Podcast interviews from prominent Catholics such as Fr James Martin SJ and Fr Richard Leonard SJ are among the spirituality features on offer at PrayOnline, a prayer website developed by Jesuit Communications Australia.
The newly revamped pray.com.au website offers a feast of spirituality resources, including daily Gospel reflections, weekly podcasts and a blog on spirituality.
The PrayOnline email will continue to provide pray.com.au subscribers with Gospel reflections each day, however, people will now also be able to access the reflections through Facebook and Twitter. PrayOnline also posts images each day featuring quotes from the Gospel readings, which people can share with their friends on social media.
The PrayerBlog features reflections from Catholics about how they pray, where they find God, and what nourishes them in their faith. The PrayerPod podcast features interviews with a number of prominent religious and lay Catholics about their vocational journeys, and how they’ve come to know God in their lives. Early interviewees include Jesuit authors Fr James Martin SJ and Fr Richard Leonard SJ, America magazine journalist and author Kerry Weber and musician Sarah Hart.
“It’s good to hear these people’s stories, and learn that in most cases their faith is not all that
different to ours — they have the same doubts, the same struggles with God as we do,” says PrayOnline Editor Elisabeth Doherty, who hosts the podcast series.
Ms Doherty says the newly revamped site hopes to give people a range of ways to connect with God in their day to day life, in formats they can use across various platforms.
“We want to give people options to find God in whatever situation they’re in. They might want to wake up to a brief Gospel reflection each morning, or make a little more time and read a reflection that will get them thinking. Or they might not want to read at all, but would prefer to listen to a conversation instead,” she says.
“God is always there in the background of people’s lives. We hope that the PrayOnline site might help people find Him a bit more easily, no matter where they are.” [Province Express]
