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The need for watchfulness and the coming of Christ turn our attention to the end of the liturgical year and the proximity of Advent. The wise bridesmaids in the parable are examples to us of this readiness we must all cultivate. If you would like to contact me to provide feedback, suggestions  or to ask questions you can do this via email: [email protected] Also if you would like to support me in this work, please send me an email and I will provide details for how you can make a donation.  Music by TheNonVisibles from Pixabay

The festival of all the saints in heaven begins the month of November.  Today is a day of great rejoicing as we honour and revere all our brothers and sisters who have arrived in heaven. It's not just that they have reached the destination that God desires for every human person, but that, now they are there they intercede for us so that we may join them!  Praised be God in His angels and in His Saints If you would like to contact me to provide feedback, suggestions  or to ask questions you can do this via email: [email protected] Also if you would like to support me in this work, please send me an email and I will provide details for how you can make a donation.  Music by TheNonVisibles from Pixabay

How easy it is to memorise the greatest commandments of the Christian Life! But how much harder to live them. Yet, Our Lord expects this of us and demonstrated it to us in His passion, death and resurrection. He helps us by His grace to fulfill His command. If you would like to contact me to provide feedback, suggestions  or to ask questions you can do this via email: [email protected] Also if you would like to support me in this work, please send me an email and I will provide details for how you can make a donation.  Music by TheNonVisibles from Pixabay

Today is the 100th World Mission Sunday. In the gospel Jesus refers to all humanity being made in the image of God. This is the foundation of our unity, what spurs us to charity and places upon us the task of mission. The sacraments sustain us in all we do. If you would like to contact me to provide feedback, suggestions  or to ask questions you can do this via email: [email protected] Also if you would like to support me in this work, please send me an email and I will provide details for how you can make a donation.  Music by TheNonVisibles from Pixabay

The parable of this Sunday is the workers hired at different hours of the day and set to work in the vineyard. All are paid the same wage no matter how many hours they worked. This is a parable to teach us about the generous compassion of God. How fortunate we are! If you would like to contact me to provide feedback, suggestions  or to ask questions you can do this via email: [email protected] Also if you would like to support me in this work, please send me an email and I will provide details for how you can make a donation.  Music by TheNonVisibles from Pixabay

The parable of the two servants, one of whom lacks mercy and forgiveness, is a clear demonstration of how abundant and every ready is God's love, expressed in mercy and forgiveness.  The story of Bl. Imelda Lambertini is amazing, and she focuses our attention on the divine love present in the Blessed Sacrament and Holy Communion. If you would like to contact me to provide feedback, suggestions  or to ask questions you can do this via email: [email protected] Also if you would like to support me in this work, please send me an email and I will provide details for how you can make a donation.  Music by TheNonVisibles from Pixabay

Christ's commandment to love one another as He has loved us is the basis of the way we treat each other. It also leads us to have a sense of responsibility for each other; to help each other grow in holiness and get to heaven. If you would like to contact me to provide feedback, suggestions  or to ask questions you can do this via email: [email protected] Also if you would like to support me in this work, please send me an email and I will provide details for how you can make a donation.  Music by TheNonVisibles from Pixabay

St Peter receives an uncomfortable revelation from Our Lord, namely, suffering is the way to eternal life. It is the same for all of us, and so, trust in God is crucial to the Christian life. If you would like to contact me to provide feedback, suggestions  or to ask questions you can do this via email: [email protected] Also if you would like to support me in this work, please send me an email and I will provide details for how you can make a donation.  Music by TheNonVisibles from Pixabay

Matthew 16 is an important chapter for Catholics. It shows us that Jesus chooses Peter to be His vicar on earth. We understand, through unfailing teaching throughout the centuries, Jesus meant what He said and says what He means. If you would like to contact me to provide feedback, suggestions  or to ask questions you can do this via email: [email protected] Also if you would like to support me in this work, please send me an email and I will provide details for how you can make a donation.  Music by TheNonVisibles from Pixabay

Salvation is available for all who want it. The essence of the Church's existence is the salvation of souls, that is, bringing souls to Christ so that they may freely choose the salvation won for us and offered to all.  But, that's a task for the whole Church and for every member. We must become missionary disciples. If you would like to contact me to provide feedback, suggestions  or to ask questions you can do this via email: [email protected] Also if you would like to support me in this work, please send me an email and I will provide details for how you can make a donation.  Music by TheNonVisibles from Pixabay

St Peter knew what it was like to reach out to Christ in the midst of difficulty and to receive His help. No doubt, he did his more than once in his life. We too have to do this so that we remain close to Him, who has suffered for us. St Mary of the Cross (Mackillop), our first Australian saint, is an outstanding example of this too. If you would like to contact me to provide feedback, suggestions  or to ask questions you can do this via email: [email protected] Also if you would like to support me in this work, please send me an email and I will provide details for how you can make a donation.  Music by TheNonVisibles from Pixabay

The miracle of the feeding of the 5,000 is a teaching moment, wherein Jesus foreshadows the miracle of the Eucharist. This gospel episode can lead us to contemplate the Holy Eucharist and the effects and fruits of Holy Communion. The image is the Feeding of the Five Thousand by Murillo If you would like to contact me to provide feedback, suggestions  or to ask questions you can do this via email: [email protected] Also if you would like to support me in this work, please send me an email and I will provide details for how you can make a donation.  Music by TheNonVisibles from Pixabay

Once more, Our Lord teaches us about our life in Christ or the Kingdom of God. To be in Christ and His kingdom is a great treasure and “the pearl of great price”. But being there demands much of us as well as being on the way towards the end times, when the great dragnet of history will be emptied and the sorting begins. In all things, says St Paul, God cooperates with those who love Him. Image: “The Pearl of Great Price” by John Everett Millais If you would like to contact me to provide feedback, suggestions  or to ask questions you can do this via email: [email protected] Also if you would like to support me in this work, please send me an email and I will provide details for how you can make a donation.  Music by TheNonVisibles from Pixabay

God has not revealed to us everything. He has not told us every answer to every question or every problem. Perhaps He is protecting us?  Adam and Eve did want to know everything but then that was their pride and their desire to be like God, at their own pace and timing.  When we do not understand something, like the question of good and evil existing alongside each other, this is another opportunity to trust God and commend ourselves to His loving plan for the world and our salvation. The artwork is by Ellen Gould Harmon White, c.1900. (in the public domain) If you would like to contact me to provide feedback, suggestions  or to ask questions you can do this via email: [email protected] Also if you would like to support me in this work, please send me an email and I will provide details for how you can make a donation.  Music by TheNonVisibles from Pixabay

We're so familiar with the parables of Jesus but we must be careful that being familiar with them does not dull our senses, make our hearing faulty and our spiritual vision clouded. This is precisely what was happening as Jesus told the parable of the sower. Throughout the centuries, right to this very day, the sharp point of this parable resounds and it is a call to action! If you would like to contact me to provide feedback, suggestions  or to ask questions you can do this via email: [email protected] Also if you would like to support me in this work, please send me an email and I will provide details for how you can make a donation.  Music by TheNonVisibles from Pixabay