Prayer Articles

Discerning the better path requires nuance and skill. St Ignatius, through his teaching on discernment, offers us a way to develop the necessary skills. Life...

The unspoken contract between host and invitee places obligations on both, and where those obligations meet is thanksgiving. As we enter into the festive season...

While service requires sacrifice, there still needs to be a perception that sacrifice brings benefits of commensurate value to the giver, the community or both....

Lately there have been a number if situations that have made me more aware of how much words matter. Word can affirm just as they...

Jesus is a source of great pleasure and happiness. So good is his presence that we become enamoured with him and determined to seek him...

You may have noticed that things have changed. The weather is different now. It has changed and the trees are all green. Spring is now...

In 2016 Pope Francis was awarded the Charlemagne Prize in recognition for his work towards European unification. His acceptance speech outlined his philosophy of dialogue...

…neither death, nor life, nor angels, nor rulers, nor things present, nor things to come, nor powers, nor height, nor depth, nor anything else in all...

It seems as though Western society has reached a crossroad that will determine the future direction of our society. Survey after survey indicate that we...

Human beings have a great need for evidence. Signs and symbols are quantifiable and offer us a tangible value or measure that signifies the ‘real’...

Daydreaming is such a wonderful distraction for us as human beings. In our busy lives we often avoid such trivial behaviour or label it as...

Scent can be an evocative and defining sense. When we smell perfume we are reminded of a particular person. When we enter a new place...