by Brian Konzman, SJ | Oct 22, 2012 | Uncategorized ~ Approx. 2min
The sun filters in through your blinds. You stretch languidly in bed, well-rested and ready to take on a new day. Looking over at the clock, it kindly punches you in the stomach – it’s now two hours later than you needed to wake up. You launch yourself off the...
by Joe Hoover, SJ | Oct 22, 2012 | Uncategorized ~ Approx. 8 mins
I follow baseball like I follow dust. It is there, it happens, sometimes I notice. But when I do notice the game, it is the Yankees I pay attention to. So catching a headline Friday that announced New York was swept by the Tigers in the pennant series did not make me...
by The Jesuit Post | Oct 21, 2012 | Week in Review ~ Approx. 2min
Yes, it’s making some of us feel old too, but this week, The Princess Bride turned 25, and TJP’s Quang Tran joined the 2.2 million other fans who’d “liked” the anniversary on Facebook. But we couldn’t just leave it there, because...
by Perry Petrich, SJ | Oct 19, 2012 | Uncategorized ~ Approx. 2 mins
Big Jim Wilson 1941 to two weeks ago Thursday This English session guitarist played on albums by Maryanne Faithful and David Bowie and everybody in between. He leaves behind those records and his likely-most-famous guitar part in this never-failing Tom Jones love...
by Jim McDermott, SJ | Oct 18, 2012 | Uncategorized ~ Approx. 8 mins
Author’s note: After decades of work running Jesuit schools, in September, 2006, Greg O’Kelly, S.J. was named the auxiliary bishop of Adelaide in the Australian state of South Australia. He was Australia’s first ever Jesuit bishop. Three years later, he was...
by Tim O'Brien, SJ | Oct 18, 2012 | Uncategorized ~ Approx. 2 mins
But all they want to do is tie the poem to a chair with rope and torture a confession out of it. They begin beating it with a hose to find out what it really means. — Excerpt from “Introduction to Poetry” by Billy Collins Early in high school, I made up my mind: I...
by Brendan Busse, SJ | Oct 18, 2012 | Blogs ~ Approx. 5 mins
“People are always hungry, cold and full of desire.” Last week this claim closed Perry Petrich’s thoughtful review of Mumford and Son’s new album, Babel. I’ve been thinking about those words ever since. Well, that and the gift of socks and chocolate that he mentioned....
by Eric Sundrup, SJ | Oct 17, 2012 | Uncategorized ~ Approx. 1min
Finish this quote: “Hello. My name is …” Slim Shady? Nope, it’s the other one. Thanks to the 25th Anniversary of The Princess Bride, we’ve been trading Princess Bride quotes back and forth all week here at TJP. My favorites are always from Inigo Montoya, the Spanish...
by Sam Sawyer, SJ | Oct 17, 2012 | Uncategorized ~ Approx. 2min
I’ve seen some home runs at Fenway Park, but this one was unique: Thanks to the Incarnation, you and I and God have one thing in common: we’re all human. And therefore, if you wish to be like God, be more human. And the way to be more human is to help others to...
by Perry Petrich, SJ | Oct 16, 2012 | Uncategorized ~ Approx. 2min
The Beatles thought they were bigger than Jesus, but One Direction did something the Beatles never could: they’re the first British band to have an album debut at #1 on the USA Billboard Charts. Can’t quite place them? There’s no way you’ve...
