EDITOR’S NOTES
SPIRITUALITY OF UNITY
I — my brother — God
Chiara Lubich explains the communitarian character of Focolare spirituality.
CHURCH
A historic occasion
Archbishop Rowan Williams addressed the Synod of Bishops in Rome.
WORD IN ACTION
Reconciliation in the family
Hugh Kavanagh tells how he set about trying to restore peace to the family.
VIEWPOINT
A sign of hope
Christmas offers us an opportunity to ‘start again’.
PROFILE
Face2Face with…
Therese Mabulay Valik who came from Congo for the Paralympics
SPIRITUALITY OF UNITY
Word of Life – December
But to all who received him, he gave power to become children of God (Jn 1: 12).
As we welcome and accept one another in mutual love, so we receive the power to become children of God in a relationship that shares in the Son’s own relationship with the Father. Like this we live out the grace Jesus died for us to have.
REFLECTION
Feel it in your bones
Mary Gateshill reflects on what it means to have freedom in one’s soul.
STORYTIME
The donkey’s tale
Marie Jackson tells the Christmas story from the donkey’s viewpoint.
WORD IN ACTION
The carpenter and the Gospel
David Burke shares how his love of carpentry made him reflect on the Gospel.
DIALOGUE
Face2Faith
Frank Johnson answers questions put to him by teenagers.
THOUGHTS FROM THE KITCHEN
Summer on a rainy day
Ana Domitrovic shares a delicious Croatian recipe with New City readers.
TUNING IN
Arvo Pärt
Paul Gateshill offers some thoughts on Arvo Pärt.
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