Prayer Articles
How do we create space for God in our lives?
Reflections from Catholics exploring our relationship with God through prayer.
Watching our words
Poetry is a language ideally suited to a spiritual life. Pope Paul VI once told an audience of Christians that they might be the only...
Catholic paradox
When celebrating Mass it can be difficult to remember the beautiful liturgy celebrates an act of shocking vileness. Our Catholic faith is shot through with...
Praying for the African Church
The Pope’s intention for May is for the African Church: that it may be a seed for unity and a source of hope for the...
The divine takes skin in us human beings
God takes skin in us human beings and the ordinary encounters of our days are filled with the divine, so the Ignatian retreat leader and...
Faith Matters – Abide
Lately there have been a number if situations that have made me more aware of how much words matter. Word can affirm just as they...
Toward a return of spring
Many paintings of Easter depict springtime: green grass, flowering shrubs, colourful birds and lush growth. That is understandable, because most painters were European and Easter...
Season of Consolation: Week Five – The Crucifixion
Jesuit Communications offers a series of reflections around the five Sorrowful Mysteries. This week, we explore the final mystery – The Crucifixion. Parishes and prayer...
Season of Consolation: Week Four – The Carrying of the Cross
By Peta Yowie
Jesuit Communications offers a series of reflections around the five Sorrowful Mysteries. This week, we explore the Carrying of the Cross. Parishes and prayer...
Season of Consolation: Week Three – The Crowning with Thorns
Jesuit Communications offers a series of reflections around the five Sorrowful Mysteries. This week, we explore the Crowning with Thorns. Parishes and prayer groups:...
Season of Consolation: Week Two – The Scourging at the Pillar
Jesuit Communications offers a series of reflections around the five Sorrowful Mysteries. This week, we explore the Scourging at the Pillar. Parishes and prayer groups: Feel...
Season of Consolation: Week One – The Agony in the Garden
Jesuit Communications offers a series of reflections around the five Sorrowful Mysteries. This week, we explore the Agony in the Garden. Parishes and prayer groups:...
Season of Consolation: Reflecting on the Sorrowful Mysteries
Individuals and prayer groups will be able to explore the Sorrowful Mysteries this Lent, with a series of weekly reflections leading up to Easter. We...
Pray for Christian communities
Pope Francis’ Intention for March: That Christian communities, especially those persecuted, feel close to Christ and that their human rights are respected. We sometimes think...
A Covenant people
By Anne O'Brien
God is unfailingly constant, it is us that sway between renewal and rejection and back again. We are familiar with covenants in our secular...
The gains of losing yourself
The Christian mission requires the same spirit of creativity and adaptation that drives the entrepreneur. Not that long ago I read a profoundly honest interview...