The Divine Gardener

Just a few thoughts

• Poverty is a national waste as well as individual waste. We are all diminished when any of us are denied proper education. The nation is the poorer – a poorer economy, a poorer civilisation, because of this human and national waste. -- Gough Whitlam

• May God look with great mercy on those  whose lives are entwined with evil, so that they can be saved. 

• We pray for the powerless, that the suffering inflicted on them by war, poverty and a changing climate will be relieved by a new global movement of justice and peace.

Reflections

• We don’t have the full picture.

• The sinner and the saint live side by side.

• What do we live for? --reflection for this Sunday

The Signs Of The Times

• The “Just War” and the Recent Popes

• Pope urges young people not to be ‘couch potatoes’

Musical Reflection

• Where Charity and Love Prevail

The smallest acts of kindness…….

Just a few thoughts

• One man can make a difference and every man should try.” -- Jacqueline Kennedy Onassis

• May the Spirit of Jesus permeate the whole Church so that it becomes known as a community of genuine love

• We pray for leaders in all the world’s great faiths, that they will demonstrate discernment and integrity in their exercise of moral authority.

Reflections

• There's more hope for us not-ok people than we dare imagine.

• Gardener's Glory and Baker's Delight

• Exchanging everything we have for the sake of the kingdom --reflection for this Sunday

The Signs Of The Times

• World Day for Grandparents and the Elderly

• AI developments require ‘new spiritual, ethical and political framework’

Musical Reflection

• Come to the Feast

The Kingdom of Heaven is worth more

Just a few thoughts

• Your visions will become clear only when you can look into your own heart. Who looks outside, dreams; who looks inside, awakes. -- Carl Jung

• May grandparents and the elderly be treated with respect, be honoured for their wisdom, and be cared for in their needs, especially where frailty limits their abilities.

Reflections

• Two Minute Homily

• Discover meaning and recognise value

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

The Signs Of The Times

• Unfinished Business and the Communion of Saints

• The Catholic Church removes 'just' from the theory of war

Musical Reflection

• Instruments of Peace

Apostle James

Just a few thoughts

• One tree can start a forest. One smile can begin a friendship. One hand can lift a soul. One word can frame the goal. One candle can wipe out darkness. One laugh can conquer gloom. One touch can show you care. One life can make the difference. Be that one today. – Anon

• May those in leadership in the Church not seek power over others, but rather be filled with the spirit of a servant.

Reflections

• “Sons of thunder”

• Overcoming that sense of self-entitlement

• Layers of Wisdom --reflection for next Sunday

The Signs Of The Times

• Israel’s prison policy exposes Western media silence

• Who was Homer, author of the Odyssey?

Musical Reflection

• The Fullness Of God

What kind of soil am I?

Just a few thoughts

• Not to give up under any circumstances should be the motto of our life: We shall try again and again, and we are bound to succeed. There will be obstacles, but we have to defy them. So do not give up, do not give up! Continue, continue! The goal is ahead of you. If you do not give up, you are bound to reach your destined goal.” -- Sri Chinmoy

• May the work towards Christian unity not falter, but be a constant movement forward until the will of Christ, that all may be one, is realised.

Reflections

• My heart as soil

• Reaching the hearts of those listening.

• What Do We Desire? --reflection for next Sunday

The Signs Of The Times

• The cost of making the ABC optional

• Genocide, the word Albanese and Wong will never utter

Musical Reflection

• Make of Our Hands a Throne

A patron saints of Europe

Just a few thoughts

• A happy day doesn’t need to be a perfect day. -- Peng Joon

• We pray that in the face of disappointment and failures in our relationships we will find in St Bridget of Sweden one who understands the difficulties of love and the peace of forgiveness.

• We pray for overseers of their nation’s water resources, that they will keep them healthy, manage them wisely, and ration them justly.

Reflections

• Don’t forget God’s kindnesses

• A small amount of willingness is all that is needed

• One Really Valuable Pearl --reflection for next Sunday

The Signs Of The Times

• When the weather turns against the poor

• Mary MacKillop as Change-maker

Musical Reflection

• I Am The Bread of Life

The yearning of the heart

Just a few thoughts

• Living in gratitude is the key to having a peaceful heart. -- Gabbie Deeds

• We pray that St Mary Magdalene, ‘apostle to the apostles’ will teach us how to be apostles in today’s world.

• We pray for the distraught people of Venezuela, that with the world’s help they will rise from their grief and set out on the long road to recovery.

Reflections

• The first witness to the resurrection

• Let us never doubt the influence our love can have on others.

• The parable of the wheat and darnel --reflection for this Sunday

The Signs Of The Times

• What one night sleeping rough can and can’t do

• Government’s social housing push well behind target

Musical Reflection

• O God, You Search Me