The Advent season has begun! Martin Ngo, SJ, reflects on the fact that we aren’t so good at waiting, but God can use this time to shake us back to our senses and change our hearts.
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.
New York Values
Alex Placke, SJ rises to the defense of the Big Apple.
The Name of God Is Mercy – Review
In the new book from Pope Francis, Michael Rossmann, SJ writes that we get to know the heart of the Pope — and the heart of our merciful God.
Waiting for Hope: Obama’s Last State of the Union
Obama will be gone soon, but our problems remain. Bill McCormick, SJ explains what we can do about it in 2016.
Simple Gestures and Signature Graces
In a wordy world Brendan Busse, SJ finds that simple gestures often reveal the greatest graces.
The Magi Reach Their Destination
As the Christmas season officially ends, Perry Petrich concludes his pictorial look at the journey of the Magi today on the U.S.-Mexico border.
Our Society’s Throw-Away People
Our society does not encourage us to see the normalcy of those in prison, but Chris Schroeder, SJ shows how they are just like you and me.