On the Feast of All Souls, many people fondly remember their deceased grandparents. For Billy, that experience of boundless love for an elder helped break through a distracting period of prayer.
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The Ten Commandments are more than “Thou Shalt Not”
Mountain driving teaches us to focus on the center lines, not the guardrails, to navigate beautiful but treacherous highways. That’s a good lesson for the spiritual life.
Praying through Crisis? Try and Ride the Waves.
After a family tragedy, Ignatius got prayer advice from an unexpected source: the ducks on Lake Michigan.
Every August, I’m reminded that new life always follows death
On the anniversary of his mother’s death, Nick reflects on the ways Jesus is present in experiences of death and dying.
Year after Year, The Gospels Wear Us Like a Pair of Leather Boots
The liturgical calendar invites us to order our lives around a cycle of stories. The same words return to collide with us in new ways. Like returning to a childhood bedroom in adulthood, memories pile up and dialogue.
Consolation Doesn’t Always Feel Good: Gratitude in Difficult Moments
There are many things in our lives that we are grateful for. But, can we be grateful for difficult moments too?
Leisure is meant to cultivate wonder, not make us more productive.
Our contemporary culture seems to suggest that free time should be spent in mindless entertainment or in rest for the purpose of being more productive later. However, leisure can put us deeper in touch with creation and our Creator when set aside for contemplative wonder.
A Deacon’s Diary: Life as An Almost Deacon
In his inaugural Deacon’s Diary, Steve Molvarec, SJ, writes: someone asked me: “How long does it take?” I replied: “I’ve been a Jesuit for nine years. And have less than two weeks until diaconate.” He said: “That’s a really long time.”
The Sacredness of Saying Goodbye
Where is God in the sadness of saying goodbye to friends and loved ones? He is in the very people we are parting from. And in saying farewell, the divine image can shine through most brightly.
The Holy Squad of Women Who Nurtured My Faith
Though they may have died, wherever the Eucharist is celebrated, the souls of our loved ones are present.