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If homelessness becomes your way of life you will suffer the unkindest cut of all. People will say that you prefer to be homeless and will pity you, or drive you off the streets. Without a home you will find yourself stripped of respect....
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Like St Paul before him, St Ignatius is a saint for all seasons. By the time that he was chosen to be the first Superior of the group that would become the Jesuits he had been there and done that....
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The Pope’s appeal for respect for life asks for love and respect in our relationships. In a world where people belong to many religions and none, many people will not see life as a gift....
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This year the Day also celebrates the fortieth anniversary of Pope John Paul II’s powerful address to the Indigenous community at Alice Springs. It speaks just as powerfully to our own day....
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Saints don’t generally come in twos. That’s partly because their feast day marks their death. It is also the day of their birth into eternal life....
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As we grieve loss and give thanks for self-sacrifice on Anzac Day, we should also commit ourselves to a future in which we turn from wars, share burdens, give priority to the most disadvantaged, and shape a more just society....
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To live generously is difficult when our unhealed hurts and coldness have become habitual. For that reason, Pope Francis urges us to pray for families trapped in resentment and bitterness, where 'sorry', 'thank you' and 'please' are words that gather dust on the shelf. There the cycle must be...
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Peter Damian was a man of his time, a man of the Church, who dedicated his life to shape it after Christ’s pattern....
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The cry for justice comes naturally to all human beings. Children protest that ‘it isn’t fair’. Adults ask their torturers, ‘Why do you hurt me?’ Justice has to do with relationships....
If homelessness becomes your way of life you will suffer the unkindest cut of all. People will say that you prefer to be homeless and will pity you, or drive you off the streets. Without a home you will find yourself stripped of respect....
Like St Paul before him, St Ignatius is a saint for all seasons. By the time that he was chosen to be the first Superior of the group that would become the Jesuits he had been there and done that....
The Pope’s appeal for respect for life asks for love and respect in our relationships. In a world where people belong to many religions and none, many people will not see life as a gift....
This year the Day also celebrates the fortieth anniversary of Pope John Paul II’s powerful address to the Indigenous community at Alice Springs. It speaks just as powerfully to our own day....
Saints don’t generally come in twos. That’s partly because their feast day marks their death. It is also the day of their birth into eternal life....
As we grieve loss and give thanks for self-sacrifice on Anzac Day, we should also commit ourselves to a future in which we turn from wars, share burdens, give priority to the most disadvantaged, and shape a more just society....
To live generously is difficult when our unhealed hurts and coldness have become habitual. For that reason, Pope Francis urges us to pray for families trapped in resentment and bitterness, where 'sorry', 'thank you' and 'please' are words that gather dust on the shelf. There the cycle must be...
Peter Damian was a man of his time, a man of the Church, who dedicated his life to shape it after Christ’s pattern....
The cry for justice comes naturally to all human beings. Children protest that ‘it isn’t fair’. Adults ask their torturers, ‘Why do you hurt me?’ Justice has to do with relationships....