It’s Pentecost Sunday! As we reflect on the gift of the Holy Spirit, Josef Rodriguez, SJ, reminds us that the Holy Spirit brings peace and forgiveness. Based on the readings for Pentecost Sunday 2021. Happy birthday, Church! It’s Pentecost Sunday! I’m Josef...
Over the past two weeks, fighting between Israel and Hamas has dominated international news coverage. Tensions between the Israeli government and the Palestinians had been building over evictions in a Palestinian neighborhood in East Jerusalem as well as skirmishes...
Have you ever wondered how different your life might have been if certain things had been just slightly different? Sometimes it seems as though all the facts of my life happened with a certain inevitability – I was always going to be raised in this town, support this...
I’m living in the time of cancel culture. Although the idea of a cancel culture is more associated with contemporary U.S. culture, I believe that it’s the freedom of speech and social media that brought it to the mainstream. Living with the cancel culture, I find it...
Who do we belong to? Hunter D’Armond, SJ, reflects on Jesus’ message that we don’t belong to the world. Based on the readings for Sunday, May 16, 2021. Jesus, what do you mean we do not “belong to the world?” Hi, I’m Hunter D’Armond and this is my...
Jesus commanded us to love one another, but do we really know how to do that? Fr. Matt Stewart, SJ, reflects on the love of God that we are meant to embrace and share. Based on the readings for Sunday, May 9, 2021. I love my niece and nephews. I love buffalo wings. I...
“To be honest,” Yunji told me, “I hardly ever speak English. I don’t have to because at the restaurant all the workers are Korean, and at home I speak Korean with my family.” This is how our Friday morning language exchanges began. Yunji is the aunt of one of the...
Before St. Paul became a great preacher and apostle, he was known for persecuting Christians. Christopher Alt, SJ, reflects on second chances and the need to give people the freedom to change. Based on the readings for Sunday, May 2, 2021. Change – even good...
“Unions used to be important, but they’re not necessary anymore.” It’s a line many of us have heard. We often associate unions with particular images of the past—steelworkers, auto manufacturing, coal miners, and railroad workers facing brutal conditions and low...
Some stories have so entered the public consciousness that we feel as if we know them even if we have never actually read them. Such is the case with Robert Louis Stevenson’s The Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde. The main twist- that the seemingly respectable...
