Mothers Day

Just a few thoughts

·       We pray for mothers on this Mothers’ Day, whose dedication, faithfulness and generous spirit shapes their families, that they may build communities of love.

·       "When your mother asks, 'Do you want a piece of advice?' it's a mere formality. It doesn't matter if you answer yes or no. You're going to get it anyway." -- Erma Bombeck

·       Mothers Day Liturgy

Reflections

ü Australian Women Preach

ü Sunday homily – Frank Brennan

ü The Comforter, the Spirit of truth and the Spirit of love

The Signs Of The Times

Ø Vinnies Winter Appeal

Ø Bishops encourage Catholics to read and discuss Uluru Statement

Ø About online safety issues

Musical Reflection

¯  On This Day Oh Beautiful Mother

¯  God of Eve and God of Mary

¯  Holy Spirit come to us

Christianity and Secular Society

Just a few thoughts

·       Literature adds to reality, it does not simply describe it. It enriches the necessary competencies that daily life requires and provides; and in this respect, it irrigates the deserts that our lives have already become. -- C. S. Lewis

·       Experience is not what happens to you; it is what you do with what happens to you. -- Aldous Huxley

·       This day and every day tens of people will die for their Christian faith.

Reflections

ü Dismantling the ego is dangerous work.

ü When any of these things happen, then we know we have really failed the Gospel.

ü Sunday reflection -- Loving the Lord and Keeping Your Conscience Clear

The Signs Of The Times

Ø Catholic organisations respond to Budget with praise and criticism

Ø Church leaders engage with First Nations culture in Sydney meeting

Ø Tweeting with God

Musical Reflection

¯  The Magnificat - All that I am

¯  Holy Spirit Come

¯  Halle, Halle, Halleluja

The 10 Commandments Plus

Just a few thoughts

·       "Dream big, but allow yourself the opportunity to start small, and have your share of struggles in the beginning. The world's greatest composers weren't writing symphonies the day they first sat at a piano." -- Kevin O'Rourke

·       You can’t turn back the clock. But you can wind it up again. -- Bonnie Prudden

·       May all burdened by worry and anxiety find in Christ hope, freedom, and peace

Reflections

ü “The fourth degree of love”

ü Being productive in love, in caring, in justice, in compassion, in building up the world of the Kingdom.

ü Sunday reflection - God With Us

The Signs Of The Times

Ø Letting Go with Ease

Ø New website and companion book answer the big questions

Musical Reflection

¯  I Will Never Forget You, My People (Isaiah 49)

¯  God Will Take Care of You

Love and War

Just a few thoughts

·       "Hope is like the sun. If you only believe in it when you see it, you'll never make it through the night." -- Leia Organa

·       "A good friend is a connection to life - a tie to the past, a road to the future, the key to sanity in a totally insane world." -- Lois Wyse

·       May God turn our hearts from violence, end the bloodshed in Sudan, Ukraine, and our city streets, and protect all who are vulnerable in our society.

·       Christ must despair at times at what we are doing to each other

Reflections

ü Last Sunday- The vital imperative to tell and to accept the truth

ü ‘Abiding’ in the love of Christ

ü Coming Sunday- Things Invisible

The Signs Of The Times

Ø Fit for a purpose

Ø World Youth Day prep advice from pope: Speak to your grandparents

Ø Caritas Australia welcomes Government’s $6m commitment to Sudan

Musical Reflection

¯  Kyrie Eleison

¯  Come Down O Love Divine

Being branches of the vine

Just a few thoughts

·       "Hope is like the sun. If you only believe in it when you see it, you'll never make it through the night." -- Leia Organa

·       "A good friend is a connection to life - a tie to the past, a road to the future, the key to sanity in a totally insane world." -- Lois Wyse

·       We pray for all who work in the field of artificial intelligence, that they will pledge to respect ethical norms safeguarding human freedom.

Reflections

ü The vine is the branches!

ü If the branch does not bear fruit…

ü “Make your home in me, as I make mine in you.”

The Signs Of The Times

Ø Frank Brennan and an Indigenous Voice to Parliament

Ø Increased demand for frontline services

Ø Diocesan Pastoral Council setting goals for 2023

Musical Reflection

¯  The King of Love My Shepherd Is

¯  Come to Me

Waging peace

Just a few thoughts

·       "We are spiritual beings having a human experience, not human beings having a spiritual experience." -- Pierre Teilhard de Chardin

·       Making better choices takes work. There is a daily give and take, but it is worth the effort. -- Tom Rath

·       We pray for nations devastated by now forgotten natural disasters, that they will keep receiving the aid they need to recover and rebuild.

Reflections

ü Sunday reflection -- A culture of encounter

ü There Is a Season for Everything

ü Good News seemingly does not increase ratings

The Signs Of The Times

Ø Leading a Church Without Walls-[2021]

Musical Reflection

¯  Hallelujah Is Our Song

¯  Let There Be Peace On Earth

Good News for all nations

Just a few thoughts

·       "The life you have left is a gift. Cherish it. Enjoy it now, to the fullest. Do what matters, now." -- Leo Babauta

·       Peace is a daily, a weekly, a monthly process, gradually changing opinions, slowly eroding old barriers, quietly building new structures. -- John F Kennedy

·       We pray for all who have devoted their lives to the work of peace, that with God’s help they will hasten the end of bloodshed in every theatre of war.

Reflections

ü Sunday Homily – Frank Brennan

ü Our Need To Belong

ü You are in God and God is in you.

The Signs Of The Times

Ø A Deep Tranquillity

Ø History is calling all of us forward

Ø ABORIGINAL BLESSING (Elizabeth Pike)
May you stand as tall as a tree
Be as gentle as the morning mist
And as strong as the earth under your feet.
May the warmth of the campfire
Be in your heart and mind
And may the Creator Spirit
of our traditional owners
Always watch over you.

Musical Reflection

¯  Miserere

¯  Love Goes On

¯  Paloma Blanca