In this Episode I talk about the history and meaning of the Solemnity of the Most Holy Body and Blood of Christ known as Corpus Christi.

I share with you my own reflection on what it means for me and what I believe it encourages us to do: to keep our focus on Jesus.

For the past couple of weeks the topic of "Responding versus Reacting" was coming back to me in many life situations.

This is why I decided to share it with you today. I am reflecting on the human experiences being inspired by some professional resources (great handouts from https://counsellorcronan.com are available from that Website and Etsy).

I am also sharing with you some examples of Jesus's attitude: was He responding or reacting in His life on earth?

Hope this episode will leave you with some food for thought and make you ponder.

On this Pentecost Sunday I share with you the reasons WHY do we need the Holy Spirit in our life and HOW do we use the gifts and fruits receive from the Holy Spirit.

You might like to listen also to the Episode 60 https://open.spotify.com/episode/5MEtRA7KMSotWAzwJno3IG?si=7fc6c9098cad4354 in which I also talk about the Holy Spirit which gives us superpowers.

On Ascension Sunday I talk about some aspect of Jesus's life which we do not reflect too often- about his HIDDEN LIFE.

It is in the context of the life of the Holy Family and the writings of the Foundress of my Congregation- Blessed Frances Siedliska.

What is the purpose of life which sometimes is unnoticed, forgotten and not recognised?

How can we better life our life focused on God and show him by our life?

These and more questions are part of this reflection.

Enjoy and share your own experiences.

In this Episode I talk about the readings for each Sunday of the week:

- What is their structure?

- How do we understand the sermon or homily?

- How can we create our own reflections about the readings from the Mass.

I offer my reflection for the readings for this 6th Sunday of Easter: https://www.ratisbonne.org.il/blog/sunday-readings-commentaries/the-6th-sunday-of-easter/ Which I shared on the Website of the Bat- kol Christian Centre for Jewish Studies.

I invite all of you to reflect on the readings, despite the fact if you go for a Mass or not - and share with me your homily/sermon whatever is the message God send to your heart.

In this Episode I talk about the ways of overcoming challenges in a meaningful way which take the attention away from ourselves and make us honest about things we do/ or don't do well. I reflect on the ways Jesus overcame life challenges.

Finally, I would like to share with you, as an addition to this episode, a story from YouTube: https://youtu.be/5ZfaPCwjguk?si=UOmZoti9d8PhPjYt

in which we learn from Nancy's Raynes near-death experience how our actions impact others for life.

This is one of the very reflective episodes when I share with you some of my thoughts about getting older as well as life challenges in the second half of life.

In this episode I refer to the story of Eileen Kramer:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0UTjhx2_CIk

And her turning 109 this year:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=J4PgbLq2PnY

I also mentioned Dashun Wang: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=v5dQRcNtZx4

I finish the sharing with a prayer of Thomas Merton:

My Lord God,

I have no idea where I am going.

I do not see the road ahead of me.

I cannot know for certain

where it will end.

Nor do I really know myself,

and that I think I am following your will

does not mean I am actually doing so.

But I believe

the desire to please you

does in fact please you.

And I hope I have that desire

in all I am doing.

I hope

I will never do anything

apart from that desire.

And I know if I do this

you will lead me by the right road

though I may know nothing about it.

I will trust you always

though I may seem to be lost

and in the shadow of death.

I will not fear,

for you will never leave me

to face my perils alone.

In this Part 2 of the chat with Dominic Arcamone- we talk about the understanding of the pastoral care, acting pastorally and our holistic approach to life.

Listen to Part 1 to learn more about Dominic's story on https://open.spotify.com/episode/54Q5FMSATsN3XNHHDoFtdM?si=87bbd389a2c4472d

In this Episode I had a pleasure to chat with Alasdair Croydon, Chief Executive Officer at Holy Family Services - A Ministry of the Sisters of the Holy Family of Nazareth where I work as a Director of Mission.

See more: https://www.holyfamilyservices.com.au/

We talked about his career path from nursing to the aged care management, life values and the necessity to reflect in silence in order to grow in life.

Alasdair explains why he quotes often the poem Desiderata: https://www.desiderata.com/

and why Snoopy and Woodstock are his favourite cartoon characters. He shares his attitude to life taking every day as a brand new day and the necessity to learn from our own mistakes.

Enjoy this conversation and share it with others.

In this Episode I talk about the ethymology of the of the word "Easter" in different languages and I spend some times imagining what was going through the heads of those who lived at the time when Jesus died and rose from the dead. Finally, I suggest some ways of us experiencing Jesus in our lives.

All of it I share through the human eyes and emotions of the fact that it "doesn't make sense" and we can understand it only if we believe, or at least try to believe.

Happy Easter, everyone.