Foolish wisdom
Bernard Toutounji
Bernard Toutounji is the education officer of the Life, Marriage and Family Centre in the Archdiocese of Sydney.
When to hold, and when to fold
- Published: 23 November 2011
- By: Bernard Toutounji
Dating someone is a tricky business. It is a bit like playing poker. We do not want to reveal our cards too quickly, yet if we hold onto them for too long the correct moment can pass and the game might be lost. In dating and poker, there is always a risk.
Secret of happiness is to embrace suffering
- Published: 09 November 2011
- By: Bernard Toutounji
By refusing to accept suffering we might actually be closing ourselves off to an important gift that is offered to us alone.
Speaking a hard truth with compassion
- Published: 21 October 2011
- By: Bernard Toutounji
Abortion is one of those topics that makes people really, really uncomfortable. Nothing destroys the conversation at a pleasant weekend barbeque more than talk about abortion.
Not a faith of rules but of perfect love
- Published: 21 August 2011
- By: Bernard Toutounji
If we do not constantly come back to a God of love, we will begin to see all of Christianity and its teachings as merely rules given by a harsh taskmaster.
Unmarried - there's no such thing
- Published: 27 July 2011
- By: Bernard Toutounji
When it comes to marriage and divorce, the Church is 'the servant of reality; she is the servant of the truth.'
