How am I treating the people around me?

Just a few thoughts

• The greatest gifts you can give your children are the roots of responsibility and the wings of independence. -- Denis Waitley

• May we have a spirit of detachment from our possessions, abilities and comforts, so that when these are taken from us we can still bless the name of the Lord as did Job long ago.

• We pray for parents, that they will have the wisdom they need to enable their children to use social media safely and fruitfully.

Reflections

• The ego

• Spiritual greatness

• God’s radical love reaches the forgotten and discarded – reflection for This Sunday

The Signs Of The Times

• Don Dunstan’s cookbook and the lost ambition of social democracy

• Public support for intervention on social media, AI: Gillard

Musical Reflection

• I Heard the Voice of Jesus Say

Second thoughts, changed minds and new beginnings

Just a few thoughts

• You can’t move mountains by whispering at them. – Pink

• May refugees and migrants, who have bought to our land and to our Church, a rich diversity of culture and faith, of resilience and hope, be welcomed as sisters and brothers, as together we shape this country into a place of harmony where racism has no place.

• We pray for the whole human family, that a groundswell of conversion will inspire all people to serve the cause of unity in our fractured world.

Reflections

• Two Minute Homily

• Second thoughts

• Frank Brennan’s Homily – reflection for This Sunday

The Signs Of The Times

• Prophecy—Challenge and Comfort

Musical Reflection

• In Christ There Is No East Or West

Healers

Just a few thoughts

• I can’t give you a sure-fire formula for success, but I can give you a formula for failure: Try to please everybody all the time. -- Herbert Bayard Swope

• May this International Day for the Elimination of Nuclear Weapons be taken seriously by the leaders of all nations, especially those who possess them or desire them.

Reflections

• God is present in every season

• Motivation – reflection for next Sunday

The Signs Of The Times

• World Day of Migrants and Refugees

• Settlement outcomes of permanent migrants are much better than media tells us

Musical Reflection

• When I Needed A Neighbour

The anointed one

Just a few thoughts

• Time is too slow for those who wait, too swift for those who fear, too long for those who grieve, too short for those who rejoice, but for those who love, time is eternity. -- Henry Van Dyke

• May Pope Leo’s visit to the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Headquarters, UNESCO, advance cooperation in all these fields so as to advance the enrichment of all peoples

• We pray for couples preparing for marriage, that they will reflect deeply on the commitment they are making and lay a sound foundation for a lifetime of mutual love

Reflections

• A Time to Speak

• God meets us where we are now

• Beyond Words – reflection for next Sunday

The Signs Of The Times

• Every migrant and refugee child deserves the chance to thrive

• Young Australians aren’t alone. So why are they lonely?

Musical Reflection

• Bread of life, hope of the world

Processions form a central part of devotion

Just a few thoughts

• I’d rather look forward and dream, than look backward and regret. -- James Van Praagh

• May the crews of ships trapped in the Gulf of Hormuz and the Red Sea because of the wars affecting the Middle East, be protected from harm, receive the food and medical care they need and be sustained in their mental health.

• We pray for housing industry and government policy-makers, that they will work together to find the best way of addressing the housing crisis

Reflections

• In every age, O Lord, you have been our refuge

• The Glory of God in Us

• More Deeply Alive – reflection for next Sunday

The Signs Of The Times

• St John Paul II’s Alice Springs speech resonates 40 years on

• Pope calls for protection and support of young migrants

Musical Reflection

• In Every Age

The Weaver

Just a few thoughts

• No one is useless in this world who lightens the burdens of another. -- Charles Dickens

• May we be granted the grace to be protected from falsehood and lies.

• We pray for the executives of social media and artificial intelligence enterprises, that they will ensure their operations do not exploit the vulnerable, sow division or inflame grievance

Reflections

• Take nothing for your journey

• Padre Pio

• The Weaver Poem – reflection

The Signs Of The Times

• Migrant Cross pilgrimage arrives in Adelaide this month

• Australia keeps consulting Indigenous people. When do they get to decide?

Musical Reflection

• Christ Be Our Light

A family bound together by faith and love.

Just a few thoughts

• Nurture your sense of self, who you are in your own eyes, not as seen through the eyes of others. -- Julia Gillard

• May good people hear the cry of the poor and gladly and generously come to their aid.

• We pray for the human family, that the growing gap between the ultra-wealthy few and the many poor will be bridged by a peaceful global revolution of justice.

Reflections

• Families

• Living the message of the Gospels

• People over profits – reflection for This Sunday

The Signs Of The Times

• Conference highlights role of migrant communities in a synodal Church

• An Irritated Melancholy

Musical Reflection

• Come Back To Me