What Skype taught me about the gaze of Christ
Contact: “Eye contact confirms our humanity. We acknowledge that others exist when we meet their eyes.” HUDDLED in a sodden tent with my best friend’s family, wind howling like a ravenous dog on the...
View ArticleRunning the race of life
Focused: “But today is the first day of the rest of my life, and I am determined to train as if I will win the race.” MY career as a cross-country runner was never really destined to succeed. I began...
View ArticleBeing attentive to the bigger picture
God’s goodness: “Ignatius’ Examen turns the mistakes of the day into an opportunity to notice God at work.” NOTICE the colour purple. The phrase caught my intrigue halfway down a list of resolutions...
View ArticleHow to be a single Catholic
Single for Christ: “Mary of Nazareth was single when God called her to bear Christ to the world.” YOU know those movies that you really wish you hated, but secretly enjoy way more than you ought to? I...
View ArticleA Mary heart in a Martha world
Pray: “When I try to live my days without God, I wind up in the same restless, agitated busyness as Martha of Bethany, panicking that I’ll never get it all done, never measure up in the world’s eyes.”...
View ArticleRotting rats and Reconciliation
Freedom: Next time you’re debating whether to go to Reconciliation, stop for a moment. Remember who this God is that you’re going to talk to. JUST after 11pm, we heard a snap, a crunch and a few...
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