Greater love has no man than this, that a man lay down his life for his friends. - John 15:13 There is something about driving in traffic that brings out my least merciful side. All of a sudden many of my fellow drivers become highly unlovable creatures and I find myself asking my steering wheel … Continue reading ADORATION LENTEN REFLECTION – WEEK 6
"When the righteous cry for help, the Lord hears and delivers them from all their troubles" - Psalm 34:17 Who are the righteous?Righteous is a word that gets a bad rap, self-righteous immediately springs to mind, as well as pharisaical and smug and sanctimonious. But righteous, like many words, has kind of lost it's real … Continue reading ADORATION LENTEN REFLECTION – WEEK 5
Blessed are the merciful, for they will be shown mercy. - Matthew 5:7 Mercy: compassion or forgiveness shown towards someone whom it is within one's power to punish or harm. Lent is a season in which it is easy to develop a punitive attitude to one’s self. “Dang! I failed at my fast - again…I am … Continue reading Adoration Lenten Reflection – Week 4
Wait for the Lord; be strong and take heart and wait for the Lord. - Psalm 27:14 This line forms the last verse of a psalm composed by Judah’s King David – with its famous opening verse The LORD is my light and my salvation—whom shall I fear? Psalm 27 has an interesting “voice” and mood. It is … Continue reading Adoration Lenten Reflection – Week 3
“ He took with him Peter and the two sons of Zebedee, and began to be grieved and agitated.Then he said to them, “I am deeply grieved, even to death; remain here, and stay awake with me.” And going a little farther, he threw himself on the ground and prayed, "My Father, if it is possible, let … Continue reading Rosary Reflections – The First Sorrowful Mystery
"At that time Jesus was led by the Spirit into the desert to be tempted by the devil"- Matthew 4:1 What has the Gospel of Matthew got to do with the German fairy story of Rumpelstiltskin? I didn’t know either, until I started writing, but it goes something like this. When we pray the ‘Our Father’, … Continue reading Adoration Lenten Reflection – Week 2
“Nothing in all of creation can ever separate us from the love of God.” - Romans 8:39 In 1930, after his conversion to Christianity, TS Elliot wrote several poems of Lent, I found that this one from Ash Wednesday - Part 6 really speak to me about this week. “This is the time of tension between … Continue reading Adoration Lenten Reflection – Week 1
This Lent we are inviting you to pray in solidarity with others during the season. In every Church and Chapel, the Lord is waiting for us to come and spend time with Him, either in adoration before the Blessed Sacrament or simply before the Tabernacle. Our challenge is to take some time out of our … Continue reading A Lenten Invitation
We live in a time of polarisation. It seems to be felt wherever you look and not even just "out there" in the culture, but also within our own church. As Christ said "Every kingdom divided against itself is laid waste, and not city or house divided against itself will stand." (Matthew 12:25) We cannot … Continue reading Unam – Lent 2023
Last month we unexpectedly lost a dear friend of ours here at Anima, Louisa Ashton. In fact she was a dear friend to many, especially across the Catholic community of Melbourne. She had many struggles and disappointments in her life which were magnified more so in the last few years. Sometimes, dreams, drive and all … Continue reading What do you seek? – The ponderings on the life of a friend.
