January / February 2012
Our Cover
‘Lord, let us see your face’ (Psalm Response for the 1st Sunday of Advent). It is in the child that is brought into the world by Mary that we see the face of God. This is the time of the year we rejoice in the presence of God in our world and give thanks for the gift that is our Saviour.
In this issue ...
On pilgrimage
This is age-old practice of many religions is known to many through Chaucer’s Canterbury Tales.
Take good care of your hearts
Soul Matters - Chris Gleeson SJ
Valete addresses to Year 12 students offer wise advice about caring for the hert – our own and others’.
In the steps of Dom Salvado
Sr Margaret Malone tells of her journey along the recently founded WA pilgrim route of the Camino Salvado.
Help in higher places
Michael McGirrr reflects on the saints for January/February and assigns them some new ‘patron’ duties.
The power of virtue
In a reflection for a house Mass, student Patrick Kelly explores the meaning of the motto ‘Virtue conquers all’.
‘Just as husbands shall submit to their wives’
St Paul’s advice needs a new interpretation for today says Nirmalene Candappa.
A baptismal pilgrimage
Family Matters - Teresa Pirola
The five remaining ‘boys’ of the Faulkner family make a pilgrimage to the place of their baptisms.
Your Daily Prayer
January & February
A prayerful reflection on the scripture readings for every day of the month.
A year of the heart
The power of story - Elizabeth Pike
A new year brings new ventures and challenges, particulary for our First Austrailians.
Achieving state aid
A Cloud of Witnesses - Edmund Campion
Arthur Rolfe was part of the famous campaign for state aid in the early 1960s.
The Examen and the Our Father
The Ignatian review of the day can be practised through the phrases if the Our Father.
Friends
‘Jesus has mostly come by way of friends’, says Bruce Dawe in a new poem.
Dappled things
Bread for the Journey - Peter Steele SJ
Poet Gerard Manly Hopkins wrote in praise of the wondrous variety in God’s creation—a rehearsal, says Peter Steele, for our eternal destiny.
More Great Catholic Books
Our readers nominate their favourites for the list of 100 Great Catholic Books.
Faith & spirituality in review
New books.
