A world in need of mercy
Surely we can hope that by renewing our understanding and practice of mercy in this Year of Mercy, our often unmerciful world, our world of fatigued compassion will be transformed,...
Life as it happens
When, as is so inelegantly said, ‘life sucks’, it’s tempting to lose heart, to indulge in a spell of self-pity, to feel depressed, writes Judith Scully.
Are you a “maybe person”?
Have you considered how you might give someone the gift of hope? The gift will exact a price, which is like the treasure you store up in heaven, writes Garry...
How life can change in a minute or less
Who am I five years on from being diagnosed with a brain tumour, asks Good Samaritan Sister Margaret Keane. I am not the same. And yet, in essence, I am...
A fundamental gesture of faith, hope and love
Baptism acknowledges our primal dignity as God’s good creation, and gives us our identity – heirs to the Kingdom of Heaven, writes Margaret-Mary Flynn.
The miracle of love
A recent experience reminded me of the words of the Swiss philosopher and theologian Max Picard: “There is something holy in almost every silence”, writes Good Samaritan Sister Pam Grey.
There’s no place like home
The homes I knew growing up were indeed humble by the standards of today’s glossy magazines, but they were truly homely places, and I remember with gratitude the shelter they...
A doting God
One of the gifts we can give children today is the kind of love that opens the way for them to know, without a doubt, that God, like their parents...
A reasonable question?
If the physical universe is governed by forces, then it might seem reasonable to ask if the non-physical – the spiritual reality – is also governed by forces, writes Garry...
Busyness: a modern-day affliction?
It seems there are different sides to being busy that can make it both a good thing that can drive achievement, and a bad thing that can have negative effects...
Lenten prayer: threshold invitations
Prayer takes place in the space on the threshold between the outer and the inner, says Good Samaritan Sister Marie Casamento.
The contradictions of Advent
For more years than I like to recall, the liturgical seasons of Advent, Lent and Easter have exerted a kind of push-pull in me, something like theology versus society, or...