Category Reflections

Post containing homilies and lay reflections of interest.

Good Friday

Good Friday feels very different this year. There is no gathering. There is no haunting drum beat calling us to remember. There is no solemn chanting, ‘Behold, the wood of the cross.” There is no veneration of the cross. There…

Holy Thursday

If you knew that you only had one day left to live, what would you choose to do with your time?      

Holy Week and Easter 2020

Last week, Pope Francis gave an Address and a Blessing for the world. In the address, he likened the present global experience to being like the Gospel story of the followers of Jesus in the boat in a violent storm.…

Sunday 29th March 2020

I imagine that most people are hoping that they will be able to cope with the Coronavirus crisis; and that in the end they will survive; and that life will be safer and better with people showing more love and…

Sunday 22nd March 2020

All the Australian people are very aware of the danger posed by the Covid 19 virus now sweeping the world. It is already causing severe disruption in the global economy, as well as various institutions, and not least will also…

Sunday 15th March 2020

This is not the reflection I had planned to give. There is a lot of anxiety, even panic, in our communities today. The Covid 19 Coronavirus has caused global disruption on an unprecedented scale. Whole communities have been shut down…