We might not always get along, but Jesus called us to be one. Ian Peoples, SJ, reminds us of Jesus' call to remain in love in this week's One-Minute Homily. Based on the readings for Sunday, June 2, which you can find here: https://bit.ly/2WvSBhi
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.
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.