Jealousy is a destructive anxiety and a poison which divides communities, said Pope Francis recently, and families too I would add. We see its impact in the first pages of the bible, as the reason for Cain’s murder of his brother Abel. And we see it in the news headlines every day. But what about within…
Tag: prayer
Return of the scapular!
It sounds a little bit like a B-grade horror movie doesn’t? Instead of this innocuous thing: One day maybe I’ll write an article about the history, spiritual significance, and practice of the wearing of a scapular. I can’t quite face that right now. Instead, let’s just say that it is a form of silent prayer and a very beautiful…
40 things to do before I turn 40
I celebrated my 39th birthday last week and now I’m really looking forward to my 40th and the start of a brand new decade. My 20s was about making two big life choices and having my first baby. My 30s was all about having four more babies and having a lot of the assumptions I’d held from my teens and 20s…
What to do when envy strikes
Popular international speaker Leah Darrow is visiting a gathering of women in a house in Arcadia in outer Sydney’s north west. I’ve been invited by a friend but I’ve also been commissioned to write an article on Leah. The former New York model chats over lunch while her husband Rick watches their first child, one-year-old Agnes, play with my younger children…
Marilyn Rodrigues 