Prayer Articles
How do we create space for God in our lives?
Reflections from Catholics exploring our relationship with God through prayer.
Season of Joy: Week Five – The finding of Jesus in the Temple
Praying with the Joyful Mysteries: Jesuit Communications offers a series of reflections around the five Joyful Mysteries. This week, we explore the finding of Jesus...
Season of Joy: Week Four – The Presentation
Praying with the Joyful Mysteries: Jesuit Communications offers a series of reflections around the five Joyful Mysteries. This week, we explore the Presentation in the...
Season of Joy: Week Three – The Nativity
Praying with the Joyful Mysteries: Jesuit Communications offers a series of reflections around the five Joyful Mysteries. This week, we explore the Nativity of Jesus. Parishes...
Season of Joy: Week Two – The Visitation
Jesuit Communications offers a series of reflections around the five Joyful Mysteries. This week, we explore the Visitation. Parishes and prayer groups: Feel free to...
Season of Joy: Week One – The Annunciation
Jesuit Communications offers a series of reflections around the five Joyful Mysteries. This week, we explore the Annunciation. Parishes and prayer groups: Feel free to...
Season of Joy: Reflecting on the Joyful Mysteries
Individuals and prayer groups will be able to explore the Joyful Mysteries this Advent, with a series of weekly reflections leading up to Christmas. For...
Faith Matters – Eternal
You may have noticed that things have changed. The weather is different now. It has changed and the trees are all green. Spring is now...
Open dialogue
In 2016 Pope Francis was awarded the Charlemagne Prize in recognition for his work towards European unification. His acceptance speech outlined his philosophy of dialogue...
Vietnam’s vibrant youth
My work as a Jesuit priest has taken me around the world, particularly to Asia. As a result, I’ve been able to see the vibrancy...
Living gratefully
During the second week in May this year I had the good fortune to travel to Chiang Mai in Thailand and participate in a meeting...
Remembering the Holy Souls
All Souls Day (2 November) is almost by definition an otherworldly day. It embraces all the people who have ever lived and died on our...
A special silence
Silent devotion to the Sacred Heart allows us to really hear ourselves and others. Recently Pope Francis has, more than once, called for a...
The words of eternal life
At the end of the ‘Bread of Life’ discourse in John’s Gospel (John 6:66-69), many of Jesus’ disciples turn their backs on Jesus. We read...
Faith Matters – Desolation
…neither death, nor life, nor angels, nor rulers, nor things present, nor things to come, nor powers, nor height, nor depth, nor anything else in all...
The Way, the Truth and the Life of the Party
Andrew WK probably isn’t on the radar of most Catholics. Some Australians may have seen his interview on the ABC’s Tonightly program, where he discussed his...