Brendan Busse, SJ. answers a student’s question about the ‘strength of belief’ and confesses that he doesn’t feel confident or strong in the spiritual life as often as he feels grateful.
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Brendan was born and raised in southern California. His love of narrative and social justice led him to pursue degrees in English (BA) and Theology (MA) at Loyola Marymount University. Before joining the Jesuits he served as a Jesuit Volunteer in Belize and worked in Campus Ministry at LMU as the director of Community Service and Social Justice. In recent years he studied Social Philosophy (MA) at Loyola University, Chicago and taught in the Matteo Ricci College of Seattle University. He was ordained a priest in 2017.
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The Surplus: On Worry and the Wasted
Brendan Busse, SJ foolishly begins hoarding food in a fearful moment and discovers again the beauty of the surplus in the vulnerability of the poor.
Medio paquete de oración
Brendan Busse, SJ experimenta Gracia en un mal vicio y reafirma sin querer el viejo chiste jesuítico: “¡Ni se te ocurra fumar mientras rezas, pero claro que puedes rezar mientras fumas!”
Half a Pack of Prayer
Brendan Busse, SJ finds grace in a bad habit and unwittingly affirms the old Jesuit wisecrack: “Don’t smoke during prayer. But you can definitely pray while you smoke!”
Una historia de amor: el narrador, el papa
Más profeta que erudito, Francisco nos cuenta la historia de lo que está haciendo Dios.
This Is a Story about Love: The Narrator & the Pope
More prophet than pundit, Francis tells us the story of what God is doing.
Blood and Water: Sin, Suffering, and ‘Top of the Lake’
Jane Campion’s ‘Top of the Lake’ explores the consequences of crime more than its solutions. Brendan Busse, SJ wonders if we’re “not merely interested in who deserves to die for pain, who did it, but how to keep living when we don’t know how to bear it.”
Sangre y agua: pecado, sufrimiento y “Top of the Lake”
Jane Campion’s ‘Top of the Lake’ explora las consecuencias del crimen. Brendan Busse, SJ piensa que no estamos simplemente interesados en quién merece morir por la culpa o quién lo hizo, sino cómo seguir viviendo cuando no sabemos cómo soportarlo más.
Remain In Love: To Live Without Leaving
Brendan Busse on the stomach-pain of leaving (Brazil, friends, World Youth Day) and the soft comfort of remaining (in love, across distance, in God).