Today is the Solemnity of All Saints! As we remember the holy ones that inspire us, Martin Ngo, SJ, reflects on how we are all called to holiness. It’s more than a check-list, it’s a matter of habit.
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.
An Open Letter to Hate, Suffering, and Fear: You have NOT won.
Colten Biro, SJ, would have words with the hate, fear, and suffering in the world lately.
When Britney Spears Becomes Art
“Art” and “prayer” probably aren’t the first words you associate with Britney Spears, but Andrés Arteaga explains how his Britney-inspired style of dance has been exactly that.
The Great Holiday Bake Show
Cookies! Or Biscuits! But, yeah, Cookies!
Here. But not yet. A TJP Advent-ure: Week 2
In the second piece of the series, Damian Torres-Botello, SJ discovers the Advent-ure of waiting to meet male prostitutes in Chicago.
Doing Justice to Love
We love our family and friends. But do we *really* love Syrian refugees? Bill McCormick, SJ considers whether we do justice to the word love.
The UN, the Church & Climate Change
World leaders are meeting in Paris to talk about the welfare of our common home. Henry Longbottom describes what you need to know and what you can do to make a difference.