What’s on the final exam of our lives? Conan Rainwater, SJ, reflects on how Christ the King calls us to remain close to the world’s poor and suffering as our ultimate test of love for him. Based on the readings for the The Solemnity of Our Lord Jesus Christ, King of the Universe.
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.
The Jesuit Border Podcast Season 2 Study Guide: The Corporal Works of Mercy
The Jesuit Border Podcast seeks to promote a greater understanding of the migrant situation at the U.S.-Mexico border and the Catholic response. In the second season, Frs. Louie and Brian explore the Corporal Works of Mercy and how they are lived out on the border. Our study guide can help you use the series for classroom teaching, group discussion, or deeper personal reflection.
Five Practices that Might Just Bring Your Examen to the Next Level
Was St. Ignatius a sociologist? These five research tools can help deepen your daily prayer practice.
Three Simple Lessons from St. Ignatius
As we celebrate the feast of St. Ignatius, Beto shares three important ways the founder of the Society of Jesus has shaped his Jesuit vocation.
St. Ignatius’ Most Important Lesson: Pay Attention to What Is Catching Your Attention
At the end of the Ignatian Year, Orlando reflects on how Ignatius’ recuperation time after his fateful cannonball injury informed his own prayer.
Catholic 101: Why go to Confession?
Confession can make many of us uncomfortable, but there is great beauty in this sacrament. Reconciliation is ultimately strengthening our relationship with God and accepting God’s abundant mercy.
Stop. Smell the Roses. That’s a prayer, actually.
Scent is the strongest sense tied to memory. For our latest Jesuit 101 reflection, Conan reviews a year in Peru and olfactory memories flood his Ignatian Examens.