Topic: Spirituality

God approaches us in an eager desire for communion, so our task is not to strive for communion, but simply to open ourselves to receive it.

God evaluates us only in terms of our growth to fruitfulness, expressed as Christ-like love, and such fruitfulness comes only from our interrelationship with Christ. God deals with us in whatever way will lead to further growth – sometimes that is gently, sometimes it is harshly, always it is for the same purpose.

The life Christ call us to is not found by seeking to recover the past or escape from the past, but by opening ourselves to the new things God will do.

God is with us everywhere, whether we realise it or not, but there is still value in honouring special places of promise and revelation.

When Jesus sees us for who we really are, we are enabled to see ourselves for who we really are, without boxes and labels, and so be saved to become who we were created to be.

In the face of a plurality of spiritualities, Jesus calls us to respectfully but urgently and persistently bear witness to the good news.

The sacred is all around us and within us, but don’t make the mistake of trying to regulate it.

Extravagant devotion to the crucified Christ is the foundation of our compassion and care for other victims of the world’s callousness.

With Jesus as our pattern, we find a new identity in our uncompromising allegiance to God’s ways.

When we recognise Christ’s presence in the Eucharistic liturgy, we will bring the sick in search of healing.

Being born of water and Spirit involves becoming as vulnerable and dependent on God as a newborn baby is on its parents.

When we detach from things, God comes to fill or possess us by God’s Spirit, and suddenly the world is full of life once more.