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.

In this Episode I share with you my reflection about significant days of the Holy Week - starting on Palm Sunday and sharing some thoughts of what we see and experience in the churches and our personal experiences of God. I reflect not only on Jesus, but also on those who were creating the context of his last days on earth - those, who most likely were not even mentioned in the story of Jesus's death and resurrection yet form the story as we find it today. If you are interested in a very detailed description of the Holy Week, please revisit my Episode 4. https://open.spotify.com/episode/7xqdqWhPjlYNP1MquuIYmE?si=75820801fcf54e5b If you would like to get some tips on how to approach the Holy Week in the busyness of your life, you might like to listen to episode 53. https://open.spotify.com/episode/0u6e3mlqctedC5zmPvBdKu?si=625a1bc703e44b0d

In this first part of my chat with Dominic Arcamone, https://www.linkedin.com/in/dominic-arcamone-a97951ab/ we have an opportunity to hear the story of his life and dual vocation of Dominic: from priesthood to married life. We talk about his image of God and the way he experience God through relationships with others, especially his late wife, Anita. We learn about the books he wrote: Religion and Violence: A Dialectical Engagement Through the Insights of Bernard Lonergan, https://amzn.asia/d/dtErZ3g Conversion as Transformation: Lonegran, Mentors, and Cinema, https://a.co/d/7siSlSq A New Awareness: The Theological Insights of Sebastian Moore, https://a.co/d/0HtbTH5 https://wipfandstock.com/search-results/?keyword=Dominic+arcamone https://www.amazon.com.au/s?k=dominic+arcamone+books&crid=1TK33EMTFY8TS&sprefix=dominic+arcamone+books%2Caps%2C227&ref=nb_sb_noss And... we pause the conversation till the next time we will talk with him to talk about the pastoral care in life and ministry.

In this Episode I am chatting with Nick Seemann https://www.linkedin.com/in/nick-seemann-6b55942/ about life, faith, passion for community and the reality of living the values of life in the family which shares both Jewish and Catholic traditions. Join me in listening to the insights ab out life and passion of the Managing Director and a founder of the Constructive Dialogue Architects https://www.constructivedialogue.com.au/ .