People were wrong about who John the Baptist was and sometimes we're wrong about people too. Check out this week's #1MinHomily by Danny Gustafson, SJ. Based on the readings for Sunday, January 13, which you can find here: https://bit.ly/2ESupgx
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.
Worth a Listen: David Sedaris’s “Six to Eight Black Men”
St. Nick knows if you’ve been bad or good, and God help you if you’ve been bad!
TJPodcast: WHO is St. Nick??
John Shea asks a mysterious and pressing question… Just WHO is St. Nick??
#TBT: Strike a (Heisman) Pose
With a lackluster Heisman class, Vinny Marchionni, SJ honors a college football legend on his silver anniversary.
The Freshman I Never Was
Keith Maczkiewicz, SJ goes back to school, finds himself in a freshman Spanish class and remembers how uncool being cool can be.
TJPodcast: A Burmese Cup of Coffee
Tune in to hear about Garrett Gundlach’s preferred blend of spiritual espresso!
The Rhetoric of Joy: Why Pope Francis is Hearable
Making the argument is only one step in a persuasive process. Making it hearable is another step altogether.