Colten Biro, SJ, remembers that sometimes the best interruptions of joy have a big red bow on top of their head.
Posts in Catholic Writing
God’s Holy Fools? The Wisdom of Living Saints
Joe Simmons, SJ considers the ‘holy fools’ in his life, and what it might take to become a saint in today’s world.
Faith of Our Mothers
Tim O’Brien, SJ on why — with all due respect to the hymn — ours is more often the faith of our mothers.
TJP Best of 2018
The Jesuit Post’s most-read pieces and editors’ choice awards for 2018.
Pope Francis on Happiness in this Life: A TJP Book Review
Jesus tells us to hate our life in this world to preserve it for eternal life. Does Pope Francis disagree?
The Best of What I Read in 2017
With everything going on in the world in 2017, it was easy to miss the great writing that happened. Michael Rossmann, SJ has picked out the best articles of the year.
“Lighting a Fire With Beauty”
Catholicism is about the beauty of the whole.
Greg Boyle’s New Book Enters Stores November 14th
Barking to the Choir: The Power of Radical Kinship calls us to savor tenderness.
Hopes for Priestly Life: Credibility, Friendship, Honesty
At the doorstep of ordination to the priesthood, Joe Simmons, SJ names three desires for life as a priest…
Worth Reading: “Bent Body, Lamb”
How do we stop holding life – and God – at a distance? Paddy Gilger, SJ points to a hauntingly beautiful essay that shows the way.