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Monday, July 19, 2021

Teacher, we wish to see a sign from you.

Just a few thoughts

· "Make someone smile every day. But never forget that you are someone too." -- Tamara Kulish

Reflection.

ü Sunday Homily -- Fr Frank Brennan

ü Come away and rest awhile -- Sunday Homily

The Signs Of The Times

Ø Acts: Knowledge on Fire -- Fr Richard Rohr

Musical Reflection

¯ Lead Me, Lord

¯ Many and One

Bits & Pieces

v 2017 -- Archaeological dig in Kakadu National Park extends Aboriginal peoples time in Australia to 65,000 to 80,000 years ago

v 1869 -- Prince Alfred College

Sunday, July 18, 2021

Dwell in the house of the Lord

Just a few thoughts

· Discuss compassion versus power as attributes of leadership.

· We pray for all Christian pastors, that like Christ the good shepherd they will feed their flocks with inspired teaching. -- Lord, hear us.

Reflection.

ü The needs of the crowd came first; he was not forming the Twelve into an élite whose needs took precedence over everything

ü Shepherding

The Signs Of The Times

Ø Searching for God Among Many Voices

Ø The fraying of judicial nerves in migration cases -- Eureka Street

Musical Reflection

¯ Lead Me, Lord

¯ I Heard the Voice of Jesus Say

Bits & Pieces

v Nelson Mandela International Day

v 1868 - Willunga

v 1925 -- Shirley Strickland, Australian athlete (Olympic gold 80m hurdles 1952, 56; 4 x 100m relay 1956), born in Sydney, Australia (d. 2004)

v 1814 -- Matthew Flinders, English navigator and cartographer who was 1st to circumnavigate Australia, dies from kidney disease at 40

Saturday, July 17, 2021

In the formation of conscience the Word of God is the light for our path.

Just a few thoughts

· We pray for parish communities around Australia, that they will treasure the gift of Sun-day Mass and be well nourished at the tables of word and sacrament. -- Lord, hear us.

· How good life is when one does something good and just! -- Fyodor Dostoyevsky

Reflection.

ü Living Space

ü Reflection with Fr. Michael Kelly

The Signs Of The Times

Ø Luke’s Good News: God’s Justice -- Ron Rolheiser

Ø Migration - A heart open to the whole world

Musical Reflection

¯ Beatitudes -- Audio only

¯ Eucharist Song

Bits & Pieces

¯ 1717 - George Frideric Handel's "Water Music" premieres on the river Thames in London

v 1814 - Matthew Flinders publishes "A Voyage to Terra Australis", detailing his circumnavigation of Australia, first to name the continent Australia. He dies a day later.

v 1981 - Humber Estuary Bridge in UK opens, world's longest span (1.4 km)

Friday, July 16, 2021

The appearances of religion V its substance

Just a few thoughts

· Oh dear, no singing in church again this weekend. Uncertain times just keep hanging around. I wish that we were all vaccinated, but only 9% of us so far have had the 2 jabs. That probably needs to be 90%

· We pray for farm workers across the land, especially those on temporary visas, that they and their employers will put safe working conditions first. -- Lord, hear us.

· Be truthful, gentle, and fearless. -- Mahatma Gandhi

Reflection.

ü Legalism and small-mindedness can very easily infect our Catholic life.

ü Reflection with Fr. Michael Kelly

ü The Hills and Dales of Life: Carmelite Spirituality

The Signs Of The Times

Ø 'Invisible homelessness' message hits close to home -- CathNews

Ø Catholic bodies produce anti-slavery reports -- CathNews

Musical Reflection

¯ Glory to God from "Mass of Joy and Peace"

¯ "Take and Eat"

¯ A Rightful Place

Bits & Pieces

v 1945: Detonation of the first atomic bomb, New Mexico USA

v 1929 -- Colonel Light’s Survey

Thursday, July 15, 2021

You will find rest for your souls

Just a few thoughts

· We pray for those kept apart from loved ones because of COVID travel restrictions, especially those who are gravely ill, that the pain of their separation will soon ease. -- Lord, hear us.

· Cardinal Franz König, former Archbishop of Vienna, was one of the leading bishops of the Second Vatican Council and remained a staunch supporter of its central vision, especially its focus on ecumenism and the outreach of the Church to the world. His vision:

‘The Church of Christ must be an inviting Church,
a Church with open doors,
a warming, motherly Church of all generations,
a Church of the dead, the living and the unborn,
a Church of those before us, those with us, and those after us,
a Church of understanding and sympathy, thinking with us, sharing our joy and sorrow,
a Church that laughs with the people and cries with the people,
a Church that is not foreign and does not act that way,
a human Church,
a Church for us,
a Church that, like a mother, can wait for her children,
a Church who looks for her children and follows them,
a Church that visits the people where they are, at work or at play, at the factory gate and at the football stadium, and within the four walls of the home,
a Church of those in the shadow, of those who weep, of those who grieve,
a Church of the worthy, but also of the unworthy, of the saints and the sinners,
a Church not of pious pronouncements, but of silent helping action.’