Jesus gives some challenging teachings in today’s gospel and also challenges us on how to listen. Fr. Eric Sundrup, SJ, reflects on what it means to receive the Kingdom like a child.
Ignatian Contemplation: A Man Healed at the Pool of Bethsaida
Ignatian Contemplation is a distinctly Jesuit way of praying with Scripture that invites the reader to enter the scene using their imagination. As you watch this video prepared by Alex Hale, SJ, allow the video’s prompts to guide your prayer on the man healed at Bethsaida.
What Makes Jesuit Community Feel Like Home
The externals certainly help, but when you want to know what really makes a Jesuit house feel like a home, you have to dig deeper to discover what we really hold in common.
Pope Leo on Migrants: Welcome the Living Presence of Jesus
Drawing on Pope Leo’s first apostolic exhortation Dilexi Te, Nate Cortas, SJ reflects that welcoming migrants is not a political preference but a Gospel demand. In the stranger at our door, he insists, Christians encounter the living presence of Jesus Himself.
Prayer: There’s an App for That
We use apps for nearly everything else. Why not prayer? A new app for the Examen may be just what we need, writes Michael Rossmann, SJ.
Sinner & Saint, Hero & Antihero
With the release of D.C.’s Suicide Squad, Colten Biro, SJ reflects on the role and appeal of the hero and antihero.
All I Have is the Present (Tense): My Life in Spanish Lessons
Learning a new language can be frustrating. But when Keith Maczkiewicz, SJ is able to string some palabras together, he learns the importance of even the simplest of tenses.
Finding Freedom Amidst Fear
After the murder of a young friend, Eric Immel, SJ considers the reality of violence around the world over the past few weeks. What does it mean for our American desire for “freedom”?
Waging Peace Through Friendship
World Friendship Day sounds like a Hallmark gimmick, but Michael Rossmann, SJ describes its importance and explains what helps global friendships happen.
Broken, But Not Giving Up
Eric Immel, SJ recalls breaking bones and facing a choice: give in or give up?