Sometimes moments of darkness can help us to trust and follow Jesus into the light. Christian Verghese, SJ, reflects on the story of the man born blind.
Grief, Relationality, and Animals: A Call to Bother to Love
Grief at the death of animals reveals a moral obligation we too often ignore. Daniel Mascarenhas, SJ argues that if we dare to feel this grief, it becomes a call to love them as fellow creatures of God.
Unstoppable Grace: Sacraments and Sinful Ministers
Reflecting on his current studies in theology, Josh reflects on how a hundreds-year-old debate on the sacraments touched his own life and brought him healing.
Atomic Pilgrim: A Book Review
In his forthcoming memoir Atomic Pilgrim, James Patrick Thomas recounts his cross-continental pilgrimage from Washington State to the Holy Land and his later activism back home. Writing for The Jesuit Post, Luke Lapean, SJ reflects on how the memoir provocatively asks whether true success in the struggle for change lies in measurable outcomes or in the quiet, interior transformation of the one who walks the road.
The Lumineers’ New Album III Is Horribly Depressing, and That’s Okay
If you’re looking to curl up on a lonely Saturday night with a cup of tea, a warm blanket, and some headphones, then the Lumineers’ newly released album is perfect for you. Even the “happy” songs are sad.
Despair’s Elixir
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.
Intro to the Spiritual Exercises: Freedom
What does is it mean to truly be free? Br. Mark Mackey, SJ, continues to lead us through an introduction to the Spiritual Exercises of St. Ignatius of Loyola, in which Ignatius calls for us to shed from ourselves the things that hold us down. What’s keeping you from...
Stephen Colbert, Solanus Casey, and Walter Ciszek on Gratitude
Lessons on gratitude from the Late Show host and two men on the path to canonization.
Quick Look at the Spiritual Exercises: Introduction
It's good to exercise the bodies, but what about the soul? We've got just the thing for you: the Spiritual Exercises of St. Ignatius. Join us in the next several weeks as we give a quick overview of this great gift of Ignatius of Loyola.
Love in the Time of Swift
In her new album, “Lover”, Taylor Swift explores all the myriad ways in which we love, but also what power that love can hold over us.