Prayer Articles
by Chris Gleeson SJ
The passion pattern
It is joy and fun that connects us to God and each other. 2020 has been an annus horribilis with sickness, death, loss of business...
True togetherness
The value of mission is that it keeps people together, even when separated physically. In the past seven or so Covid-dominated months, especially in Victoria,...
Dancing to God’s beat
God is the perfect dance partner if we learn to listen to him and follow his lead. Over the 17 years I have been writing...
Put out into the deep*
We need to develop a deep understanding and appreciation of what is important, rather than living life on the surface. During the 35th General Congregation...
Silence is opportunity
Silences not an absence but rather a consciousness toward other people or toward God. Have you ever been to the MCG on ANZAC Day and...
Around the kitchen table
To sit around the kitchen or dining room table and share a meal, is to share yourself – to open up to companionship. One of...
A big heart
Strong and caring families can be a wonderful avenue for building communities where each person is valued and respected for themselves. In thinking about ‘volunteering’...
Watching our words
Poetry is a language ideally suited to a spiritual life. Pope Paul VI once told an audience of Christians that they might be the only...
I am a mission
In thinking about the theme of ‘service’ , I came across these wonderful words of Pope Francis in Evangelii Gaudium (para 273): ‘I am a...
Happiness in service
Many Madonna readers, I am sure, would have heard the story of the old Cherokee warrior one evening at the camp fire telling his grandson...
Living gratefully
During the second week in May this year I had the good fortune to travel to Chiang Mai in Thailand and participate in a meeting...