Learn to read, you will be forever free.

Just a few thoughts

·        For the people of Australia, that the rising challenges of division, inequality and angry resentment will be overcome by a spirit of kindness and community.  --  Let us pray to the Lord.

·        International Literacy Day

·        “There is no such thing as a child who hates to read; there are only children who have not found the right book.”

Reflection.

ü Reflection for last Sunday - Australian Women Preach

ü Jesus and the Universal Christ

The Signs Of The Times

Ø Plenary Council - Younger members prepare to step forward  --  CathNews

Ø Vinnies calls for greater support for women  --  CathNews

Musical Reflection

¯ Canticle of the Turning

¯ God of Every Nation

¯ Lord, Make Me an Instrument of Thy Peace

Bits & Pieces

v 1505 - Michelangelo's the David was unveiled in the Piazza della Signoria in Florence; considered a masterpiece, the sculpture is one of the defining works of the Renaissance.

v 1841 – Birth of Antonín Dvořák, composer of Te Deum