You will find rest for your souls

Just a few thoughts

·        We pray for those kept apart from loved ones because of COVID travel restrictions, especially those who are gravely ill, that the pain of their separation will soon ease.  --  Lord, hear us.

·        Cardinal Franz König, former Archbishop of Vienna, was one of the leading bishops of the Second Vatican Council and remained a staunch supporter of its central vision, especially its focus on ecumenism and the outreach of the Church to the world. His vision:

‘The Church of Christ must be an inviting Church,
a Church with open doors,
a warming, motherly Church of all generations,
a Church of the dead, the living and the unborn,
a Church of those before us, those with us, and those after us,
a Church of understanding and sympathy, thinking with us, sharing our joy and sorrow,
a Church that laughs with the people and cries with the people,
a Church that is not foreign and does not act that way,
a human Church,
a Church for us,
a Church that, like a mother, can wait for her children,
a Church who looks for her children and follows them,
a Church that visits the people where they are, at work or at play, at the factory gate and at the football stadium, and within the four walls of the home,
a Church of those in the shadow, of those who weep, of those who grieve,
a Church of the worthy, but also of the unworthy, of the saints and the sinners,
a Church not of pious pronouncements, but of silent helping action.’

Are we getting there………………???

Reflection.

ü My yoke is easy and my burden light

ü Homily for last Sunday --  Fr Alban McCoy

The Signs Of The Times

Ø  Don’t be distracted by the individual blame game, focus on the system  --  Eureka Street

Ø  Mark’s Good News: A Secret Message  --  Fr Richard Rohr

Musical Reflection

¯ All Are Welcome

¯ Christ Has No Body Now But Yours

Bits & Pieces

v  1941 -- Howard Florey and Norman Heatley present freeze dried mold cultures (Penicillin)

v  World Youth Skills Day