There is something I find at Mass on Ash Wednesday that I don’t find elsewhere. Nowhere besides here do I step in line with old ladies in purple sweaters, fellow students, elderly widows, the nuns, the homeless, the workers on lunch hour, the priests, and the University president to face our shame, imperfections, and our transgressions, together.
A prayer for those whose Thanksgiving may be rife with stress, anger, and regret.
What women religious can teach us about how to respond to the Church sex abuse crisis.
The Second Week of the Spiritual Exercises is all about getting to know Jesus. Br. Mark Mackey, SJ, guides us through how we get to know Jesus as a role model and a friend in this week's episode of the Intro to the Spiritual Exercises. https://youtu.be/IjWiEDtLhjA...
If, when it is all over…and we somehow come to find out that there is no God after all, I am going to be absolutely livid.
The call to conversion is not always satisfying and can be uncomfortable.
I still remember memorizing the Our Father as a child in Sunday school. Whenever I’m on a bumpy plane ride, that familiar prayer of my youth comes to me sooner than any comforting words I could assemble on my own…
Hearts on Fire retreats bring the Spiritual Exercises of St. Ignatius to young people, and make them accessible.
How is that Catholics believe Christ becomes really present under the form of bread and wine at Mass? Joe Seiter helps us understand transubstantiation, and how theology and faith both inform one of the Church’s great mysteries.
St. Ignatius’s Principle and Foundation can help us order our lives and our goals toward that is most important.