Loved Ones After They Die

Musical Reflection

• The Summons

We check the forecast before stepping out each morning

Just a few thoughts

• I am the eternal optimist. No matter how rough it gets, there's always light somewhere. The rest of the sky may be cloudy, but that little bit of blue draws me on. -- Paul McCartney

• May the faith we share in Christ draw people of all nations and cultures into unity, released from the tyranny of wars.

Reflections

• Look carefully and you will see everything

• Being aware of our spiritual selves

• Expand Your Neighborhood -- reflection for Next Sunday

The Signs Of The Times

• How much is a human being worth?

• If we want decent politics, we must reject the culture of contempt

Musical Reflection

• Sing to the Mountains

Faithfulness sometimes disturbs a comfortable situation

Just a few thoughts

• Pets are humanizing. They remind us we have an obligation and responsibility to preserve and nurture and care for all life. -- James Cromwell

• We pray for the gift of peace so that every division caused by hatred, greed and the thirst for power, will be healed.

Reflections

• A commitment to love, no matter what

• Knowing the love of Christ

• Upon These Two -- reflection for Next Sunday

The Signs Of The Times

• A diligent God

• Governor-General calls for decency and civility

• Snippet –Go about our lives knowing that we are the ones responsible for ending the senseless hate, click-baiting gotcha moments, point-scoring put-downs, and mindless character assassination.

Musical Reflection

• Sing a new song unto the Lord

Jesus places value on quietly doing what needs to be done

Just a few thoughts

• Inflation is when you pay fifteen dollars for the ten-dollar haircut you used to get for five dollars when you had hair. -- Sam Ewing

• May each one of us be prepared to meet Jesus, the Son of Man, when he comes to us in death, and gently surrender our being to his love and glory.

Reflections

• God chose to become powerless in Jesus.

• If Christ came today, would he find us building bridges, sharing our blessings and caring faithfully for others?

• Jesus and the truth behind a trick question on Caesar. -- reflection for Last Sunday

The Signs Of The Times

• Security briefing for anxious MPs

• Read The Conversation for better standards of journalism

• Snippet – I am disgusted by the extreme, sensationalising, polarising language used by the Advertiser regarding the attack on Helen Haines. She would never use language like that.

Musical Reflection

• Lord of all hopefulness

Who is knocking on our door?

Just a few thoughts

• I never lose. I either win or learn. -- Nelson Mandela

• May those who are burdened with fear, anxiety and depression find, through the prayer of the Church and the kindness of people, a way to regain hope.

• We pray for all who are struggling to cope with the cost of living. May all sectors of society join forces to work for a fair and inclusive economy.

Reflections

• To serve and not to be served

• Jesus comes to us each day…...

• What is your ultimate commitment? -- reflection for Last Sunday

The Signs Of The Times

• How World Mission Sunday shaped Leo’s vocation

• Catholic Women’s League SA Unite

• Snippet – What are the root causes of anti-social behaviour?

Musical Reflection

• We Remember

People should always matter more than possessions

Just a few thoughts

• The miracle is this: The more we share the more we have. -- Leonard Nimoy

• May the rich realize that they have a responsibility, through justice, to come to the aid of the poor.

• We pray for the leaders of states where the death penalty still stands. May they move to abolish it without delay.

Reflections

• Measuring wealth by checking how much we have given away.

• Gratitude for each day That is is gifted Us.

• Called to be an alternative society under God’s rule -- reflection for Next Sunday

The Signs Of The Times

• Whether I like it or not, if they exist they are loved

• The campaign to save Ask Izzy, a free online directory connecting people in crisis with essential services

• Snippet – The Gospel guides us in our call to be the social conscience in the time of unbridled, questionable progress.

Musical Reflection

• I'll Be Always Loving You

What are we doing with the life God has entrusted to us?

Just a few thoughts

• Who is the happier, they who have braved the storm of life and lived, or they who have stayed securely on shore and merely existed? -- Anon

• We pray for our world broken by war, especially in the land from where Jesus sent the Apostles to proclaim the Gospel to the nations, and between the Christian nations of Russia and Ukraine, that Jesus will be their true Peace

• We pray for all who preach the word of God, that they do so with conviction, power and the gifts of the Holy Spirit.

Reflections

• Two Minute Homily

• Demanding perfection from others

• Frank Brennan’s Homily -- reflection for Next Sunday

The Signs Of The Times

• When it comes to finance the Australian government cannot govern. That power was given away. It means that in this respect Australia is not democratic; the will of the people is moot."

• Snippet – I have only read 8 of the bottom 50 books listed in ABC Radio Nationals public poll of our Top 100 books – Check the poll here

Musical Reflection

• Love Divine All Loves Excelling