Advent is here and Jesus reminds us to be attentive and stay awake! Damian Torres-Botello, SJ, kicks off a brand new season and new look to the One-Minute Homily. Based on the readings for Sunday, December 1. https://youtu.be/_Pd0cT90od4 It’s Advent! Stay awake! Let...
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.
Wanted: Real Immigration Reform
In the latest round of immigration reform debate in Washington, DC, Danny Gustafson, SJ finds both hope and discouragement.
The World Cup By Day and By Night
Garrett Gundlach, SJ loves the World Cup but feels like we’re not always getting the whole story…
The Seven Deadly Sins in the Digital Age
You’re probably guilty of at least one; we all have our weaknesses.
Star Spangled Poetry
Our own Louie Hotop, SJ, celebrates the holiday weekend with vigor and verse.
Superstar
Joe Hoover contemplates an unearthly encounter with the only celebrity that matters.
The Smallest Voices First
Garrett Gundlach, SJ reflects on ‘unaccompanied child migration’, weighing stats vs. stories, speaking vs. listening, finger-wagging vs. sensitive policy.