Do we bargain with Jesus? This might be like tempting Jesus in the desert. Brian Strassburger gives this week's One-Minute Homily, based on the readings for March 10, which you can find here: https://bit.ly/2UqZuMv
Finding God in Football: The Ignatian Examen Applied to Sports
As a semi-professional soccer player, Javi Bailén, SJ understood the importance of routine reflection. As a Jesuit, he discovered how the Ignatian spirituality provides perfect tools for athletes and teams to reflect on their performance. In his first for TJP, Javi writes about how the Examen can be adapted for sports teams to find God in their game – and perhaps improve their future play.
Finding God in Newcastle United’s Long-Awaited Trophy
On March 16, Newcastle United F.C. won their first trophy in over half a century. Christopher Brolly, SJ, a Newcastle lad living in Boston, reflects on the significance of his beloved football club’s victory for the city and its people. Brolly writes that the club’s triumph in the Carabao Cup goes deeper than football.
The Jubilee Year: It’s Time to Come Home
In his first piece for The Jesuit Post, Eric Lastres, SJ reflects on the Jubilee Year of Hope and the invitation to renewal it offers.
Catholic Writing Today: Olga Lossky
In this edition of our Catholic Writing Series, we journey to France to interview Orthodox novelist Olga Lossky
Defying the Dead’s Last Request: Publishing John Paul II’s Private Writings
To burn or not to burn? Quang Tran asks a question about publishing of secret journals posthumously.
Derek Jeter Furniture
Dennis Baker says goodbye, goodluck, to a man who, for almost 20 years, has been a steady presence in unsteady lives.
TJPodcast: If My Soul Were an iPad…
This week, Garrett Gundlach has some advice for your cyber-soul!
To Whom It May Concern: On Letters of Rec
Keith Maczkiewicz, SJ writes many recommendation letters and finds writing them to be a sacred moment of personal recollection and hope-filled memory.
TJPodcast: Polar Vortex and the Gift of Gratitude
Why wait for a polar vortex? Start counting your blessings now, says Adam Rosinski.