This year during National Reconciliation Week, Reconciliation Australia invites all Australians to learn more about Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander cultures and histories, to share that knowledge and to help us grow as a nation.

“Don’t Keep History A Mystery: Learn. Share. Grow” explores history hidden just beneath the surface, ready and waiting to be uncovered. You can learn more about National Reconciliation Week from the Reconciliation Australia Website

Lord, open up our hearts so that we may hear

the message you teach of a world in which the wrongs of the past are recognised —

a world in which a reconciled people walk and talk together sharing stories;

a world in which all burn with the desire to have your peace and justice reign.

We ask this in Jesus’ name.

Amen