Be humble, sit down. The words of Kendrick Lamar serve as a great summary of Jesus’ parable in today’s Gospel. Tim Breen, SJ, reflects on the importance of seeing the bigger picture and focusing less on ourselves.
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.
A Beautiful Bond: Argentinian Nun Ministers to Transgender Women
Nun says God is “very present” in ministry to transgender women.
Happy Ignatius Day!
Today is the Feast Day of St. Ignatius of Loyola, founder of the Society of Jesus. TJP's David Inczauskis, SJ, had the great opportunity to travel to Spain and explore some of the sites from the life of Ignatius. Take a moment to see the sites and reflect on his life....
Jurassic Park and the Problem of Ambition
Cool dinosaur fights? Yep. Moral reflection? Not so much.
Mamma Mia and the Heroic Love of Motherhood
Despite our imperfections, heroic love can ABBAsolutely change our lives.
Identifying the Enemy
Spadaro, Figueroa, and Pope Francis on the Prosperity Gospel
State-Sponsored Terror in Nicaragua Strikes the Church
Danielista paramilitary agents punch a bishop and shoot at a parish.