Prayer Articles

We need to turn away from the chauvinistic view of Anzac Day as a celebration of self-attributed ‘Australian values’. This year Anzac Day falls at...

Easter is the ideal time to pray for fundamental rights – Pope Francis’ prayer intention for April. While Good Friday was given over to expediency...

As we move toward Holy Week, we consider Jesus’ brief confinement in Jerusalem before his trial on Good Friday, and the parallels this has for...

An instruction, because of coronavirus, to sprinkle ash on our heads brings home the point of the ritual of Ash Wednesday. During the last year...

Australia Day is a day in which we can come together and marvel at this first meeting of cultures and at the richness of each....

Social Inclusion Week is a good time to reflect on how and why we include and exclude others, and the lasting effects of exclusion and...

It may seem to be rather faint praise, but we should celebrate tolerance, be grateful for it as a gift, and pray for the even...

Pope Francis’ prayer intention for November is that artificial intelligence and robotics be a blessing for humankind, rather than a curse. When many of us...

The Day for Older Persons reminds us above all that older persons are persons, not economic costs. Their life has been a gift and it...

This year many families are doing it hard. Refugee families struggle to live day by day. Others are continually anxious about a roof over their...

In Pope Francis’ intention for June: The way of the heart, we pray that all those who suffer may find their way in life, allowing...

When Pope Francis prays this May that deacons may be an invigorating symbol for the Church, he may be focusing on what in a healthy...