Prayer Articles
How do we create space for God in our lives?
Reflections from Catholics exploring our relationship with God through prayer.
The pause that refreshes
By Julia Upton
There is a spiritual gift for us all in this time between the pre-Covid and the Covid-normal world to come. In 1929 The Coca Cola...
A day for reflection
Australia Day is a day in which we can come together and marvel at this first meeting of cultures and at the richness of each....
The world is our family
Pope Francis speaks of fraternity in a variety of contexts. For him it is much richer in meaning than friendly relationships. It refers to a...
The key of David
The Doll and a White Rose attributed to V.A. Bailey is a story which reminds us that the ways God comes to us sets us...
Waiting in line
One of the British Empire’s finest cultural legacies would be one of the most over-looked: the ability to queue, or wait in line. I think...
Keeping our eyes open
Christmas should not be primarily marked by being anxious about sin, but by being filled with a growing sense of joy. These days most people...
The unsettling sound of silence
In Advent and Lent we hear much about John the Baptist. He is seriously over-exposed. In fact, many preachers run out of creative things to...
Entwined for eternity
I am not sure whether the Advent wreath has made a debut or a comeback. It was never a feature in the Advent liturgies of...
Waiting for God
In Latin, an advent is an arrival; in the Church year it is a time of waiting. In the early Church it was both. It...
Dance of inclusion and exclusion
Social Inclusion Week is a good time to reflect on how and why we include and exclude others, and the lasting effects of exclusion and...
In praise of tolerance
It may seem to be rather faint praise, but we should celebrate tolerance, be grateful for it as a gift, and pray for the even...
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,...
For good, not ill
Pope Francis’ prayer intention for November is that artificial intelligence and robotics be a blessing for humankind, rather than a curse. When many of us...
November’s two important feasts
November begins with two important feast days –All Saints Day on 1 November and All Souls Day on 2 November. Pope Francis has said that...
A school of discernment
By Myree Harris
Learning discernment is learning to live with a basic sense of peace. The good spirit brings peace, while the evil spirit disturbs. A journey into...