Sat 1
Today reflect on the ways you find God’s love living at unexpected addresses in the ordinary streets of your parish.
| Sun 2 PALM SUNDAY My God, my God, why have you abandoned me?
Read the passion quietly this week.
| Mon 3 As we begin Holy Week, may we remember our Jewish friends and give thanks for their faith and wisdom, which has so much to offer our world today.
| Tues 4 Suffering Servant - (Isaiah 49) As I experience pain and hurt in my own life. Teach me through my sufferings. Let me learn and grow through them.
| Wed 5 “One of you is about to betray me” Mt 26:21 May we stand strong and confident, trusting in God in the face of betrayal.
| HOLY THURSDAY 6 I gave you my supper, I gave you my sustenance, I gave you my life, I gave you me. I gave you EUCHARIST. |
GOOD FRIDAY 7
Contemplate Jesus being lifted up on the cross and hanging there before all the people passing by.
| HOLY SATURDAY 8 Jesus help us to listen before speaking, to respect and understand the opinions of others and to trust each other with openness and vulnerability | EASTER SUNDAY 9
“ALLELUIA,ALLELUIA ALLELUIA” The Lord is risen let us rejoice and be glad.
| Easter Mon 10 Listen for Gods voice in everything you do and everywhere you go: God is the one that will keep you on track. Proverbs 3:6
| Easter Tues 11
Do not go where the path may lead. Go instead where there is no path and leave a trail.
| Easter Wed 12 Risen Jesus lead me to Easter moments. Clear my mind and open my heart so I can see the surprising little joys that are waiting to greet me today.
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Easter Thurs 13 Sit with Jesus in prayer and receive Jesus’ offer of peace. The moment we choose peace, it is ours.
| Easter Fri 14 Live in the Sunshine, Swim in the Sea, Drink the wild air (Breath of the Spirit)
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When we find ourselves anxious, lonely and left out – Be with us Lord Jesus
| Sun 16 Take an Awe walk using your 5 senses, around your garden being mindful of the beauty of God’s creation.
| Mon 17 St Ignatius said that love ought to be shown in deeds rather than in words. If your deeds could speak, what statement did you make in the past 24 hours?
| Tues 18 Sit outside in nature and take some deep breaths. Free yourself from the burden of the past you cannot change. Just Let Go
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Wed 19 When you arise each morning think of what a privilege it is to be alive, to think, to love and pray. | Thurs 20 Invite Jesus into your boat of life. “Then Jesus got into the boat with them, and the wind ceased. And they were astonished.”
| Fri 21 There is something profoundly Eucharistic in the experience of a family meal when we come together regularly.
| Sat 22 If you think you are too small to make a difference, try sleeping with a mosquito! Dalai Lama
| Sun 23 Sit quietly with something from nature (a plant, a tree, clouds) and just be with this part of creation and let it speak to you. | Mon 24 An eye for and eye makes the whole world BLIND.GANDHI
Let the beauty we love be what we do. RUMI
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ANZAC DAY Tues 25 We will remember them. We pray for all Australians and New Zealanders, who are longing for peace, freedom and justice.
| Wed 26 St Mark Love is doing everything you can to help others build whatever dreams they have.
| Thurs 27 The greatest gifts angels give us is their ability to keep discovering new disguises in which to appear at our door.
| Fri 28 St Peter Chanel Plant some seeds, nurture them and watch God’s love Grow!
| Sat 29 St Catherine of Siena “God’s endless love embraces our human weaknesses”. Lord may I always serve you like St Catherine.
| Sun 30
Read John 10:1-10 What message may Jesus be offering you at present through this parable? |
