Finding light in the darkness
Violence can be random and unexpected with devastating outcomes for the victims and their loved ones.
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The Good Shepherd’s promise
This week’s readings highlight how knowing Christ can change people. The first reading shows how the Resurrection and the presence of the Holy Spirit transformed Peter. Now, he heals as Jesus did and preaches as Jesus preached.
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Jokes 17/4
After a long and successful career as a small business owner, a man decides he wants to devote the rest of his life to God, so he joins a seminary and studies to be a priest. A few years later after his ordination he is assigned to a parish. One Saturday afternoon he was about to hear confessions when he met an old friend from his former life.
Putting others first
The tragic deaths of seven aid workers including an Australian woman in Gaza last week highlights the dangers of working in war zones. It also highlights the selfless nature of people who want to help others, no matter the risk to their own personal safety.
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Called to be prophetic witnesses
To his Nazi captors, Polish priest and Conventual Franciscan friar Maximilian Kolbe was prisoner number 16670. But to Franciszek Gajowniczczek, his fellow inmate in Auschwitz, Maximilian was much more and his sacrifice would change his life forever.
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Jokes 10/4
Following Mass one Sunday morning, a thoughtless parishioner tossed a cigarette butt into the garden. Spotting the smouldering bush, the parish priest pulled out his mobile phone and called the fire department.
Holding on to the Easter message
Easter has come and gone. We witnessed the tragedy of Jesus’ death on Good Friday and then rejoiced in His resurrection three days later.
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Communities of love and faith
L’Arche is an international federation of communities where people with and without an intellectual disability share life and build community together. L’Arche, a French word for ‘the Ark’, seeks to create homes rooted in the Christian gospel but open to all, where people live a simple life of work, care, prayer and celebration.
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Jokes 3/4
A couple in a small town want to have children but the wife is having trouble falling pregnant, so they go to see their local parish priest. The priest tells them their timing is spot on as his archbishop has ordered him to Rome for 10 years, and he’s leaving tomorrow.
So much to be happy about
The 1988 song by Bobby McFerrin ‘Don’t Worry Be Happy’ was an international hit. How could it not be with a catchy jingle and inspiring words like:
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