At the beginning of Lent, we focus on…our death?! Jeff Ryan Miraflor, SJ, and Eric Immel, SJ, reflect on death, Lent, and the greater meaning of life.
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.
Our Political Idols: Why We Mislabel the Popes (and Ourselves)
Media narratives try to force Pope Leo XIV into political boxes that no pope can check. Alex Hale, SJ warns that politics now replaces religion in shaping American identity and calls Catholics to rise above division in pursuit of unity.
Eating Vegan and Healthy Isn’t Selfish — It’s Faithful
The Catholic faith esteems the human body as a temple of the Holy Spirit. Given the negative health outcomes of animal-based foods, Daniel Mascarenhas, SJ reflects how loving God, neighbor, and self through a plant-based diet seems to be a no-brainer.
The Articles from 2014 That Made Me Think, Laugh, and Cry
Michael Rossmann loves talking about what he has read recently. Here he recaps the best he read in 2014 and invites you to make your own recommendations.
The Peace of Broken Things
This Christmas, Tim O’Brien considers the mystery of how God can be “God with us” amidst our brokenness.
Away in a Manger: A Complicated Birth
Brendan Busse, SJ reflects on how the Christmas story isn’t all peace and pudding and on how deeply we need to hear it.
‘Tis the Season for Cookies
Advent. Traditions. Cookies. Jason Downer SJ investigates.
Born in Love: On Advent and Adoption
Eric Immel, SJ always knew he was adopted in love. Advent reminds him that he was also born there.
8 Proofs that John the Baptist was the Proto-Hipster
Is there a patron saint of hipsters? Michael Rossmann knows who it should be.