Dear Friends.

Do you have a favourite line of lyrics from a song? I have; it’s the following, (actually two lines): Those little eyes, so helpless and appealing
Will one day send you crashing through the ceiling!

I’m just home from mass on the Feast of the Transfiguration, the Gospel story of three of the apostles on a mountain top with Jesus where they glimpse him in his glory, as the Gospel has it ……….

‘His face shone like the sun and his clothes became as white as the light’ (Matt 17: 2)

And then a few verses on, the voice from the cloud ……………

‘This is my Son, the Beloved; he enjoys my favour. Listen to him.’

What are we, living daily on our plains and in our valleys, to make of this mysterious mountain-top story?

Father Francisus, our Indonesian parish priest invited us to reflect on the glimpses we get now and then where the light of God breaks through.

My own most recent experience of this had occurred not twenty minutes earlier!

As I hurried through our kitchen on my way to the car, I noticed our very deaf and very dear Br Peter with Alanya, our new carer, standing together in close conversation. I had no idea what they were saying. But what I did notice was the broad smile on Peter’s face, so noticeable because it was so unusual, but lovely to see. Thank you Alanya! You’re a gift to us already!

Back at church after Communion, we listened to my chant from the famous words of St Augustine. (Audio file below.)

You have made us for yourself, O God
And our hearts won’t rest till in thee.
You have made us for yourself, O God
When shall we see your face?

 Listen to the track.

It’s been a while since my last Blog. I’ve been busy, preparing for a visit to Sydney to present some music workshops.

I’ve just been on the Net and came across this titbit written about myself by some bloke in 2023:

Good morning friends.

Saturday July 4th. I’ve just asked my phone if Zia Teresa’s restaurant in Lygon St is a BYO? (I’ve been invited there tonight to celebrate an 80th birthday. Along with the info came a whole lot of other stuff, with illustrations, about toe nail fungus. Thanks, but no thanks for ruining my meal tonight. Maybe I should pay for ad-free You tube and be done with it!

Dear Friends of Marist Music.. Welcome to what I hope will be a regular blog. “Yes”, I can hear some of my confreres saying……… “We’ll see where that one goes!”