Prayer Articles
How do we create space for God in our lives?
Reflections from Catholics exploring our relationship with God through prayer.
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 favourite...
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 father...
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 challenging....
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 Ignatian...
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 to...
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 for....
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. Growing...
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 to...
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 and...
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 in...
The value of humanitarians
World Humanitarian Day (19 August) invites us to move beyond our own interests to look at the lives, the plight and the needs of our fellow...
Golden years
Age may bring losses in physical attributes but it can bring gains in our ability to be with and really listen to others. Among my...
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....