Abundance – Hiroshima Day
Hiroshima Day Richard Rohr’s Daily Meditations “How can I be more holy?” We don’t have to make ourselves holy. We already are, and we just don’t know it yet. In…
Read moreWhy We Shout in Anger
A Hindu saint who was visiting the River Ganges to take bath, found a group of family members on the banks shouting in anger at each other. He turned to…
Read moreIncarnation
“Jesus has no hands but ours.” Teresa of Avila
Read moreLove – a way of looking
“Love is not a matter of looking at each other, but of looking together in the same direction.” Antoine de Saint-Exupery
Read moreDeep Silence
“Deep silence leads us to suspect that, in the first place, prayer is acceptance. A person who prays is a person standing with their hands open to the world. They…
Read moreObaudire
From; The Gift of Saint Benedict, by Verna A. Holyhead SGS and Lynne Muir. John Garrett Publishing, Victoria, Australia. 2002. Pp. 32-33 In contemporary life we may seem to spend…
Read moreBorn to Love
My Vocation is Love
Beside myself with joy, I cried out: ‘Jesus, my love! I’ve found my vocation, and my vocation is love.’ From the Autobiography of St Therese Lisieux
Read moreSet Pools of Silence
“Incarnate Word, in whom all nature lives, Cast flame upon the earth: raise up contemplatives among us, men who walk within the fire of ceaseless prayer impetuous desire. Set pools…
Read moreFestival of the Sacred Heart
On Friday June 7, 2013, Heart of Life, the Missionaries of the Sacred Heart, and St Thomas Parish, Blackburn celebrated together the Feast of the Sacred Heart, with a 7pm…
Read moreContemplation: the Axis Mundi
Father Teilhard de Chardin speaks in his book The Divine Milieu of a nun praying in a chapel in a desert place and, as she prays, all the forces of…
Read moreEnneagram: Adelaide 2013
Spiritual Dimensions of the Enneagram – Introduction A Weekend workshop introducing the Enneagram was held Saturday 18th and Sunday 19th May, 2013 at Mary Mackillop Centre – St. Michael’s College Henley…
Read moreMindfulness Prayer Day and Seminars – Heart of Life, 2013
Prayer Day – “Mindfulness and Meditation” Saturday 26th March, 2013 – 10am to 3.30pm Facilitated by Chris Chaplin msc —————————————- Seminars – “Mindfulness and Meditation” Five Wednesdays – February 27,…
Read moreA Story on Communal Correction
I was recently told of an African tribe that does a most beautiful thing. When someone does something hurtful and wrong, they take the person to the centre of town,…
Read moreTo Your Mother’s Eye, Behold
My mother only had one eye, (even though she wasn’t a Crow’s supporter). I hated her… She was such an embarrassment. She cooked for students and teachers to support the…
Read moreAwakening to What I have
“When I got home that night as my wife served dinner, I held her hand and said, I’ve got something to tell you. She sat down and ate quietly. Again…
Read moreUnderstanding a Spiritual Crisis
by Gord Riddell and Kathy Ryndak The process of spiritual awakening is most often an uncomfortable and painful event. While many people may have an interest in the spiritual realms and…
Read moreSeminars – Heart of Life, 2012
Story Telling and Visual Images in Spiritual Direction June 25 – 29: An opportunity to work with an esteemed mentor presented itself to me in June when I joined Peter…
Read moreDevotedness to God brings Perfect Contemplation
From Patanjali’s Meditation Yoga, Translation and Commentary by Vyn Bailey msc SUTRA 45 SAMADHI-SIDDHIH ISVARA-PRANIDHANAT From devotedness to god comes perfection of contemplation SAMADHI contemplation SIDDHI efficiency • attainment • perfection…
Read moreTo Be Love
THE OFFICE OF READINGS – 1st October A reading from the autobiography of St Teresa of the Child Jesus To be love, deep in the heart of the Church I…
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