Every single one of us - child or adult, teacher or student. - has been entrusted by God with skills, talents and imaginations to direct towards bettering the world to which we belong. The challenge, of course, is to find the openness to risk embracing the vulnerability needed to involve ourselves with other people, thereby risking failure, criticism and, even, ridicule, writes Christian Brother Julian McDonald.

The events of each day during this time of uncertainty as Covid 19 frustrates and threatens us, remind us that our lives are limited and so, too, are opportunities for us to practice the Gospel call to live with mercy, forgiveness, reconciliation, acceptance and hospitality to everyone we encounter, writes Christian Brother Julian McDonald.

The celebration of All Saints is an invitation to stop to remind ourselves of all those people, all those saints, who, in their efforts to live in the spirit of the Beatitudes, have had an impact for good on us, writes Christian Brother Julian McDonald.

The logical conclusion of expressing our love for God through worship is love of neighbour. The very foundation of love of neighbour is that, as God’s beloved people, we are called to love everyone and everything that God loves passionately, writes Christian Brother Julian McDonald.

As a consequence of our allegiance to Jesus and his Gospel, we have a shared responsibility to serve the cause of social justice, to protect the most vulnerable among us, to promote the common good, writes Christian Brother Julian McDonald.