Everyone needs to feel at home, to feel earthed Esther de Waal Everyone needs to feel at home, to feel earthed, for it is impossible to say ‘Who am I?’ without first asking, ‘Where am I? Where have I come from? Where am I going?’ Without roots we can never grow. Without stability we cannot […]
The place is never “chosen”…it is merely discovered… The place is never “chosen”…it is merely discovered….in other words, the sacred place in some way or another reveals itself. Mircea Eliade Can you name places in your life which have revealed something of life’s wonder and God’s mystery? “The place on which you are standing is […]
May the artesian water spring Silence is the rock where I shall stand O when I strike it with my hand May the artesian water spring From the Dark source I long to find. Judith Wright Photo credit: Cindy Cornett Dadirri recognises the deep spring that is inside us. We call on it and […]
Fr Philip Carter’s Lenten series this year is titled ‘Thin places’. The meditations lead us to reflect on spaces, internal and external, where we feel at home, able to give time to ourselves to look at Jesus as we accompany him on this journey, and allow him to look at us. The spirit of this […]
Christ will come again May my expectation be a source of joy Rule of Taize When Christ who is your life is revealed, then you also will be revealed with him in glory. Colossians 2: 4 And God the touch body and soul believe, And God the secret neither one is keeping. Mark Jarman Image: […]
Christ is risen To know Christ, to experience the power of his resurrection Do not lie to one another, seeing that you have stripped off the old self with its practices, and have clothed yourselves with the new self, which is being renewed in knowledge according to the image of its creator. Colossians 3:9-10 Bored […]
Welcome to the 2023 Spirit Matters blog. We begin the year with three reflections based on the three affirmations in the acclamation of faith said during the Eucharistic prayer of Thanksgiving. Christ has died Exchanging a living death with a dying life For you have died, and your life is hid with Christ in God.Colossians […]
Reclaim your Sacred Site Clear a little space In your crowded everyday And every day reclaim the Sacred Site There at the heart of you. Give the Sacred the space and time To come and sit with you To become intimate with your story. Noel Davis Stop searching, stop travelling, and you will arrive. There […]
Fr Philip Carter offers a ministry of spirituality, with a series of meditations on some questions that we may ponder as we consider our life in God. You will find here his reflections and questions for meditation, images, music and poetry to enrich your life’s journey. We need to “listen to the language of our […]
Welcome to the first post of our new weekly blog. Fr Philip Carter offers a ministry of spirituality, with a series of meditations on some questions that we may ponder as we consider our life in God. You will find here his reflections and questions for meditation, images, music and poetry to enrich your life’s […]