When bad things happen to us we are apt to spend a great deal of time being angry at what has taken place – especially if we feel that what has happened is unjust, unfair or unreasonable.

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World leaders, including Pope Francis, have sent messages of condolence to King Charles III on the death of Queen Elizabeth II. Pope Francis said he joined everyone who mourned her loss “in praying for the late Queen’s eternal rest, and in paying tribute to her life of unstinting service to the good of the Nation and the Commonwealth, her example of devotion to duty, her steadfast witness of faith in Jesus Christ and her firm hope in his promises.”

The three parables which form the Gospel this week share a common pattern: loss, finding, celebration. Jesus tells these parables in the context of a shared meal with the ‘tax collectors and sinners’.

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Carmelite Provincials and delegates from the Provinces are gathering in Rome for a General Congregation of the Order. The meeting is taking place from 5 September to 16 September at Villa Aurelia, near the Vatican in Rome.

The Carmelites and the Parish of Port Melbourne/Middle Park are seeking a Maintenance Manager (0.4TE).

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There is very little that is real in so-called ‘reality TV’. We know that, in fact, situations and circumstances are highly contrived and rather artificial. People are deliberately set up to fail, tensions are fuelled and contestants often exploited emotionally and physically.

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It’s no accident that the Gospels contain many instances of shared meals, weddings feasts and miraculous feeding. In the Scriptures, meals always have something to do with the great meal – the eternal wedding feast.

The Australian Catholic Bishops Social Justice Statement, Respect: Confronting Violence and Abuse, points out that the roots of domestic and family violence “lie in the abuse of power to control and dominate others” and that “this stands in contrast to the relationships to which God calls us”.