Prayer Articles

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...

NAIDOC Week emerged from the recognition by Indigenous Australians that they were neglected and not listened to, and from their determination to change things. It...

All Souls Day (2 November) is almost by definition an otherworldly day. It embraces all the people who have ever lived and died on our...

The International Day of Happiness is a quirky celebration.  Most international days celebrate groups of people – women, children, journalists, refugees etc. Or they point...

Each Christmas morning I celebrate Mass at Melbourne’s Ozanam House with homeless men, and later with people imprisoned at the Immigration Detention Centre. Each mass...

Many children associate Christmas with journeys made and odd places visited. Plane and train trips to visit separated parents, car trips to visit rarely seen...