Jesus does not hide the cost of discipleship. It will not always be easy, but it will be worth it. Dan Finucane, SJ, reflects on the cost and rewards of following Jesus.
Finding God in Football: The Ignatian Examen Applied to Sports
As a semi-professional soccer player, Javi Bailén, SJ understood the importance of routine reflection. As a Jesuit, he discovered how the Ignatian spirituality provides perfect tools for athletes and teams to reflect on their performance. In his first for TJP, Javi writes about how the Examen can be adapted for sports teams to find God in their game – and perhaps improve their future play.
Finding God in Newcastle United’s Long-Awaited Trophy
On March 16, Newcastle United F.C. won their first trophy in over half a century. Christopher Brolly, SJ, a Newcastle lad living in Boston, reflects on the significance of his beloved football club’s victory for the city and its people. Brolly writes that the club’s triumph in the Carabao Cup goes deeper than football.
The Jubilee Year: It’s Time to Come Home
In his first piece for The Jesuit Post, Eric Lastres, SJ reflects on the Jubilee Year of Hope and the invitation to renewal it offers.
Defend (or Ditch) Democracy
“Russian” to conclusions ignores the bigger threat to democracy
“Boy Erased,” Conversion Therapy, and the Catholic Church
“Boy Erased” shows the damage caused by conversion therapy, a practice which also has a sad history in the Catholic Church.
Let’s Go! Pokémon is Back
Appease old fans or reach out to new ones…what’s a franchise to do?
In the Still of the Night
In restless silence, there is a way to find peace.
A Saint for the Stubborn: Stanislaus Kostka
This saint shows us not to wait to dedicate our lives to God, says Fr. Michael Rossmann, SJ, in talking about St. Stanislaus Kostka in this edition of One-Minute Saints.
Mass Apathy
Sometimes faith can be unremarkable and routine. God is still there.