Thoughts & Twitters

"If we don't have control over our thoughts, how can we expect to have control over our actions?" So true!! Our thoughts determine so much of our life... We need to be positive by thinking positive, live a life of love by thinking loving thoughts!

On another note... You may have noted the Twitter updates on the right of this blog... I post some thoughts and some of my 'doings' every few hours & it gets updated here. You can go directly to www.Twitter.com/RobGalea to follow the updates.-->

Resurrection Sunday

Greetings from Melbourne Airport!
It's been a busy week full if God's blessings in Bendigo & now I sit exhausted in Terminal 3 waiting for my flight to board. I am off to Sydney to give a concert...
I sit here with an energy level close to Zero, but my heart is on fire... There is a message that God has 'whispered' into my heart & I just can not be silent until I shout it out to those who are willing to listen! I pray that during this concert there will be hearts ready to listen...
Flight is boarding...
catcha'!

Lectures!

The last 4 hours of lectures for the term and I can't wait to get to Bendigo & be a part of parish life! As I sit in my lecture, here is my basic setup and 'strategy':
1. Laptop
2. Coffee
3. Sit at back of class where my coffee drinking and typing won't drive the lecturer mad,
4. Take notes
5. Stop myself from day-dreaming!

6. Try Learn a thing or two...

Mac Freak

After a long time tolerating a constantly- crashing phone I finally got my hands on a new iphone 3G. I am now officially a 'Mac Freak'. It's been hard to put the phone down over the last few hours, but with a great push of will-power it is presently out of my hands;)

Holy Week is now almost upon us and we'll (some of the Sandhurst seminarians) be traveling to Bendigo and will be on retreat with Bishop Joe for the week. So exciting!! The week after that I, once again, head for Sydney for a concert.

Yesterday I also had the privilege of giving a mini-concert to some prisoners in Melbourne... man, music is a powerful thing!!!

Rest!

We are two weeks away from Easter. This Lent has been an awesome time of grace for me... seeing God work in my heart has been so encouraging. It is not too late to look to, and think about what Jesus did for you and me on the Cross... 

A suggestion (meditation):
Get a Crucifix and just imagine yourself resting your head on the head of Jesus on upon the Cross... the thorns against your own head, listening to Jesus' breathe and giving him some rest and comfort as you take some of the weight off his neck...
Strange? Crazy? Maybe... but give it a try!

Canadian CD Promo

New Recording!

Studies are well underway! My ordination to the diaconate is getting closer... just 8 months to go!!! I have also been working on a new recording... this is not another album, but the first in what will be a Devotion Series! 

The first in the series should be released later this year... it is the Divine Mercy Chaplet, for which I have written some music. I am working with some great people for this project - whom I will mention some time later. 

Please keep all of this in your prayer! 

Blessings!

Update...

Greetings from Melbourne Catholic seminary!
The first few weeks here have been a true time of grace, but ‘jam-packed’ to say the least. With studies, seminary commitments and so on. I have also been doing some prison work & writing some songs. In the available gaps I am also visiting the recording studio to work on a project due to be released towards the end of the year. My ‘tour schedule’ is also getting longer – trying to fit those in my short holiday times. Ok...ok... got the point...

Anyway… Lent is upon us, and Easter round the corner… Easter can come and go without impacting your life… don’t let that happen!!
Keeping you in my prayers!!

Salt and Light TV Interview!

WATCH THE VIDEO HERE >>>


www.saltandlighttv.org

Some Random Thoughts

Life is a gift, but life itself is not enough. We need the grace to live it to the full .... not just to survive, but to conquer! Walking and living with God enables us to do just that!!!.... just thought I'd share that!

Loving my first few days at the seminary. Its such a blessing to be where I am; yet the closer I get to ordination, the more unprepared I feel. This is where I need to learn to depend more on the grace of God, and  dig deeper in prayer... I'll take it as one of my goals this year!

Bush Fires!

Hey guys,

I am just back from Fiji and am now preparing to board the plane to Sydney for tomorrow night's concert. I am overwhelmed by the devastation the bush fires have caused in Victoria Australia, where this "natural" disaster is being named as Australia's worst! Please do pray for the families that lost their homes and the families of the hundreds who's lives were lost!

Fiji 2!

Watch the second part of our Fiji trip here>>>

Welcome to Fiji!

Bula!! I have been in Fiji for 24 hours and I must say that I love what I see. I have not had the chance to see the beaches and rivers yet, but have been truly blessed spending time with the locals. I just came back from a meeting with a local community living in the slums – their passion for Jesus and for better education opportunities, as well as their selfless hospitality is truly inspiring!
I will continue to keep updates here every few days!
God bless!!

Fiji

I have just returned from Canada and am now packing for tomorrow's trip to Fiji. I hope it will be a time of relaxation and reflection. 

There is a little political unrest in Fiji at the moment, and there has also been some serious flooding, though I will be there with another seminarian and his local Fijian friends. 

Anyway... I'll be off! Be blessed!!!

Canada Video Update!

I'm just back in Australia and packing to head off to Fiji in a day. God has truly blessed me over the last few days. Watch the video below; it captures some of the moments of my Toronto Canada trip.

Toronto Update

I just returned from my second concert here in Toronto Canada. It has been an overwhelming few days where God has been doing wonderful things in my life and in those of those present at the concerts. Last night's concert was filmed and will soon be broadcast around Canada and North America. It is such an exciting time.

The temperature here is still well below the zero mark, and it has been snowing here today... beautiful! I leave Canada in two days and then prepare for my trip to Fiji!

Catcha L8R!!!

Greetings from Toronto, Canada! It's been a thrilling three days traveling from Australia's 40 to todays minus 23 degrees Celsius. I am here in Canada for 5 days for a concert and some interviews with Salt & Light TV. Salt and Light is a Catholic TV station which broadcasts to it's 2 million paid subscribers. It is going to be an exciting few days in which I pray I will be given the strength to carry Christ's spark of hope to many!

Chill!

2 days till I begin a hectic month. I have had to pack for 4 things - I move from Australian 36 degrees Summer to Canada's minus 20 degrees. Then the day after I return I go to thaw in Fiji - praying the flooding will stop by the time I arrive. Once I land back in Melbourne I have a few hours to pick up my bags before flying to Sydney. Wait...there is more... then I land return to Melbourne, drive back to Bendigo to pick up my stuff to move back into the seminary for the year! Wow... 

Anyway - apart from that I am reading a good book which I must recommend.. It's called "A Purpose Driven Life" by Rick Warren. A must-read!! 

Happy 2009!!

I Wish you all a very HAPPY NEW YEAR!

2009 is beginning with a bang as I spend the next few days in the studio, then in mid January, head off to Canada for a few concerts and TV appearances.

I am getting so excited about priesthood and feel so blessed to be called to such a great vocation.

Loving Father,
Help us remember the birth of Jesus,
that we may share in the song of the angels,
the gladness of the shepherds,
and worship of the wise men.

Close the door of hate
and open the door of love all over the world.
Let kindness come with every gift
and good desires with every greeting.
Deliver us from evil by the blessing
which Christ brings,
and teach us to be merry with clear hearts.

May the Christmas morning
make us happy to be thy children,
and Christmas evening bring us to our beds
with grateful thoughts,
forgiving and forgiven,
for Jesus' sake.

Amen.

IL-Milied It-tajjeb

(Thanks Cappie)