This Is Why I Dare to Pray

This Is Why I Dare to Pray

In the last year, a small phrase from the Mass I’d not previously paid much attention to, I learned to love. It is the preface to the Our Father when the priest says, “At the savior’s command and formed by divine teaching, we dare to say…”   I recall when...
Don’t Make College Football an Idol

Don’t Make College Football an Idol

I am both excited to watch the national championship game tonight (geaux tigers!), and I also believe college football has turned into liturgical worship. Let me explain. Sports are so ingrained in my being that imagining my life without them is not imagining my life...
Review: “Marriage Story”

Review: “Marriage Story”

“Criminal lawyers see bad people at their best. Divorce lawyers see good people at their worst.”  Alongside this memorable pronouncement from “Marriage Story,” I want to append St. Ignatius of Loyola’s observation that desolation, more than just a feeling, is a...
Top 10 Jesuit Events of the 2010s

Top 10 Jesuit Events of the 2010s

We’ve come a long way since 2010. Back then, Pope Benedict XVI was five years into his pontificate, there were still 10 Jesuit provinces in the U.S., Peter Faber was just “Blessed,” and no one had heard of the name Missy Franklin. As we continue to kick off the new...
I Conquer Evil When I Watch Basketball

I Conquer Evil When I Watch Basketball

When I was in grade school, I forced myself to try out for the basketball team. I never liked basketball, wasn’t particularly fast, couldn’t shoot the ball, and preferred to sit on the bench. But, everyone else was doing it, and their participation convinced me that I...