Prayer Articles

In Latin, an advent is an arrival; in the Church year it is a time of waiting. In the early Church it was both. It...

Poverty is not something ‘out there’ but something that brushes up against our families and in our states. It is easy to think about poverty...

Pope Francis’ prayer intention for October is for the laity’s mission in the Church – specifically we pray that by the virtue of baptism, the...

Pope Francis’ September prayer intention, that the planet’s resources will not be plundered, but shared in a just and respectful manner, sums up his ongoing...

When disaster threatens societies face a choice – withdraw into themselves or embrace humanitarism. Where there are disasters, disruption and conflict, people will always come...

Pope Francis’ Prayer Intentions for August is for The Maritime World. We are asked to pray for all those who work and live from the sea,...

In future 2020 will be remembered by many different names. In Australia, one of them could well be the Year of Hard Times and Places....

This year Refugee Week has been swallowed by the disruption caused by COVID-19, and by the fracturing of society in the United States. In a...

Pope Francis’ Intention for April is Freedom from Addiction. This prayer encompasses all of us. When we hear of addicts we usually think of other...

For most of us the last two weeks have been like living in a washing machine on spin rinse.  The speed of change has been...

When we think of the horrors of war our minds often turn to the nuclear bombs dropped on Nagasaki and Hiroshima. Each of these bombs...

In 2020 it is hard to think of Ash Wednesday (26 February) without also seeing the burned houses and forests and the charred bodies of...