I have a dream that my four little children will one day live in a nation where they will not be judged by the color of their skin but by the content of their character. Like many Americans, I grew up with an inadequate understanding of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. In...
John the Baptist shows us true humility by pointing his followers to Jesus. Hunter D’Armond, SJ, reflects on this humility and our own mission to bring others to Jesus and get out of the way. Based on the readings for Sunday, January 17, 2021. Hear me out, if...
January of 2008 and January of 2021 found me focused on the same building, but at profoundly different points in my life and for profoundly different reasons. In January of 2008, I had just acquired my Congressional ID badge. As a freshman at Georgetown University, I...
In an interview with the Italian newspaper Mediaset Italia, Pope Francis revealed his surprise by the insurrection at the US Capitol: “I was astonished because they are people so disciplined in democracy,” he said. We all want the world to believe that America should...
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...
