What’s our purpose in life? Jesus’ words in the Gospel today give us a good place to start. Matthew Zurcher, SJ, reflects on finding purpose by focusing on others, as God does.
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.
What’s in a Statue?
Christopher Columbus is a symbol, but is he also a distraction from more important issues?
One-Minute Homily: “Working God’s Vineyard” [Oct 8, 2017]
Why work for and with God? This week's (extremely) brief One-Minute Reflection explores the many ways we are called to collaborate in cultivating the Kingdom of God. Based on the Sunday Mass Readings for October 8, 2017.
The Courage to Love: On James Martin and the Magnitude of Words
When Damian Torres-Botello, SJ read about recent reactions to Fr. James Martin’s newest book, he was reminded of the power of words and the call to love.
Growing Up Undocumented
How can an encounter change what laws and walls cannot?
The Church – A Home Blessed and Broken
In his TJP debut, Billy Critchley-Menor, SJ shares his love for a home that is blessed and broken.
Tales of the Second City
How can listening to first-hand stories help heal the harmful divisions in cities like Chicago?