https://www.abc.net.au/religion/act-takeover-of-calvary-hospital-overrides-freedom-of-conscience/102356586 Sounds like a stupid takeover by pro-abortion ideologues in Canberra's state government. It's a wonder the Federal government cannot intervene to overturn it. To understand how things got to such a 'point of no return' we need to first critically examine one major current area of concern and then follow on from that with…
An Anecdotal Commentary on the Ecumenical Thematics of Sir Charles Windsor’s Swearing-In Ceremony
Sir Charles Windsor at his swearing-in ceremony greeting representatives of various faith traditions. And so of this weekend just gone, we now officially have a new CPM - Commonwealth Prime Minister, which is interesting on a number of fronts because there is a blatant political statement in all of this which does an immense amount…
It’s Been a While
It's been a while since I've posted here, primarily because everything else has been pretty much grabbing my attention non-stop since the start of the year and I have not as yet had the chance to post those few articles which I have been meaning to upload here for the Lord's will has been elsewhere…
And So Easter Is Upon Us
It would do us well to meditate on this scene: For this says much about how our days have been, both leading up to this time, and now that we are in it, this scene has much to teach us about the time we are in. It shows us that there is an intricate relationship…
A Mother’s Love & The Sign of Contradiction
This was originally written during Lent as a meditation reflection for the lead-up to Easter. I have discerned the need to publish it here to demonstrate how crucial the insights and graces we receive during Lent actually are in relation to how we comprehend the experience and meaning of Easter. Today, Saturday 11th March I…
Reflection on a Reading from Sirach 15:15-20
"If you will, you can keep the commandments, they will save you; if you trust in God, you too shall live. He has placed before you fire and water: stretch out your hand for which ever you wish. Before a man are life and death, good and evil, and whichever he chooses will be given…
The Year That Was
2022 may not have been a Leap Year, a St Oswald's Year * as Olympian Years usually are, but it sure was one of the strangest post-pandemic years thus far..... Let's take a look at how the year unfolded in a most unconventional patterning of events: • The awful rumours of a jekel & hyde…
Our Tribute – In Memoriam
Pope Emeritus Benedict XVI (1927-2022) Photo courtesy of Receive the Power: World Youth Day Sydney Australia 2008 Photo Gallery (Courtesy of The New York Times, https://www.nytimes.com/2022/12/31/world/europe/pope-benedict-funeral.html) (Courtesy YouCat, 2011) (Courtesy CNN, https://www.cnn.com/2022/12/31/europe/gallery/life-in-photos-pope-benedict-xvi/index.html) (Courtesy James Hill forThe New York Times https://www.nytimes.com/2022/12/31/world/europe/pope-benedict-photos.html) (Courtesy of YouCat, 2011) (Courtesy Receive the Power: World Youth Day Sydney Australia 2008 )…
“The Time of the End is the Time of No Room”
~ Yet freedom, yet Thy banner, torn but flying, streams like the thunderstorm, against the wind ~ (From the acclaimed television series Against the Wind, Pegasus Productions, 1978) Thomas Merton says rather prolifically in the context of a chapter title from one of his perhaps lesser known yet marvelous works Raids on the Unspeakable, that…
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