Just a few thoughts
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"Never go to sleep without a request to
your subconscious." -- Thomas Edison
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The change to our Constitution will rectify over
120 years of explicit exclusion and omission in Australia's founding document.
-- Mark Dreyfus
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May economic systems be thoroughly reformed for
all to share fairly in the world’s wealth, resources and power.
Reflections
ü Father,
into your hands I commit my spirit
Just a few thoughts
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For the things we have to learn before we can do
them, we learn by doing them. – Aristotle
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"...smiles are the foundation of
beauty." -- Edgar Rice Burroughs
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We pray for children around the world whose
lives have been disrupted by war and poverty. May they recover from their
trauma and regain their childhood
Reflections
ü Making
society a place guided by the principles and values of the Kingdom.
ü The
Richness of the Mystery of God
Ø Bishops
Conference launches Laudato Si’ Action Plan
Just a few thoughts
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You can’t put a limit on anything. The more you
dream, the farther you get. -- Michael Phelps
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"The best way to get started is to get
started. Life rewards action... not reaction. Wait for nothing. Attack
life." -- Dave Kekich
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May World Environment Day call us all to care
for the one world God has entrusted to us
Reflections
ü The
Trinity - And
love came in to set us free.
Ø From
Rome - Indigenous rights
and reconciliation efforts in Australia
Please note the meeting really starts about 14 minutes into the video
Just a few thoughts
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The joy of life is becoming a person you are
proud of. -- Bill Orender
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"The moment will arrive when you are
comfortable with who you are, and what you are - bald or old or fat or poor,
successful or struggling - when you don't feel the need to apologize for
anything or to deny anything. To be comfortable in your own skin is the
beginning of strength." -- Charles Handy
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We pray for one another in our worshipping
community. May everyone be blessed with the grace of Christ, the love of God
and the fellowship of the Holy Spirit.
Reflections
ü The
Trinity is living in us and we in the Trinity
ü The
lure of the unimaginable
Ø The
Voice will enrich Australia’s democratic conversation
Ø Trinity:
God the Father, Son and Holy Spirit
Just a few thoughts
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In the end, it’s not the years in your life that
count. It’s the life in your years. -- Abraham Lincoln
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"Character is the ability to carry out a
good resolution long after the excitement of the moment has passed." --
Cavett Robert
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We pray for the First Nations peoples of
Australia and the Islands of the Torres Strait, that this year’s observance of
Mabo Day will deepen their bond with the land.
Reflections
ü Sunday
Reflection - Believe
and Be Saved
Ø Australian
Indigenous leader in the Vatican for week-long visit
Ø Profit-at-all-costs
is not a good business model: Pope Francis
¯ Praise God From Whom All
Blessings Flow
¯ Lead us heavenly Father,
lead us
¯ O Wisdom
Just a few thoughts
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"Stand up for what you believe in, even if
you stand alone." -- Suzy Kassem
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"I have seen what a laugh can do. It can
transform almost unbearable tears into something bearable, even hopeful."
-- Bob Hope
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We pray for people who are blind and those with
partial or failing eyesight, that they will have courage, and those who meet
with them be courteous and helpful.
Reflections
ü Why curse a tree for not
having what it could not have at that time?
ü Reflection
for Trinity Sunday - The God
of Revelation
Just a few thoughts
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In a gentle way, you can shake the world. --
Mahatma Gandhi
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"Ask yourself: What grand goals would
inspire me every minute of every day? What would I do with my life if I were
playing full-out? If I were thinking big -- and even bigger than that! -- what
dream would I commit to fulfilling?" -- Dr. Gay Hendricks
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May the peacekeepers of the United Nation achieve their mission of defusing conflict and
creating a climate of peace.
Reflections
ü Last
Sunday Reflection - The
transcendent, all-pervasive immanence of God at Pentecost
Ø Vatican
releases guidelines on ‘how to love your neighbour’ on social media
