Madonna Magazine

Spirituality

Section: Spirituality

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    Happiness in service

    Fr Chris Gleeson SJ

    Real joy comes from community, not from the rugged promotion of the individual.

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    Waiting for the Messiah

    Rosie Hoban. 10 November 2018

    A community comes together to perform a Nativity play.

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    Set an extra place – Polish Christmas

    Michele Frankeni. 10 November 2018

    In their Christmas celebrations, Australia’s Polish community have kept traditions from their homeland with a few southern hemisphere tweaks.

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    Joy in the presence of God

    Peggy Spencer. 10 November 2018

    Joy is different to happiness. Joy brings a deeper warmth and contentment to our hearts.

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    Tea – back in flavour

    Peta Yowie. 10 November 2018

    There’s comfort in the ritual of brewing tea – the preparation, the waiting and then the first glorious sip.

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    Open dialogue

    Brendan Nicholls

    Let us not limit our conversation those who agree with us, but open ourselves to others with honesty, fearlessness and without judgment.

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    Living gratefully

    Fr Chris Gleeson

    A cornerstone of Ignatian spirituality is gratitude and the more time we spend in being thankful, the more we realise what we have to be thankful for.

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    Community matters

    Michele Frankeni

    A number of programs help migrants adjust to their new country, including a conversational English program run by the Jesuit Community College.

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    A feminine church needs women

    Beth Doherty

    A Church that values its women is not one that papers over the cracks but one that has mended the cracks to become something of great beauty.

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    The joy of stories

    Gillian Bouras

    While there is a richness to a spoken culture, it is culture that has severe limitations.

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    Interpretation in the eye of the beholder

    Michael McGirr

    Our Lady of Tarrawarra asks us to be open to God, even as she shows that God is open to us.

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