Jackie Bailey

1. Article · Aug 9, 2026 · Jackie Bailey

   The idea of sin can cause shame and trauma. But what if it’s used as a cue to act? | Jackie Bailey (opens the original)

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   Instead of ‘being’ or ‘doing’ the wrong thing, a more useful understanding of sin may be of ‘missing the mark’ – a sense of not quite right-ness Making sense of it is a column about spirituality and how it can be used to navigate everyday life As a child, I was taught we are inherently unworthy of God’s love. “Forgive us our trespasses, as we forgive those who trespass against us,” I would intone at Sunday mass, along with the other parishioners. I was imploring God, not just

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2. Article · Jul 19, 2026 · Jackie Bailey

   I want a place for ritual in my daughter’s life, so together we created one | Jackie Bailey (opens the original)

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   Ellie wanted a high tea. We picked a sunny afternoon in spring, not long before her 12th birthday When I was about 12, I had my confirmation. I wore the same lacy white dress my terminally ill sister had worn two years earlier, with a red sash I had screen-printed at my Catholic school with a dove, symbolising the Holy Spirit. Typically, a child picks a saint’s name as their confirmation name, someone they would most like to emulate. I was permitted to take the name of someone who was still al

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