Tag: Prayer

The first time a friend invited Tony Rimac to consider the Exodus 90 program, it was during the first COVID lockdown and he had no idea about the commitment. Though the father-of-three did not know what to expect, he accepted the call and embarked on a rewarding experience.

Ascension Presents’ new podcast “Rosary in a year” debuted at #1 on Apple podcasts on 1 January 2025, overtaking the world’s most popular podcaster, Joe Rogan.

If we are to make any firm resolutions this new year, let us begin with one. To pray. As Catholics, prayer must be our way of life.

Diocesan primary schools across Wilcannia-Forbes took a fresh approach to passing on faith traditions with a recent day devoted to prayer.

A local council in the UK spent £90,000 prosecuting Adam Smith-Connor for praying outside an abortion clinic. While exclusion zones around abortion clinics are increasingly seen in western, supposedly civilised countries, they are much more akin to totalitarian regimes, writes Monica Doumit.

Recently I visited the home of a Syro-Malabar Catholic family who migrated to Newcastle Australia, from Kerala, India where I stumbled upon the reminder of the importance of prayer.

For some time now I have had difficulty connecting with God in my prayer, as if he isn’t there for me or doesn’t care. I find him aloof. Is it possible that he can be aloof from us human beings, and what should I do in this situation?

Revisiting books about family life in the past is a nice reminder of just how good we middle-class Catholics have got it today. So join Philippa Martyr in thanksgiving for the blessings of our modern world.

Spiritual dryness and difficulty in prayer is a common challenge that many of us face. Fr Jacques Philippe and his Community of the Beatitudes is at the ready to help when we don’t know how to rekindle the love of prayer in our life.

Prayer is the cultivation in one’s heart of receptivity, openness and acceptance before the God who offers himself to us.

Blessed Estephan Nehme’s words were few yet filled with wisdom, reflecting a deep relationship with Christ, being focussed on words he had repeated since his childhood: “God sees me.”

A band of merry mothers has taken a leaf out of St Monica’s book, turning to prayer and our Lord to guide their children, themselves and their family.