Prayer Articles
How do we create space for God in our lives?
Reflections from Catholics exploring our relationship with God through prayer.
Praying for the Church
The question facing the Catholic Church is not whether it should reform, but how. Not so long ago to think of the Church reforming herself...
Wisdom starts here
Wisdom is acknowledging life as it is, neither living in the past nor wishing our time away for some different future. An old joke: I...
The love that binds
In Pope Francis’ Catholic vision, the aged should not be regarded and treated as if they are dispensable, but rather have a place of honour....
The glorious mysteries
Jesus and his mother give us hope and encouragement: meditations and prayers. In a series of articles in Madonna magazine, which have been uploaded as...
Reach out in friendship
All people are precious in God’s eyes and deserve respect, even those with whom we disagree strongly. Pope Francis often sails into headwinds in the...
A sharp challenge
This year the theme of the National Aboriginal and Islander Day Observance Committee (NAIDOC) Week (4-11 July) is short, sharp and challenging. It is ‘Heal Country!’ It calls...
Within a loving grasp
Hands tell a story of their owners. They reach, grasp, soothe, turn away or beckon, and the lined hands of age are also the lined...
The encouragement of hospitality
We must foster hospitable hearts in order to foster hospitality to refugees. In the cruel world of the 19th century Industrial Revolution an English poet...
The joy of being still
There is much we can learn from the elderly who know how to listen well and quietly practise their faith. One of the prayer intentions...
Love, generosity, forgiveness . . . marriage
When Pope Francis speaks of the beauty of marriage, he does not focus on it as an institution with its distinctive rules and practices. That...
On the right path
National Reconciliation Week (27 May-3 June) this year marks the 20th anniversary of Reconciliation Australia and its mission to find a right and just place for...
Freedom from fear
This year Pentecost Sunday is celebrated in the Catholic Church on the day before the Feast of Our Lady Help of Christians. Both feasts recall...
Truth in communication
This World Communications Day (16 May), is the time to reflect on the fact it’s what we say, rather than the platform we say it...
Ageing gracefully
We need to understand grace as an event – something that describes the quality of our relationship with God. Where is the Life we have...
Praying for reform of the financial world
Pope Francis knows that all human reform, including that of the financial world, depends on a conversion of heart and mind. At first sight Pope...