by Emanuel Werner | Jun 13, 2019 | In the News, Pop Culture, Sports ~ Approx. 4 mins
Last night was Game 7 of hockey’s Stanley Cup Finals between the St. Louis Blues and the Boston Bruins. The Blues won to clinch their first ever Stanley Cup title to write the ending to an incredible storybook season. They fired their head coach early in the season....
by Billy Critchley-Menor, SJ | Jun 12, 2019 | Blogs, Gender, Sexuality, Spirituality ~ Approx. 5 mins
This post is edited from its original, published on August 1, 2018 – A Beautiful Bond: Argentinian Nun Ministers to Transgender Women *** The term “LGBT” was used for the first time in a Vatican document. The working document for the 2018 Synod on the Youth...
by Chris Williams, SJ | Jun 5, 2019 | Blogs, Spirituality ~ Approx. 3 mins
Gallup, New Mexico sprawls across dry desert land, surrounded by large reddish-orange mesas where small, hardy cedar trees and cacti litter the rocky ground. The cacti bloom in the Spring with tiny bright red flowers that sparkle over the brown dust and rocks. It is...
by Ian Peoples, SJ | Jun 2, 2019 | One-Minute Homily ~ Approx. 1 min
We might not always get along, but Jesus called us to be one. Ian Peoples, SJ, reminds us of Jesus’ call to remain in love in this week’s One-Minute Homily. Based on the readings for Sunday, June 2, which you can find here: https://bit.ly/2WvSBhi
by Brian Strassburger, SJ | May 31, 2019 | In the News, Music, Pop Culture ~ Approx. 3 mins
Last month, Taylor Swift dropped the first single of her forthcoming seventh studio album, another catchy pop gem to add to her extensive chart-topping successes. The new song, titled “ME!”, debuted on the Billboard Hot 100 and has comfortably lodged itself in the top...
by Colten Biro | May 29, 2019 | Blogs, Spirituality ~ Approx. 2min
There is a secret lie that I’ve held since childhood—that prayer is like recipe book or magical spell, wherein the perfect words get the perfect wish fulfilled. But, I often find it’s not the words themselves that matter. Rather, what leads me closer to Christ’s peace...
by Danny Gustafson, SJ | May 26, 2019 | One-Minute Homily ~ Approx. 1 min
Saying goodbye is never easy, but Jesus reminds us that goodbye is not the end. Danny Gustafson, SJ, reflects on Jesus’ own goodbye message to the disciples in this week’s One-Minute Homily. Based on the readings for Sunday, May 26, which you can find...
by Daniel Mascarenhas, SJ | May 24, 2019 | Creation, Faith & Politics, Pope Francis, Science & Technology, Spirituality ~ Approx. 4 mins
As we approach the fourth anniversary of Laudato si’ on May 24, I ask myself: “What have I done to care for creation?” Pope Francis’ encyclical continued the tradition of counter-cultural exhortations of the Christian faith that call us to live a life that God...
by Jason McCreery | May 23, 2019 | Pop Culture, TV ~ Approx. 4 mins
**This post contains spoilers for the series finale of HBO’s Game of Thrones.** This past Sunday, we listened to words from the Book of Revelation: “Then I, John, saw a new heaven and a new earth. … I also saw the holy city, a new Jerusalem, coming down out of heaven...
by Chris Williams, SJ | May 22, 2019 | Blogs, Spirituality ~ Approx. 4 mins
I put on my best I’m-really-listening-face, sitting in an old, kind of gross, white-ish wingback chair. My friend sits opposite on another identical chair. As I nurse a glass of nice Scotch, I notice the ends of the armrests, stained mysteriously gray from hours of...
