The Church is always in need of renewal

Just a few thoughts

• "The truth is of course is that there is no journey. We are arriving and departing all at the same time." -- David Bowie

• Today we join together in the launch of Project Compassion, so that our Lenten charity reaches out to those in poverty and oppression around the world.

• For all who consciously strive to lead a virtuous life, that they will find the wisdom and power of God’s Spirit guiding their hearts.

Reflections

• Law is not the grip of someone’s power over you, but guidance for your mind.

• Two-Minute Homily

• We're all in it together – Sunday reflection

The Signs Of The Times

• Counting protesters down – how the Adelaide protest against Herzog was reported

• Who will prosecute Geoffrey Robertson's peerless plan for peace?

Musical Reflection

• The Glory of These Forty Days

Valentine’s Day

Just a few thoughts

• Before you are a leader, success is all about growing yourself. When you become a leader, success is all about growing others. -- Jack Welch

• May we minimalise the wastage of food in Australia and develop programs whereby those in need can receive what had been over produced.

Reflections

• Using What You Have on Hand

• Valentine’s Day

• Follow the Rules – Sunday reflection

The Signs Of The Times

• The Forgiveness of Debts

• Genocide is the story, not antisemitism

Musical Reflection

• Try A Little Kindness

Ephphatha

Just a few thoughts

• "Wherever you go, no matter what the weather, always bring your own sunshine." -- Anthony J. D'Angelo

• May our Catholic services for the sick, through the network of hospitals, hostels and nursing homes, and parish programs of pastoral care, continue to bring love and hope to those in need.

Reflections

• Does He Take Sugar?

• In a sense, the man in today’s reading, represents us all.

• The Law of Love – next Sunday reflection

The Signs Of The Times

• National Apology to the Stolen Generations

• World destabilised if law of power replaces power of law

Musical Reflection

• Take The Word Of God With You

Motherhood

Just a few thoughts

• If you want to get warm you must stand near the fire: if you want to be wet you must get into the water. If you want joy, power, peace, eternal life, you must get close to, or even into, the thing that has them. -- C.S. Lewis

• We pray for parents worried about the health and wellbeing of their children that they may receive the help they need.

• We pray for the vast number of earth-dwellers now vulnerable to life-threatening weather. May world leaders do all in their power to cut fossil fuel emissions and halt global warming.

Reflections

• He did this healing at a distance

• There is no boundary on God’s Grace

• Nothing is Impossible with God – next Sunday reflection

The Signs Of The Times

• The Place of Silence

• When peaceful protest is allowed to work, democracy works

Musical Reflection

• Jesus Christ you are my Life

Lourdes

Just a few thoughts

• The only path to serenity

  Fill your bowl to the brim and it will spill.

  Keep sharpening your knife and it will blunt.

  Chase after money and security and your heart will never unclench.

  Care about people’s approval and you will be their prisoner.

  Do your work, then step back.

  The only path to serenity.

  ……...Tao Te Ching

• We pray for those who are deprived of adequate health care, that governments will not neglect them, but see the needs of such people as a matter of urgent justice.

Reflections

• Trivial externals
  
  
• World day of prayer for the sick.
  
  
• Those who know their need of God are the salt of the earth and the light of the world – Sunday reflection

The Signs Of The Times

• The Cost of Our Living: Economic and Social Justice for the Common Good

• Antisemitism laws, double standards and Australia’s unfinished reckoning

Musical Reflection

• Find Us Ready

St Scholastica

Just a few thoughts

• "The game of life is a game of boomerangs. Our thoughts, deeds and words return to us sooner or later with astounding accuracy." -- Florence Scovel Shinn

• We pray for religious people of all faiths, that they will be true to their beliefs, and not manipulate them in the quest for power over others or as an excuse for violence.

• We pray for all who face danger, detention and even death for standing up to autocratic rulers. May their courage help bring tyranny to an end around the world.

Reflections

• Religious lawyers can't cope well with God.

• Honouring and caring for our parents
  
  

• Called to be the antidote and counteragent to division in the world – Sunday reflection

The Signs Of The Times

• Fairness, not just growth, is the key to productivity

• No short term solution in Gaza

Musical Reflection

• Micah's Song

Bringing Holy Communion

Just a few thoughts

• The meaning of life is just to be alive. It is so plain and so obvious and so simple. And yet, everybody rushes around in a great panic as if it were necessary to achieve something beyond themselves. -- Alan Watts

• May we bring to God in prayer those who are sick in our families and parish, those in hospitals and nursing homes, those in hospices and those at home.

• We pray for the staff and associates of church social justice agencies. May they fulfil the prophet’s command to feed the hungry, clothe the naked and shelter the homeless.

Reflections

• Jesus was both loved and hated.

• Do you feel that you need to be healed? Of something
  
  

• Frank Brennan homily – Sunday reflection

The Signs Of The Times

• Bishops seek focus on cost-of-living crisis

• No short term solution in Gaza

Musical Reflection

• Lord of Creation