Prayer Articles

Our soul shines through in our in all our bodily actions – loving, laughing, weeping, playing, working, planning, caring and finally dying. When I first...

With the Eucharist, the Spirit of Christ gathers us together and forms us as Christ’s church. Pope Francis’ prayer intention for July is that we...

The theme of respect for elders this NAIDOC Week is one that unites First Nations peoples and all other Australians. As with all the celebrations...

Celebrated on the Friday following Corpus Christi Sunday, the feast of the Sacred Heart of Jesus focuses attention on God’s tender love for us shown...

As well as its victims, torture causes irreparable harm to its perpetrators and societies that allow it to function.  We often think of torture as...

The Voice to Parliament is a natural and necessary step towards practical reconciliation. In Indigenous affairs this year all roads lead to the Referendum on...

Prayer is vitally important if the desire for Christian unity is to be achieved. In Catholic churches in Australia the Week of Christian Unity (21-28...

Pope Francis’ prayer intention for May is a reminder that our lives are a continual journey of finding, losing, and rediscovering God’s call to us....

Anzac Day’s importance lies in it being day to meditate on the tragedy of conflict. At Anzac Day this year war is more than a...

The message of Easter this year, as with all years, is that there is always hope and life will prove stronger than death. In many...

Pope Francis in his April prayer intention for peace is asking us all to take a risk and trust in each other. In stories about...

St Joseph, whose feast day is 19 March, is an attractive model of fatherhood. In the Gospels Joseph is the quiet man. He is rarely...