Reflection – 3 
Capturing Joy(0)
As Victoria emerged from months of lockdown late last year, there was much relief and celebration around Melbourne. One reporter describing the moment said: It is simply joyous!
Joyous – what a beautiful and understandably under-used word it is.
When violence, criminality and corruption occupy the bulk of our news services, joy rarely features.… More
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Broken Relationships – What Do You Say?
A good friend recently lost her adult son very suddenly. Even though he had been ill and was receiving treatment, the illness was not terminal. He was not expected to die, so his death was a total shock to the family.… More
The Gift of a Child
In the chapel of the Retreat House at Manresa in Dublin there is a beautiful sculpture of the Madonna and Child. Mary is clasping the infant to her shoulder in a gentle embrace. As my Director pointed out, it is very unusual for the Child to be facing His mother, rather than looking out at us.… More
Soul-Making
“Some say the world is a ‘vale of tears’, I say it is a place of soul-making.” John Keats
When we are young, much of life experience seems unplanned and random. Our dear little hearts are torn by both love and disappointment, one as painful as the other, and without warning, days open up under our feet, hurtling us into some new happening.… More