Repent, repent! For the BEGINNING is at hand!
A Grace Worthy of Our Attention
“Difficult consolation” is the grace that helps us realize humanity is messy, and that, even though we might not want to experience the pains of the world, we’re grateful that God doesn’t make us experience them alone. Jesus models that for us.
Ask God First: Rethinking Our Lenten Sacrifice
Before Lent, we often feel a rush of anxiety or excitement as we try to answer the question: “what are you giving up?” As we prepare to enter this new liturgical season, Eric invites us to ask a deeper question, considering what God might desire for us in this time.
Beavers, Muskrats, and the Real Invitation of Lent
As Lent approaches, Brennan Dour, SJ, reflects on the curious historical case of Catholics in New France classifying beavers as fish during Lent, and the reminder it offers that Lent’s purpose is not a rigid intensifying of rules, but God’s invitation to grow closer to him whatever our circumstances.
Adios Sábado Gigante: ¡Fuera, Fuera!
Andrés Arteaga bids a fond adios to a show that’s been a Latino family tradition for over five decades.
An Inconvenient Faith: Ruined for Life
The Jesuit Volunteer Corps proudly claims that their members will be ‘ruined for life’. Eric Immel, SJ was never a Jesuit Volunteer but he’d like them to know that he’s been ruined too.
American Road Trip: On the Way to Something New
With the school year winding down, Cyril Pinchak, SJ explores what the freedom of the road can teach us about our country and about ourselves.
Becoming a Giraffe
Danny Gustafson, SJ shares some news about recent projects in Jesuit education and considers what that might mean for students and graduates.
Finding God in Summer Blockbusters
Summer blockbusters are just days away and Jason Downer SJ is here to put them in a new lens.
The Fault: Natural Disaster, Poverty, and Violence
Faults are rupturing all around us. Brendan Busse asks us to look at the tensions beneath the crisis.