C&SI - Creating a culture of care in broken relationships - 8 Sept 2024 (S04E41)

On this weeks podcast we are sharing a reflection from the 2024 Novena for Perpetual Help in Clonard Monastery in Belfast by Marcella Philips on the theme 'Creating a Culture of Care'. We have our regular sharing of the up coming saints of the week, liturgical odds and ends and some notices. For those in Ireland looking to find out about the visit of the  relics of St Bernadette the website is here.In part three we reflect on the Sunday gospel (Mark 7:31-37) where we have to account of the healing of the deaf man who had an impediment in his speech. Creating a culture of careMarcella Philips spoke on 'Creating a culture of care in broken relationships'. She finished by reciting this poem by  Michelle Harverson 'The Shades of Life' which Marcella said encapsulated what she had shared:We all have a storya tale to be toldof the joys we’ve experiencedand the hardships we’ve known.Sometimes we wear themon our sleeves for all to seebut often they’re hiddenas deep as they can be.So, let us be kindfor we never truly knowthe struggles and the battlesthat others undergo.May empathy and compassionbe the guiding lights we shareand may we always rememberthat each story deserves care.For in our human journeywe all need love and graceso, let us be kind to one anotherand create a better place.Text us at +353 874668950 or email at [email protected]