Hierarchies of superiority

Just a few thoughts

• "For what it's worth ... it's never too late, or in my case too early, to be whoever you want to be. There's no time limit. Start whenever you want. You can change or stay the same. There are no rules to this thing. We can make the best or the worst of it. I hope you make the best of it. I hope you see things that startle you. I hope you feel things you never felt before. I hope you meet people who have a different point of view. I hope you live a life you're proud of, and if you're not, I hope you have the courage to start all over again." -- Benjamin Button

• May all who are tempted to make a show of their religious practices learn how to be humble in their love of God and of neighbour.

Reflections

• “If you don't love people, for God's sake don't preach!”

• Let us say what we believe and practice what we say.

• Go forth! – Sunday reflection

The Signs Of The Times

• Bishops call for peace as Middle East conflict escalates

• Here are a number of articles providing insights on the Iran war

Musical Reflection

• War To Peace

• Benedictus

Gossip

Just a few thoughts

• "I am old but I am forever young at heart. We are always the same age inside. Know that you are the perfect age. Each year is special and precious, you can only live it once. Do not regret growing older, it's a privilege denied to many!" -- Richard Gere

• May we all seek that conversion of heart this Lent, through which we face the reality of our sin and experience the forgiveness of Christ.

• We pray for international leaders and all whose wealth and status gives them unchecked power over others. May they renounce the idol of tyranny and become agents of God’s new world

Reflections

• Do not judge, and you will not be judged yourselves

• Allow Mercy To Heal

• Embracing the security of insecurity – Sunday reflection

The Signs Of The Times

• Peace not built with mutual threats or death-dealing arms – Pope Leo

Musical Reflection

• Let there be peace on earth

A glimpse of glory

Just a few thoughts

• "Bad news is: You cannot make people like, love, understand, validate, accept or be nice to you. You can't control them either. Good news is: It doesn't matter." – Anon

• During this Lent may we rely on the power of God to bring us to holiness for God’s own purpose and grace.

Reflections

• Frank Brennan homily

• Two Minute Homily

• Mountain top experiences

The Signs Of The Times

• Different Kinds of Glory

Musical Reflection

• Peace on Earth

Loving enemies

Just a few thoughts

• "Listen earnestly to anything your children want to tell you, no matter what. If you don't listen eagerly to the little stuff when they are little, they won't tell you the big stuff when they are big, because to them all of it has always been big stuff." -- Catherine M. Wallace

• May those who are collating the contributions of all who participated in the Dialogue Week in preparation for the Diocesan Synod do so prayerfully, accurately and patiently.

• May we have in our hearts the power of God’s love so that we ourselves can love, even our enemies.

Reflections

• Finding Christ in enemies

• What are we as a church community doing/giving up for Lent?

• The Promises of God – next Sunday reflection

The Signs Of The Times

• Generous school kicks off fight against poverty

• Kicking goals for Birthline

Musical Reflection

• I Want to Walk as a Child

the deeper underlying causes of things

Just a few thoughts

• "The greatest thing you'll ever learn, is just to love and be loved in return." -- Eden Ahbez

• May communities across the Archdiocese, sharing this Dialogue Week in preparation for the Diocesan Synod value the truth that we are one in Christ and so be confident as they share their thoughts and insights with each other.

Reflections

• …forgive us our sins as we forgive those who sin against us…

• Righteousness

• Listening to Jesus – next Sunday reflection

The Signs Of The Times

• Youngsters share vision of Church

• Authority is not leadership – and Australia keeps confusing the two

Musical Reflection

• There's A Wideness in God's Mercy

The sure foundation

Just a few thoughts

• "Other people and other things can stop you temporarily. You are the only one who can do it permanently." -- Zig Ziglar

• We pray for Archbishop Patrick as he celebrates the 11th anniversary of his Ordination as bishop today, that he will be clothed in holiness, wisdom and compassion as, in this Dialogue Week, he now leads us toward the Diocesan Synod.

• We pray that we will live by the golden rule given to us by Jesus and found in many other religions, through which we treat others as we would like them to treat us

Reflections

• No prayer will remain unheard

• God’s responses don’t always meet our expectations, but …….

