Prayer Articles

We need to guard against misunderstanding the meaning of patience. Be patient!’ I can hear my dad saying it on any number of occasions and...

Everything we are and everything we do is for the glory of God. The Australian Jesuit winemaker Br John May SJ used to hear the...

On our life’s journeys it is always God’s initiative that we are blessed to receive. Not long before sitting down to write this column I...

At the heart of our faith is a deep and personal relationship with God which is nourished by our engagement with the Gospel stories. Sometimes...

Ruth, in her commitment to her mother-in-law, is an exemplar of courage and faith. It is as strong a declaration as one will find in...

Mary’s willingness to do God’s will means she provides a way for us to approach God. Somewhere there’s a photograph of my mum in hospital. It’s...

Our prayer lives should not be static but nurtured through study and encounter with God. I am no good at languages. When I have travelled overseas,...

There is an unusual quality to the silence of true listening. Even as it fills spaces, it allows for thoughts and speech. It is in...

Music or artistic works is one way of connecting with a community of souls. The first time I stepped into Cherry Bar on a Thursday...

Jesus gave us an example of a tranquillity that did not ignore the messiness of life but accepted and transcended it. In Year Seven our...

If we trust in God and pray, we will be blessed with a peace that lasts. ‘Do not think that I have come to bring...

In recognising the mystery of creation and the Creator who sustains it, we come to glimpse the mystery of ourselves. Floating, the odd paddle keeping...