I think I came across this quote on Facebook a few days ago, attributed to St Bernard of Clairvaux: A saint is not someone who never sins, but one who sins less and less frequently and gets up more and more quickly. I just find this comment so consoling. Definitely a balm on a very sore spot of mine and…
Author: Marilyn Rodrigues
I'm a journalist and married mother of five. I live in Sydney.
Parents the first educators when it comes to faith
From The Catholic Weekly column: Joachim was finishing up his breakfast the other day when he suddenly looked up as if all inspired and said in a rush, “You know Mum, I used to think Jesus was just a statue in the church, just a dead statue, but then I went to Kindergarten and learned all…
Love, freedom, and the universal call to holiness
From last week’s column in the Catholic Weekly: “Very often we feel restricted in our situations, our families, or our surroundings. But maybe the real problem lies elsewhere: in our hearts. There we are restricted, and that is the root of our lack of freedom. If we loved more, love would give our lives…
You start doing something and suddenly it’s 10 years later…..
This from last week’s edition of The Catholic Weekly: Our Naomi turned 10 last week. Some readers of this column have been reading it since she was a tiny baby becoming ready to be born into the world. Back then it was called Pregnant Pause, before there was any pitter patter of little feet in…
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