• On the Road to Life – next Sunday reflection

The Signs Of The Times

• The Archdiocesan Synod in 2026 is the next step in the ongoing process of Church renewal

• The real divide in Australia isn’t left and right

Musical Reflection

• God Of Mercy And Compassion

 

Accepting the message of Christ

Just a few thoughts

• You gain strength, courage and confidence by every experience in which you really stop to look fear in the face. You must do the thing you think you cannot do. -- Eleanor Roosevelt

• May this Dialogue Week, gathering together parishes and ethnic communities, schools and colleges, religious and the Churches places of care, help make fruitful the Diocesan Synod.

Reflections

• Jonah

• Signs of God’s presence

• Our whole life’s quest: to set our hearts on God – Sunday reflection

The Signs Of The Times

• The 2026 Synod in the Archdiocese of Adelaide -Synod Working Document

• Calls for compassionate processing of asylum-seekers

Musical Reflection

• God of Mercy

Fear dominating debate.

Just a few thoughts

• "Instead of a sign that says: 'Do not disturb' I need one that says: 'Already disturbed, proceed with caution.'" – Anon

• May everyone who is participating in this Dialogue Week across the Archdiocese in preparation for the Diocesan Synod will feel a sense of hope as they share deeply and prayerfully.

• May this day, marking the beginning of the 5th year of the Russian -Ukrainian war, unite us in fervent prayer for peace and justice, reconciliation and also consolation for all traumatised.

Reflections

• The spirit of the Lord’s Prayer

• Forgiveness

• Daughters and sons of God – Sunday reflection

The Signs Of The Times

• One error and damned forever?

• Values, ethics, fear – Australian women and children in the Al Roj Camp

Musical Reflection

• The Lord's Prayer

Daily perseverance

Just a few thoughts

• Leadership is lifting a person's vision to high sights, the raising of a person's performance to a higher standard, the building of a personality beyond its normal limitations. -- Peter Drucker

• May the strangers in our midst, especially those who are refugees and those whose status is unclear, be welcomed, treated with respect, and given the opportunity to see their dreams fulfilled.

• We pray for the members of our parish community. May we help each other pray more deeply, give more generously, and fast more faithfully through this season of Lent.

Reflections

• What will my life amount to in the end?

• Simple acts

• A time to be tested, renewed and transformed – Sunday reflection

The Signs Of The Times

• First Nations leaders call for national treaty and truth-telling process

• Pope tells priests not to use AI to write homilies

Musical Reflection

• Hold Us Close

The way of love, which is deep, unspectacular, and powerless.

Just a few thoughts

• Watch your thoughts, they become your words; watch your words, they become your actions; watch your actions, they become your habits; watch your habits, they become your character; watch your character, it becomes your destiny. -- Lao Tzu

• May this Dialogue Week, gathering together parishes and ethnic communities, schools and colleges, religious and Church places of care, help make fruitful the Diocesan Synod.

• We pray for all the followers of Jesus. May they relish the gift of Lent and choose to be renewed in faith and mission.

Reflections

• Frank Brennan Homily

• Two Minute Homily

• Temptation – Sunday reflection

The Signs Of The Times

• Reconciliation begins with education

• When Ramadan and Lent overlap, faiths move in parallel

Musical Reflection

• Into the Desert

The company Jesus Kept

Just a few thoughts

• A leader is best when people barely know he exists, when his work is done, his aim fulfilled, they will say: we did it ourselves. -- Lao Tzu

• May all people of every nation and religion may learn to do away with the clenched fist and the wicked word, so that they can feed the hungry and help the oppressed.

• We pray for all whose belief in God has become weak and unsure, that this year’s season of Lent will rekindle their faith and revive their following of Jesus.

Reflections

• But how disconcerting it always is to find Jesus among the bad!

• Transformation

• Jesus Leads the Way – Sunday reflection

The Signs Of The Times

• They did not make their own beds

• There Is More Than Enough

Musical Reflection

• Just A Closer Walk

Why?

Just a few thoughts

• "We become not a melting pot but a beautiful mosaic. Different people, different beliefs, different yearnings, different hopes, different dreams." -- Jimmy Carter

• We pray for a commitment to fasting and penance which brings a holy discipline into our lives so that our hearts are free to love God and our neighbour.

• We pray for world leaders. May this United Nations Day of Social Justice call them to be champions of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights.

Reflections

• A path that is difficult, but ends in joy

• We can all benefit from this form of fasting!

