Prayer Articles
How do we create space for God in our lives?
Reflections from Catholics exploring our relationship with God through prayer.

Let the light shine
We are invited to be a light to people, especially in our accompaniment of people who suffer from depression and burn-out. During the restrictions...

Grace of God’s love
Many Catholics would be bemused to realise that in some churches the eve of All Saints Day is celebrated as Reformation Day and is...

Flavour of the Gospel
Everyone, in their different ways, has the ability to spread the good news of the Gospel. Evangelisation, I confess, is not one of my...

Change of heart
A culture of disarmament begins with ourselves, and with how the world values human beings. When he was five years old St Aloysius Gonzaga’s...

The challenge of being an evangeliser
On first hearing, Pope Francis’ hope that all baptised people, no matter how lacking in learning or eloquence, should be engaged in evangelisation is...

Prayer for St Therese of Lisieux (1 October)
This prayer is to be done in a group setting and the process is based on that used by the Christian Life Community, an...

The greatest lesson
Humans are innately curious. We have a great desire to know things. Each of us has big questions about life, creation and death. We want...

In praise of peace
A commitment to peace requires us to look beyond our own interests to the good of all. Peace is something we all often long...

The closeness of God
There is no need to struggle to be with God as God is always with us – involved in our world and with creation....

A fundamental argument
How we see the world, our inclinations and orientations in life, our approach to and standpoint on important matters, all form our basic attitude...

Change begins today
For Pope Francis, responding to the threat faced by the environment is the most pressing task for our day. The future of our children...

Stamping out slavery
Exploitation of people happens when we see others as ‘strangers’. The International Day in Remembrance of Slavery and its Abolition on 23 August commemorates...