How do we pass on our faith to young people?
How can we pass on our Catholic spiritual heritage to young people and nurture their faith and spiritual life, asks Virginia Ryan.
The spirituality of welcoming
Perhaps we human beings trip ourselves up when we try to get ahead of God and judge who are worthy of welcome or not, writes Good Samaritan Sister Pam Grey.
On learning to give and receive
The experience of being taken out of our comfort zones enables us to know what it is like to be in the shoes of another, writes Edwina Butler.
Finding God in the depths of silence
Real interior silence, not just the absence of noise, is a foundational spiritual discipline. So why are we so resistant to enter into it, asks Richard Rohr OFM.
Who are you looking for?
Where is God in the mess and madness of my family, our Church and the world? There are many times when I’ve stood beside the tomb weeping; looking for God,...
Fire and all it brings to mind
We may not be on the frontline of fire fighting, or of flood cleaning, but we have daily opportunities of being on mission in our homes and neighbourhoods, writes Good...
Technology and the Christmas story
From the idyllic scenes depicted in “Away in a Manger” and “Silent Night”, twenty-first century technology has deleted the manger, the shepherds, the angels, the star, the kings and their...
“I’ve struggled with Advent in recent years”
This Advent, in this Year of Grace, I can feel God’s grace stirring within. I feel stronger, more at peace, writes Debra Vermeer.
Grace: the divine milieu
As the Catholic Church in Australia celebrates a “Year of Grace”, Benedictine Sister Magdalen Mather from Jamberoo Abbey in NSW reflects on what ‘grace’ means to her.
The many paths to motherhood
There’s something mysterious, something God-like, about mothering, however it happens, writes Judith Scully.
The gift of God
Most of us deeply desire the ‘more’ of life, writes Good Samaritan Sister Catherine McCahill. For many that means facing fairly and squarely that which touches our deepest humanity.
Reading and the spiritual journey
Our new self, born of reflection from reading, may seek greater intimacy with God and others, writes Good Samaritan Sister Joan Sexton.