Prayer Articles
by David Braithwaite SJ
True leadership
Church leaders need courage and faith to build creative ways of reaching those on the margins. I once visited a wonderful Catholic charity in Central...
Help for the broken-hearted
Recognising the fundamental unity of body and mind, the Sacred Heart is a devotion of healing for all pain. Trauma has been described as ‘the...
Looking outward
There is great power in many voices united in prayer. Such unity is a window open to the world. In his Lenten message (2015) Pope...
What the young have to teach us
The Australian Church needs to form and promote strategies to engage and encourage the innate generosity of its younger members. As a part of the...
Catholic paradox
When celebrating Mass it can be difficult to remember the beautiful liturgy celebrates an act of shocking vileness. Our Catholic faith is shot through with...
The gains of losing yourself
The Christian mission requires the same spirit of creativity and adaptation that drives the entrepreneur. Not that long ago I read a profoundly honest interview...
Vietnam’s vibrant youth
My work as a Jesuit priest has taken me around the world, particularly to Asia. As a result, I’ve been able to see the vibrancy...
A special silence
Silent devotion to the Sacred Heart allows us to really hear ourselves and others. Recently Pope Francis has, more than once, called for a...