‘Forgiveness is a high-point of Christian prayer’.

Just a few thoughts

·       May the global church be a well-spring of life for all in search of beauty, truth and goodness.

·       "Never stop investing. Never stop improving. Never stop doing something new. Make it your goal to be better each and every day, in some small way. Remember the Japanese concept of Kaizen. Small daily improvements eventually result in huge advantages." -- Bob Parsons

·       May we forgive from the heart anyone and everyone who has offended us, upset us, or treated us with disrespect.

Reflections

ü Sunday Homily - God's thirst

ü The woman at the well

ü Mahatma Gandhi:  “Forgiveness is the attribute of the strong.”

The Signs Of The Times

Ø Prayer Leads to Purpose

Ø A deep tranquillity

Ø Write a Will today for justice and dignity.

Musical Reflection

¯  O Beauty, Ever Ancient

¯  O Christ, Bright Sun of Justice, Rise

Broadening Our Minds

Just a few thoughts

·       To be great, be whole;

Exclude nothing, exaggerate nothing that is not you.

Be whole in everything.

Put all you are

into the smallest thing you do.

So, in each lake, the moon shines with splendour...

     Fernando Pessoa

·       May Pope Francis whom the Holy Spirit chose to lead the Church in the way of Jesus Christ - the way of mercy, tenderness and inclusion, be filled with every spiritual blessing.

Reflections

ü Sunday Homily – Frank Brennan

ü Deciding For Life

ü Evil and Ego

The Signs Of The Times

Ø Mary MacKillop Precinct  this year.

Ø Stay in your own home for longer!

Ø Via Dolorosa

Musical Reflection

¯  Jerusalem My Destiny

¯  Shelter Me

I am he.

Just a few thoughts

·       "If you want to change somebody, don't preach to him. Set an example and shut up." -- Jack LaLanne

·       "The difference between what you were yesterday and what you will be tomorrow is what you do today." -- Stephen Pierce

·       For all who are confused, deceived and misled by social media, that they will find their way to the unfailing wisdom of Christ.

Reflections

ü Australian Women Preach

ü Sunday Homily - Cravings

ü Images for Lent

The Signs Of The Times

Ø Australian Catholics magazine gets a makeover

Ø Faith communities, elders unite to help solve Alice Springs youth crisis

Musical Reflection

¯  Come To The Water

¯  Again We Keep This Solemn Fast

'Prodigal Father'

Just a few thoughts

·       If your success is not on your own terms, if it looks good to the world but does not feel good in your heart, it is not success at all. -- Anna Quindlen

·       "The most beautiful people we have known are those who have known defeat, known suffering, known struggle, known loss, and have found their way out of the depths. These persons have an appreciation, a sensitivity, and an understanding of life that fills them with compassion, gentleness, and a deep loving concern. Beautiful people do not just happen." -- Elisabeth Kuebler-Ross

·       May the forgiving love of the father be a model for us when we are hurt by others so that we are truly merciful.

Reflections

ü This was warm and whole-hearted forgiveness – which is the only kind there is.

ü Sunday Reflection - Don’t Keep Calm

ü Sunday Reflection - A Worthless Woman

The Signs Of The Times

Ø St Vincent de Paul Society installs new national leader

Ø Waiting For The Angel To Come

Ø MacKa Moments for Lent

Musical Reflection

¯  Return to God

¯  Living Water

Has God left the building?

Just a few thoughts

·       Darkness cannot drive out darkness: only light can do that. Hate cannot drive out hate: only love can do that. -- Martin Luther King Jr

·       "To live an extraordinary life, you must resist an ordinary approach." -- Frank McKinney

·       We pray for Ukrainian and Russian parents whose soldier sons have been killed in battle, that the grief they share may bear fruit in peace.

Reflections

ü The glorified humanity of Jesus in the Transfiguration

ü The vineyard

ü Sunday Reflection  - Softening the Heart

The Signs Of The Times

Ø Stations of the Cross – from the Synod of Bishops

Ø International Women’s Day – Reflections Across Generations

Ø Happy International Women’s Day.

Musical Reflection

¯  Come To The Water

¯  Jesus Met the Woman at the Well [great presentation, but poor sound quality]

The needs around us.

Just a few thoughts

·       "Life can be much broader once you discover one simple fact: Everything around you that you call life was made up by people that were no smarter than you. And you can change it, you can influence it... Once you learn that, you'll never be the same again." -- Steve Jobs

·       "Every night before you go to bed write down three things good that happened to you that day. That's pretty much all it takes to get a happiness boost over time." -- Eric Barker

·       We pray for hearts made sincere by God, so that our thoughts and actions will not be devious, bringing harm to others.

Reflections

ü Friendship with God

ü Lost Innocence

ü Lazarus was simply invisible to him

The Signs Of The Times

Ø Reflecting on: Employment

Ø Daring to intrude in the dismal science

Musical Reflection

¯  Again We Keep This Solemn Fast

¯  Stations of the Cross with Taize Chant

The Son of Man came not to be served but to serve.

Just a few thoughts

·       "The only one who can tell you 'you can't win' is you and you don't have to listen." -- Jessica Ennis

·       The reason why we have two ears and only one mouth is so we might listen more and talk less. -- Zeno of Elea

·       May those who in the Church are fired with a selfish ambition for power, money or honours, heed the call of Pope Francis and seek to be humble in the service of God’s people.

Reflections

ü Different Kinds of Glory

ü A life well lived

ü Running for the top posts!

The Signs Of The Times

Ø International Women's Day

Ø The Francis Revolution: Over the past 10 years, the pope has recovered the church’s true power

Ø The Feelings of God

Musical Reflection

¯  O Sacred Head Surrounded

¯  Again We Keep This Solemn Fast