Tag: Spirituality
Q&A with Fr Flader: Is God aloof?
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?
For the gifts of dentistry and washing machines, we thank the...
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.
Will you spend time with God? That depends on who you...
Would you willingly spend time with someone you didn’t love, or like, or even know very well? Would you spend an hour a week with them, simply because they asked you to?
Time, the secret ingredient for hotdogs and life
Time need not be the meaningless tick-tick-tick of the clock. It can also be the secret ingredient of our success, if we let it. This is as true for Catholic life as it is for the sublime art of hotdog manufacturing, writes Simcha Fisher.
Mother Hilda Scott OSB: All shall be well
Julian of Norwich, the 13th century anchorite and mystic, is famous for her saying that, “All manner of things shall be well.” She is still as relevant as ever as a guide to the ways of God, writes Mother Hilda Scott OSB.
A spirituality of perpetual movement
Madeleine Delbrêl was a French Catholic poet and mystic who founded a lay community devoted to living with and serving the poor during the Great Depression. Her key writings, published for the first time in English, reveal a startlingly contemporary call to discipleship and sanctity right for the ordinary person
Female faith leaders find solace in silence
Fifty women, all leaders of their parishes and various women’s ministries from across Sydney, recharged their spiritual batteries at the "Nourish You" retreat at the invitation of the Catholic Women’s Network on 22 June. For many, spending a whole day receiving rather than serving was a tough ask.
Jo Hayes: Why I despise the ‘growth mindset’ bandwagon
“Growth mindset” has been a buzzword in wellness, self-help and professional circles for years. While we should aim to grow, the Scriptures tell us we shouldn’t dare to “strive.” Growth comes from resting in God—as former TV presenter Jo Hayes discovered when she traded toil for prayer
Belief and unbelief in the Easter scriptures
The disciples didn’t believe on Good Friday, Holy Saturday, Easter Sunday, and most of the following week. If you find yourself doubting, remember that because of the disciples’ doubts we have a great gift: an account of a real, solid, incarnate, resurrected Jesus, writes Philippa Martyr
Christ’s cross is the ‘why’ of the whole cosmos
The redemption wrought in Christ is not a kind of addendum to Creation. Rather, our Easter faith confesses we live in a cosmos that is purposeful because it is Christocentric, writes George Weigel.
Take care of the Holy Name, the rest will follow
It seems like such a “little thing” to revere the Holy Name of Jesus. But life is about getting the little things in order. So treat the Lord’s name carefully, writes Simcha Fisher.
How did William Kamm lead so many astray?
Those who followed the “Little Pebble” were not gullible “brainwashed” drones of popular stereotypes, but rather pious and serious Catholics who found themselves adrift in a changing church and were led into error, sin and abuse, writes Professor Bernard Doherty