Mere Discipleship Mere discipleship Sheds easy excuses, Burns hot and bright. All escapes slam shut. Merely strikes with the searing clarity Of a metallurgist’s mallet, Sparks flying Bending resistant, habit-bound, Rough hewn raw materials Into instruments of peace....
Warning: Spoilers to follow for “The Promised Neverland” Sometimes the world doesn’t operate how we might think. In the first season of The Promised Neverland, Emma, Norman, and Ray discovered that the orphanage where they lived was not as warm and loving...
A day after Rev. Raphael Warnock won his seat in the US Senate, Christians stormed the Capitol with crosses and Jesus flags in hand. A day after a black man from Georgia defeated a white woman, insurrectionists waved and hung confederate flags in the halls of...
What is God saying to you? Fr. Matt Stewart, SJ, reflects on the Baptism of Jesus and the message given to both Jesus and us. Based on the readings for Sunday, January 10, 2021. Ever wonder what God thinks about you? Today we all get an answer. I’m Father Matt...
A great deal of energy has gone into arguing about historical parallels to our time: imperial Rome, Gilded Age America, Weimar (pre-Nazi) Germany. It is important that we get those historical parallels right. It is too easy to draw flattened, one-dimensional lessons...
The well-known expression, from Shakespeare’s Othello, “to wear your heart on your sleeve” could aptly describe my first day in the cardiac intensive care unit as a student. Try as I might, the jitters brought on by the daunting thought of working with such fragility...
Pope Francis recently declared that 2021 will be the Year of St. Joseph, the patron saint of workers. That’s good news for the millions of workers who are suffering from an unjust economic system that the COVID-19 pandemic has only worsened. 2020 has been the year of...
St. Elizabeth Ann Seton is the Saint born in the United States. After facing great loss and tragedy, she focused her life on the needs of others. Juan Ruiz, SJ, reflects on her life and reminds us that her selflessness serves as a model for us to follow. In the face...
Today we celebrate the Epiphany, when the wise men visited the child Jesus. They were willing to follow a star to a distant land to find the Lord. How far are we willing to go? Christopher Alt, SJ, delivers this week’s One-Minute Homily. Based on the readings...
Happy New Year! Let’s all collectively wave goodbye to 2020. Whew- what a year! As we welcome in 2021, this year has a lot in store, and not just the roll-out of COVID-19 vaccines or the swearing in of the second Catholic President of the United States. Here at TJP,...
