It seems that today’s readings are all about water, but Jeff Ryan Miraflor, SJ, wants to go deeper.
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.
“Boo-Yah!”
Vinny Marchionni SJ offers a tribute to the sportscaster who was as cool as the other side of a pillow.
The Spark That Burned Everything: A Prison Epiphany
On this feast of Epiphany Eric Immel, SJ recounts a story of hope and light in dark places.
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.