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Sydney retreat offers prayer reset

Silence, peace, and tranquility are things we all desire but they often elude us in the days and weeks of our busy lives.

Patrick O’Shea: Tradition and the Lindy Effect

Beer, bread, the wheel, prayer, the pub schnitzel–all have been around for a long time and will more-than-likely be around for a long time...

Calix and the road to recovery

The day before he entered detox, Tim Paul finished off most of a case of beer and contemplated starting on a second. Late afternoon shade had already crept into his northern suburbs flat.

Pope Francis thanks 15,000 gathered at Angelus for prayers for his...

Pope Francis thanked an estimated 15,000 people gathered in St Peter's Square on 18 June, two days after he was released from Rome's Gemelli hospital following surgery to repair a hernia

Philippa Martyr: Hope’s easy when you think about it

If hope is the best cure for hanging on to the church by your fingernails, then how can you help it to grow? Start by asking God for it. Hope is one of the three theological virtues. The other two are faith and charity, or love. Asking God for one of these usually brings the other two along for the ride (think of it as a spiritual group discount).

The rite to pray: Eastern Catholics and the orans posture

In the previous issue of The Catholic Weekly, Fr John Flader wrote about the suitability of laypeople praying in the orans posture with arms outstretched during Mass, especially during the Our Father. Fr Flader’s view is that laypeople perhaps ought to shy away from imitating actions more properly reserved for the priest.

Philippa Martyr: Without hope, Catholic frazzle comes for us all

Are you hanging on to the church by your fingernails? You can tell me to buzz off, but I’m genuinely interested. I know a lot of Catholics who have slid over the years from solid fervour into a state of daily Catholic frazzle. Admittedly, a lot has gone on. The ongoing clergy sexual abuse issue has hurt many Catholics. The Royal Commission was hard work. The trial of Cardinal George Pell was hard work.

Fr Benjamin Saliba: Let’s reclaim Sunday for God

As a newly-ordained priest I am quickly learning that without a balanced lifestyle it can all fall apart very quickly. Not that it has—although at times it feels very close. I am very thankful for my seminary formation and training which taught me balance is necessary for all things in life.

Q and A with Fr Flader: 10 years with Pope Francis

Dear Father, Pope Francis has now been Pope for ten years and I hear a lot of criticism of him, some of which I...

Simcha Fisher: Start your day with God, grace and gratitude

When we are young, we are taught to say “thank you” for gifts, whether or not they instantly fill us with delight. No doubt some...

Monica Doumit: Humility is pride’s antidote

I have to say that I have been quite conflicted over the last couple of weeks about how to respond to the 17-day “celebration”...

Man of constant prayer

Looking for Cardinal Pell? You only had to go to the chapel Whenever Archbishop Anthony Fisher would visit Cardinal George Pell in Rome or Sydney,...
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