• Demons – next Sunday reflection

The Signs Of The Times

• Pope Leo calls for ‘countercultural’ repentance

• Politicians urged to support repatriation of relatives of ISIS fighters

Musical Reflection

• Be With Me

Our Crosses

Just a few thoughts

• "The good news about computers is that they do what you tell them to do. The bad news is that they do what you tell them to do." -- Ted Nelson

• We pray for each other, that during this season of Lent we may follow Jesus with trust and hope.

• We pray for end to domestic violence. May government and community initiatives to defuse this wave of anger and grievance save many lives.

Reflections

• Take up your cross.

• Taking up the cross daily

• Going Away and Coming Back – Ash Wednesday reflection

The Signs Of The Times

• Abstain from harsh words and rash judgement

• The large story of Lent is of God’s journey with humanity

Musical Reflection

• Led By The Spirit

Life is indeed transient

Just a few thoughts

• The first responsibility of a leader is to define reality. The last is to say thank you. In between, the leader is a servant. -- Max DePree

• May our fasting and other Lenten penances release us from earthly desires and make us more intent on goodness, justice and mercy.

• We pray for the Australian community. May all sectors of society work together in solidarity to forge a national plan to respond to climate danger.

Reflections

• A time for truth rather than make-up

• Even now

• A regeneration of the heart – Ash Wednesday reflection

The Signs Of The Times

• Lent urges us to venture from darkness into the light

• Salt, light and the visit of Isaac Herzog

Musical Reflection

• Ashes

 

Understanding what we see and hear

Just a few thoughts

• "Nothing, Everything, Anything, Something: If you have nothing, then you have everything, because you have the freedom to do anything, without the fear of losing something." -- Jarod Kintz

• Lenten Group Discussion booklets were available at church. It’s years ago since we last came together in groups for Lent. What a pity.
  This year’s focus is on the Adelaide Diocesan Synod 2026. All of us are encouraged to listen, learn, discuss the future of our diocesan church. What a pity this focus is not apparent in our parish. Shouldn’t we take the opportunity to participate as a parish?

Reflections

• Are we also without understanding?

• My fidelity to the Gospel
  
  

• Live the call of Christian discipleship – Sunday reflection

The Signs Of The Times

• Ways to encounter Christ

• Uniting against poverty this Lent

Musical Reflection

• In These Days of Lenten Journey

 

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

Salt of the earth

Just a few thoughts

• When you are content to be simply yourself and don't compare or compete, everybody will respect you. -- Lao Tzu

• May the light of Jesus Christ guide world leaders to do away with the clenched fist and wicked word, with a commitment to feeding the hungry and sheltering the homeless.

• We pray for the leaders and followers of the world’s great faiths. May their steadfast practice of justice, love and peace draw the human family together as one.

Reflections

• Two-Minute Homily

• “You are the salt of the earth…. You are the light of the world.”
  
  

• The hot peppers of the earth – Sunday reflection

The Signs Of The Times

• The Meek Are No Longer Inheriting the Earth

• Hutt St Centre calls for policy changes

Musical Reflection

• Walk in the Light

A time to rest and reflect

Just a few thoughts

• "Don't wait for other people to be loving, giving, compassionate, grateful, forgiving, generous, or friendly... lead the way!" -- Steve Maraboli

• May we, like Jesus, find that quiet place where we can be alone with the Father in prayer.

Reflections

• Seeking shade

• Prayer in the midst of life
  
  

• Salt and Light – Sunday reflection

The Signs Of The Times

• Why is the Australian government hosting the President of Israel?

• Justice Requires Rest for All

Musical Reflection

• Be Still My Soul

Facing the challenges of modern life

Just a few thoughts

• "A clear conscience is a sure sign of a bad memory." -- Mark Twain

• We pray for those who are treated unjustly or cruelty, that they may retain their sense of self-worth and act with dignity throughout their ordeal.

• We pray for the Australian community, that gratitude for the abundance of natural and civic blessings we enjoy will disarm division and overcome every form of injustice

Reflections

• Without our cooperation, his message will not be heard.

• We could pray for the courage to challenge today’s political leaders when justice, goodness and truth are undermined.
  
  

• Light For The World – next Sunday reflection

The Signs Of The Times

• A missed opportunity

• The Forgiveness of Debts

Musical Reflection

• Shine Jesus Shine