Just a few thoughts
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"Some things work and some things don't.
There is almost always another way to get where you want to go. Don't keep
trying to open a locked door." -- James Clear
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Citizens of Australia - may the result of the
referendum on an Indigenous Voice to Parliament make us more determined than ever
to overcome disadvantage and division across the land.
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May peace come to the Holy Land so that a new
era of dialogue may herald justice and security for both the Palestinians and the
Israeli’s.
Reflections
The Signs Of The Times
Ø First Synod Retreat
Meditation with Fr Timothy Radcliffe OP
Ø Fr
Frank Brennan: - It will be another generation before we revisit the
recognition of the First Australians in the Constitution. Let’s hope that we
have done a better job by then convincing our fellow citizens that there will
always be a need for some special laws and policies to be made for the First
Australians and that it is unthinkable that such laws be made without some
assurance that they will be adequately consulted. That assurance should be part
of our Constitution.
Holding in our hearts the many
Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people who will be feeling rejected this
morning, we recall those words of Pope John Paul II at Alice Springs in 1986:
‘If you stay closely united,
you are like a tree standing in the middle of a bush-fire sweeping through the
timber. The leaves are scorched and the tough bark is scarred and burned; but
inside the tree the sap is still flowing, and under the ground the roots are
still strong. Like that tree you have endured the flames, and you still have
the power to be reborn. The time for this rebirth is now!’
Musical
Reflection
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