The choice is always ours

Just a few thoughts

• “Talk to yourself like you would to someone you love.” -- Brené Brown

• We pray for all refugees as we mark the beginning of Refugee Week today, that those who have settled here may be welcomed, and those who live in desperate situations will not be forgotten or ignored.

• We pray for all faithful followers of Jesus, that they will answer his call to be roving ambassadors of reconciliation

Reflections

• Two Minute Homily

• Equipped with Power and Authority to Heal

• Frank Brennan’s Homily - reflection for this Sunday

The Signs Of The Times

• Learning to truly see people the way Jesus sees them

• Teenagers used to discover what they loved. Now the algorithm decides

Musical Reflection

• Make me a channel of your peace

Preaching to the fish

Just a few thoughts

• Infuse your life with action. Don't wait for it to happen. Make it happen. Make your own future. Make your own hope. Make your own love. And whatever your beliefs, honor your creator, not by passively waiting for grace to come down from upon high, but by doing what you can to make grace happen... yourself, right now, right down here on Earth. -- Bradley Whitford

• May peace come to all places where war is destroying people, and help come to those nations battling the Ebola disease.

Reflections

• Let your Yes be Yes

• God is in every person’s life

• A closer look at the Scripture of the day - reflection for this Sunday

The Signs Of The Times

• Giving Is Receiving

• Catholic advocates call for solutions for people ‘living in limbo’

Musical Reflection

• The 23rd Psalm by Bobby McFerrin

The Heart as a symbol of His boundless love.

Just a few thoughts

• Your talent is God's gift to you. What you do with it is your gift back to God. -- Leo Buscaglia

• We pray for all priests in Australia, that as they contemplate the Heart of Jesus they may joyfully embrace their vocation with a new sense of purpose, with deep devotion to Christ and love for the people.

• We pray for our parish community, that we will honour the Sacred Heart of Jesus today by our generous care for the poor.

Reflections

• Love beyond our imagination

• The “gentle and humble” heart

• A programme for our own time - reflection for next Sunday

The Signs Of The Times

• Feast of the Sacred Heart – Responding Together

• What happens when ordinary people can profit from global conflict?

Musical Reflection

• Lift Up Your Hearts

The cost of discipleship

Just a few thoughts

• Consult not your fears but your hopes and your dreams. Think not about your frustrations, but about your unfulfilled potential. Concern yourself not with what you tried and failed in, but with what it is still possible for you to do. -- Pope John XXIII

• We pray that the Holy Spirit may move through the Church, inspiring Christians to give witness to Jesus Christ

Reflections

• Performing deeds!

• Build communities who look to the Lord

• On Eagle’s Wings- reflection for next Sunday

The Signs Of The Times

• Catholic groups press rich nations for climate justice

• Challenging governments’ indifference to international law

Musical Reflection

• Soul of My Saviour

Renewing the Church from within

Just a few thoughts

• “You've got to stay positive. For example, the other day I fell down the stairs... instead of getting upset I just thought, ‘Wow, that's the fastest I've moved in years.’” – Anon

• May parents, teachers, and all adults honour children who are in their care, striving to show them at all times the best of example.

• We pray for volunteers in community food banks, that their willing service will give heart to the hungry who seek their help

Reflections

• The existence of a law the service of justice

• Self-sacrifice

• It is entirely proper to friendship to live with one’s friends, so Christ gives us his bodily presence- reflection for this Sunday

The Signs Of The Times

• The Struggle to Be Sincere

• Zia Ahmad’s OAM honours a lifetime of community journalism

Musical Reflection

• Jesus, My Lord, My God, My All

You are the light of the world

Just a few thoughts

• When you reach the end of your rope, tie a knot in it and hang on. -- Franklin D. Roosvelt

• May we not be insipid in our faith, but rather through our good deeds give flavour and hope to all people.

• We pray for the church at large, that every celebration of the eucharist will deepen the communion of the faithful with each other and with Christ

Reflections

• Consciousness

• Let your light shine

• Embodying Jesus’ generous, daring and subversive love- reflection for this Sunday

The Signs Of The Times

• On safeguarding the human person in the time of artificial intelligence

Musical Reflection

• Christ, Be Our Light

Forming us into the image of Christ

Just a few thoughts

• “Sometimes it takes looking at the past to really be able to move forward and learn from it.” -- Danica Patrick

• May there be among the leaders of nations true peacemakers who can give new heart and hope to this damaged and frightened world.

• We pray for the members of all Christian churches, that their deep desire for eucharistic communion will hasten the day when all share at the one table of the Lord.

Reflections

• The Beatitudes are the best portrait we have of Jesus himself

• We can use our gifts to bring hope, healing, joy, and peace to others

• What Jesus offers us- reflection for this Sunday

The Signs Of The Times

• Natural Humanity: reflections on Pope Leo’s Magnifica Humanitas

• Walking With The Excluded

Musical Reflection

• Sing, All the Earth