Prayer Articles

For Reconciliation Week we are being asked to go ‘all in’ in our commitment to Reconciliation and building respectful relationships. The business of Sorry Day...

Christian unity and the environment are twin concerns of a Church that seeks to evangelise for God’s love for the world. The Week for Christian...

Pope Leo’s prayer intention for May that everyone might have food is so simple and the need for nourishing food is so evident that at...

Respect for the environment is central to Christian faith in a God who loves the world. International Mother Earth Day (22 April) has only recently...

We are invited to pray that priests in crisis will find faithful and openhearted companions. Once Catholics may not have associated priests with crises. Their...

In Australia, Palm Sunday has for many years been marked by rallies to support refugees. Church communities, refugee organisations and other groups, each Palm Sunday...

World Water Day (22 March) reminds us of a human need that has existed as long as human beings, and indeed any living beings, have...

In the light of the conflict in the Middle East, Pope Leo’s March prayer intention for disarmament and peace is more needed than ever. A...

Humility is to have an open and vulnerable heart to the world around us. If someone tells me that I am humble, I don’t always...

Distance is essential if we are to clearly see the demands of social justice. World Social Justice Day is held on 20 February. Social justice...

At the heart of Lent is the larger story of God and our relationship to faith and prayer. If we are asked what Lent means,...

A lesson from the National Apology to the Stolen Generations is the importance of decent and respectful relationships. In recent years the Anniversary of the...