Miracle-expert Dr Jacalyn Duffin doesn’t sound like an atheist when she talks about the mysterious benefit of prayer and the witness of a saintly life. She says miracles happen, and are genuine wonders upon which only believers can shed some light. Her position has garnered attention all over the world – and controversy among the…
Thoughts after reading Night’s Bright Darkness by Sally Read
Who else loves a good conversion story? I’ve known many, but found it a great grace to begin the year reading Sally Read’s memoir of her conversion, Night’s Bright Darkness. At the end of 2010 she was confirmed and received her first Holy Communion in the chapel of Santa Marta in Rome after a dramatic…
How writing a regular column has changed my life
Over the last couple of weeks in spare moments I’ve been making an inventory of my Catholic Weekly columns, entitled Pitter Patter. I started writing it when I was five months pregnant with my first child at the suggestion of the then-managing editor, Kerry Myers. That little bean on the ultrasound imaging machine I described…
Want to get closer to God? Learn to do ‘nothing’ well – leeches optional
From my latest column at The Catholic Weekly: Our family spent time in the Blue Mountains, at a recreational camp with some other families. “Enjoy your holiday”, our parents said. We reminded them that taking a clutch of children for a week of sport and activities with dozens of other kids isn’t exactly the…
Marilyn Rodrigues 