Merry Christmas! On this day we celebrate the miracle that God entered into our very humanity. Damian Torres-Botello, SJ, reflects on the incarnation of Jesus in this special One-Minute Homily. https://youtu.be/JHjd1b3cDqA It’s happened! Jesus is born! Amen and Merry...
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.
Exercising Demons
Self-doubt, self-awareness and community at the gym – all of this makes Ken Homan ask: is my workout really making me healthy?
Worth Listening: Going Home
In his introductory piece for The Jesuit Post, Alex Placke, SJ wonders if we can ever go home again.
Ice, Ice, Baby
Silly viral videos or profound expansion of empathy? Yes
They Sing When the Lights Go Out
Eric Immel, SJ returns home from a summer in the northeast of India with a heart full of hope.
Violence and the Wisdom of Kubrick
How ought we respond to violence? Joe Wotawa looks at A Clockwork Orange and how violence should throw us off center.
Fidelity, Friendship and Disney’s “Frozen”
Billy Biegler SJ reflects on creator of Disney’s “Frozen,” Jennifer Lee’s insight into the beauty of imperfection