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  • Daily reflections 17 – 31 December

    In the days before Jesus’ birth, Joseph’s silent courage, Mary’s trusting yes, and Zechariah’s enforced silence reveal how God works through different people and different events. These Advent figures show us that our transformation can happen in saying ‘yes’, in choosing mercy over certainty, in making room for mystery. Their hidden surrender becomes humanity’s hope.

    Daily reflections 17 – 31 December
  • Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year

    Flashes of Insight will be back in the first week of February. In the meantime the editorial board: Angela McCarthy, Joe Grayland, John Murphy and Tom O’Loughlin, wish you a Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year.

    Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year
  • Daily reflections 10 – 16 December

    A quiet transformation unfolds across the week as gentleness becomes strength and questions soften into trust. Hidden light guides each hesitant step. God’s work is patient; it steadies more than it pushes. In openness, the heart discovers unexpected clarity and a deeper freedom. These moments remind us that real change often begins where we finally…

    Daily reflections 10 – 16 December
  • Daily reflections 3 – 9 December

    Advent unfolds quietly, asking me to notice where hope waits beneath the surface of daily life. In honest choices, quiet service, and letting go of old fears, I prepare for a fulfilment I cannot yet see. Watching for Christ’s return, I learn to trust that what is unfinished will one day be gathered and made…

    Daily reflections 3 – 9 December
  • Daily Reflections 26 November – 2 December

    Amid the city’s noise and striving, God’s quiet truth endures. Gratitude transforms the ordinary; courage holds fast in the lion’s den. From ruins, beauty blooms again; from despair, new life grows. The city becomes a sanctuary where humility, hope, and peace take root.

    Daily Reflections 26 November – 2 December
  • Daily Reflections 19 – 25 November 2025

    Amid the city’s noise and neon, faith endures like a quiet heartbeat beneath the concrete. empires rise and fall, yet love holds its place in hidden hearts. Holiness is born in courage, repentance, and hope; worship rebuilt each dawn on streets where God still walks among us, reconciling all creation into peace.

    Daily Reflections 19 – 25 November 2025
  • What does ‘pro-life’ mean?

    Pope Leo XIV stirred debate by linking pro-life values with treatment of immigrants. His comments challenged American Catholics to rethink the narrow focus on abortion, urging a broader understanding rooted in Church teaching on dignity and human rights.

    What does ‘pro-life’ mean?
  • Daily Reflections 12 – 18 November

    Amid glass towers and crowded crossings, Wisdom still whispers. In the neighbourhood, on the train, at the shopfront—God’s breath moves through the human hive, shaping grace from our restlessness. When power bends to serve, when courage chooses truth, when love burns through fear, the streets become sanctuary and every heartbeat prayer.

    Daily Reflections 12 – 18 November
  • Daily Reflections 5 – 11 November 2025

    In the hum of the streets and the hush of unseen prayers, love becomes the quiet work of God. It moves through markets, doorways, and crowded trains; through friendship, service, and small acts of courage. Here, among strangers and companions alike, the Spirit builds a temple not of stone, but of hearts alive with grace.

    Daily Reflections 5 – 11 November 2025
  • Why mental illness shortens lives — and how to stop it

    People with mental illness die more than a decade earlier than those without — mostly from preventable physical illnesses, not suicide. This article explores what’s going wrong and what can be done to change it.

    Why mental illness shortens lives — and how to stop it

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