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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 at the Centre – reflection for Next Sunday
The Signs Of The Times
Musical Reflection
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 Vineyard of the Lord – reflection for Next Sunday
The Signs Of The Times
Musical Reflection
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
The Labourers In The Vineyard – reflection for Last Sunday
The Signs Of The Times
Musical Reflection
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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
Hone our hearts to discern God's will – reflection for This Sunday
The Signs Of The Times
Musical Reflection
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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
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
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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
Frank Brennan’s Homily – reflection for This Sunday
The Signs Of The Times
Musical Reflection
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
Motivation – reflection for next Sunday
The Signs Of The Times
Musical Reflection
