by Brendan Busse, SJ | Feb 27, 2012 | Blogs ~ Approx. 2 mins
Some of us are just really good at what we do. Check out this guy. God ain’t too shabby in His work either. Don’t believe me? Take a look here. But many of us—and I’ll speak for myself—feel pretty inadequate most of the time. The real problem is the secret belief that...
by The Jesuit Post | Feb 27, 2012 | Week in Review ~ Approx. 1min
This week, Joe Simmons continued his reflections on the dangers of sarcasm for the spiritual life. Week in Review thought about giving up sarcasm for Lent, but we’ve already failed within this sentence. Perhaps if hypocrisy is the compliment vice pays to virtue,...
by Tim O'Brien, SJ | Feb 26, 2012 | Uncategorized ~ Approx. 1min
Enduring “Downton withdrawal”? Our friends at America Magazine have a cure: a new podcast about the recently-ended season of Downton Abbey. Resident TJP Downton lover Father Jim Martin joins Tim Reidy, also an America editor, in exploring Christian and Catholic themes...
by Joe Simmons, SJ | Feb 24, 2012 | Blogs ~ Approx. 3 mins
You can tell a lot about a person by what they read. I, for one, love perusing people’s bookshelves – it gives such a view into what has informed their thinking and what forms their worldview. But all bets are off in a Jesuit community. A Jesuit community bookshelf...
by Eric Sundrup, SJ | Feb 24, 2012 | Uncategorized ~ Approx. 1min
Maybe I’m a troublemaker; maybe I want to salve some deep guilt born out of my “free love” Napster college years. (I’d like to take this opportunity to offer my profound apologies to the network administrators at Xavier University during the spring of 2003… We...
by Tim O'Brien, SJ | Feb 23, 2012 | Uncategorized ~ Approx. 2min
Everyone loves a good confession, right? Here’s mine for today: I hate going to the gym. So much so that I usually go immediately upon waking, preferring to be half asleep and therefore too fogged to realize what I’m doing. My loathing is mostly unspecific, and while...
by Jayme Stayer, SJ | Feb 22, 2012 | Uncategorized ~ Approx. 6 mins
Editor’s Note: this is the second part of Jayme Stayer’s essay “Sh*t Christian Poets Say.” If you missed part 1 you can read it here. *** Last week in the first section of this essay, I sketched a general picture of the problems of religious...
by Michael Wegenka, SJ | Feb 22, 2012 | Uncategorized ~ Approx. 2min
You don’t have to be Catholic to be familiar with the question, “What are you giving up for Lent?” Giving something up is only one-third of the traditional Lenten disciplines of prayer, fasting, and almsgiving, yet it seems to have a fairly deep grip...
by Brendan Busse, SJ | Feb 22, 2012 | Blogs ~ Approx. 3 mins
“And your Father who sees in secret will repay you… your Father who sees in secret will repay you… your Father who sees what is hidden will repay you.” Mk 6:1-6, 16-18 What are we to do with the hypocrisy of this day? I mean it’s the only day that Jesus gives us the...
by Matt Spotts, SJ | Feb 22, 2012 | Blogs ~ Approx. 2 mins
Earlier this week I was having a conversation with a group of undergraduate students. During the conversation, one of the young women shook her head and said those infamous words: “You know, I’m a true believer that everything happens for a reason.” I’m not sure why...
