During Holy Week we enter into Christ’s Passion. Let us be like Simon of Cyrene and spent this time close to Jesus by helping to carry the cross. Josef Rodriguez, SJ, reflects on this encounter with Jesus in this week’s One-Minute Homily. Based on the...
*** The following poem was written in 2015, a few weeks after having professed my First Vows of poverty, chastity and obedience in the Society of Jesus on August 28th of that year. 1 It captured a moment of prayer where I brought to God my doubts, fears and...
We all have a calling from God – a vocation. On this Feast of the Annunciation, Christopher Alt, SJ, explores Mary’s own vocation story through Botticelli’s art. All of us have a calling from God – a vocation. On today’s Feast of the Annunciation, we...
When I met Carlos, I wasn’t sure what my long-term plans with the Church were. The hypocrisy of the abuse crisis nagged at me. The openly unwelcoming stance of the American Church struck me as wildly hypocritical. Plus, my parents were intertwined with the Church. At...
Throughout my four years as an undergraduate pre-med student, and my seven years as a Jesuit walking the path to become a physician, I never considered a career in plastic surgery. Like most, I have been influenced by media portrayals (i.e. the TV show Nip/Tuck) in...
Warning: this article contains spoilers for WandaVision. “What is grief, if not love persisting?”–Vision Loss and grief are powerful motivators. Each of us has experienced, or will experience, the loss of a loved one in the course of our lives. That loss can...
What does it mean to be like a grain of wheat? Hunter D’Armond, SJ, reflects on those whose selflessness gives life to others. Based on the readings for Sunday, March 21, 2021. The key to happiness? Be a grain of wheat! Hi, I’m Hunter D’Armond and this is my...
St. Joseph today continues to be a mystery for many Christians. He remains just… … the older saint that stands behind Mary and Jesus in most Christian art, … a familiar statue to place in our Nativity sets during Christmas, …. a pious devotional figure for...
This article was co-written by Justin Grosnick and Dan Dixon. Let’s be honest. None of us really knows what’s going to happen in the NCAA tournament. Statistics suggest the odds of selecting a perfect bracket are one in 9.2 quintillion. And that’s before taking COVID...
Names are powerful. I had a professor in college who I have gotten to know well since I graduated, and I still cannot call her by her first name. Conversely, I have graduate professors who insist I call them by their first names. Then there’s my local parish priest...
