It’s not easy to see beauty in a “crucified world”. Is there really beauty around us: despite the immanent strife, pain, and death we all face? And if there is, how can we be more open to it? How can we let it guide us? Jacob Fiott explores all this (and more) in his recently […]Read More
Our search for God takes on many forms! In this week’s post, the aspiring poet Liam Agius expresses his search in a poem titled, “Myself, Divided”. In a quasi-Augustinian style, the poem explores the relationship between the unity and the multiplicity of our “self”; in a way that always keeps the door open for the […]Read More
Is Advent a Creative Journey? We explore this question with Sarah Zammit Munro and Mark Schembri – one a poet, the other a painter. Through their reflections and Art-Pieces (see below), they show us that Advent is essentially a creative time in which our Self is subtly re-generated and transformed. 1. You have […]Read More
CATHOLIC DAILY PRAYERS These daily prayers below are taken from the youth prayer book YOUCAT and the Jesuit prayer book Hearts on Fire. The text of each prayer can be found beneath each image. Morning prayer – I Let My Joy Free (full-text) Lord, I let my joy free, like a bird, up to the […]Read More
The prayers below are Catholic prayers for media communicators or media users. Under each image you will find the full-text of the prayer. 1. Prayer For Media – Prayer For Better Communication Lord, make us instruments of your peace. Help us to recognize the evil latent in a communication that does not build communion. Help […]Read More
The prayers below are Catholic prayers for strength, hope and comfort. The full-text of the prayer can be found under the image of the prayer. 1. Prayer for strength – Heavy Hearted Living God, you know how heavy my heart is, and how tight my chest. I can’t find a way out. Help me, my God! […]Read More
EASTER MESSAGE 2020 AMIDST COVID-19 This Easter 2020 is being celebrated in our own homes amidst the physical and mental difficulties of COVID-19; collective trauma, grief, loss of loved ones, tensions over job losses and vigilance for safety amongst others. Despite all this, as Christians we carry the hope of Easter. We have a […]Read More
Epiphany Prayer Catholic Catholic Epiphany Prayer “Breathe upon us gracious God, I pray, and show us this day Your Star which you did once show to the Magi, that as it formerly guided them to Christ, so, it may lead us to the Mysteries of Christ.” Marsilio Ficino 1433-1499 Read more: – Christmas Quotes By […]Read More
CHRISTMAS PRAYERS AND POEMS A selection of known and less known Christmas prayers and poems from the Christian and Catholic tradition. 1. A CHRISTMAS PRAYER by Robert Louis Stevenson “Loving Father, help us remember the birth of Jesus, that we may share in the song of the angels, the gladness of the shepherds, and the […]Read More
ABORTION REGRET POEM: THE FLOWER THAT NEVER WAS In fertile soil, a seed did fall and the gardener, unaware, nourished the soil and helped it sprout with accidental care. And all the wisdom of the earth was sealed around the hope that the tiny seed would claim its right and fulfil its given scope. With […]Read More
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