What fruit are we bearing for Him

Just a few thoughts

• If you could kick the person in the pants responsible for most of your trouble, you wouldn’t sit for a month. -- Theodore Roosevelt

• May today’s 800th anniversary of the death of St Francis of Assisi unite all Christians in living lives of simplicity, having a deep respect for the poor, being intent on the care of our planet, all placed on the foundation of prayer and love for Jesus.

Reflections

• Two Minutes Homily

• Frank Brennan’s Homily – reflection for This Sunday

The Signs Of The Times

• The Conspiracy of Accidents Through Which God Speaks

Musical Reflection

• Prayer of St. Francis

Douaumont

Just a few thoughts

• One advantage of talking to yourself is that you know at least somebody’s listening. -- Franklin P. Jones

• May governments take seriously the issue of global warming, and here in Australia make bold decisions for the long term future of our planet and country.

Reflections

• The ways of God will always be beyond our human comprehension.

• A  healing and hope-giving word

• Our brains love stories – reflection for Next Sunday

The Signs Of The Times

• Prayer is not complete without social justice

• Australia had abolished slavery. So how did we justify 'blackbirding'?

Musical Reflection

• Lord of All Hopefulness

Guardian Angels

Just a few thoughts

• Just smiling at someone walking down the street can make the person’s day. -- Mariska Hargitay

• International Day of Non-Violence - may it cause all people to pause and reflect upon their own behaviour, words, and thoughts, so that avoiding violence we all may be peacemakers in our relationships.

Reflections

• God's thoughts

• God accompanies us in very many ways

• God at the Centre – reflection for Next Sunday

The Signs Of The Times

• When stories of suffering become stories of blame, compassion gets lost

• Standing in Solidarity

Musical Reflection

• To You, O God, I Lift Up My Soul

Loving God faithfully in the smallest things.

Just a few thoughts

• Take chances, make mistakes. That’s how you grow. Pain nourishes your courage. You have to fail in order to practice being brave. -- Mary Tyler Moore

• We mark this International Day for Older Persons that they will always receive respect, their wisdom be honoured, and that the care offered to them will be dignified, just and kindly.

Reflections

• The witness of young people

• True Childhood

• The Vineyard of the Lord – reflection for Next Sunday

The Signs Of The Times

• Grow peace

• Inflation and interest rates up. Who's to blame?

Musical Reflection

• Healer of Our Every Ill

Jerome and the Bible

Just a few thoughts

• You have to go through the falling down in order to learn to walk. It helps to know that you can survive it. -- Carol Burnett

• We pray for all who suffer from heart diseases and for the medical teams who care for them on this World Heart Day.

Reflections

• Giving up your agenda

• Our Agenda

• The Labourers In The Vineyard – reflection for Last Sunday

The Signs Of The Times

• Driving down inflation

• Australia and the rules-based order

Musical Reflection

• What Is This Place

An Israelite in whom there is no deceit!

Just a few thoughts

• Life expectancy would grow by leaps and bounds if green vegetables smelled as good as bacon. -- Doug Larson

• May the Holy Archangels and Angels watch over all the people of the Middle East so that they can move out of the darkness of war and enter into the light of God’s peace and justice.

Reflections

• Archangels

• Constant need for vigilance

• Hone our hearts to discern God's will – reflection for This Sunday

The Signs Of The Times

• National Migrant Jubilee Cross

• Alarm over AI is not ‘fake news’

Musical Reflection

• The Kingdom of God is Justice and Joy

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