Do we ever turn to God as a servant to a master or a child to a parent? God is looking for something more. Christian Verghese, SJ, reflects on building a friendship with God.
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.
Mass or Mimosas? A Millennial’s Dilemma
Exploring the connections, divergences, and reasons for Mass vs Bunch
Another Sort of Teaching
Fr. James Schall, SJ was anything but an ordinary teacher.
One-Minute Homily: “Easter Changes Everything”
Christ is risen! We better pay attention, says Fr. Michael Rossmann, SJ in this One-Minute Homily for Easter Sunday.
Easter for the Heavy-Hearted
It’s been a heavy Holy Week. What does that mean for Easter?
Tiger Woods’ Comeback Is Not a Redemption Story
Let’s not confuse Tiger Woods’ win at the Masters for a redemption story. Let’s call it what it is: a comeback. As Holy Week teaches us, redemption is about healing and right relationships. This is a sports story. It’s a comeback.
The Sacred Carnality of Holy Week
Just as a poem transmits greater meaning in an audible reading than a theoretical analysis, Holy Week offers us a powerful and carnal memoir.