What can the Holy Trinity teach us about making space for others? Fr. Joe Simmons, SJ, shares a story and a lesson for this week's One-Minute Homily. Based on the readings for Sunday, May 27, 2018, which you can find here: https://bit.ly/2J2NQov
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 Mindless Imagination
Think mindless entertainment is really harmless? Quang Tran asks that you consider otherwise.
What Dreams May Come, or A Study in Silence
“I know no psychology of sleep, but I do trust my experience. I’ve grown accustomed to rushing through days long enough that I rarely let all the stuff that comes my way sink in…”
Varieties of Religious Experience: Marie Howe
Call her what you want, just don’t blow it; she hates being called a religious poet! Tim O’Brien on Marie Howe’s metaphysical vision.
What We Choose To Care About, or the Other Supreme Court Cases
TJP’s resident legal expert Nate Romano wonders about the impact of the less famous SCOTUS cases on our daily lives.
TJPodcast: WYD Wrap Up
Talking about faith and culture, and even about the Church, doesn’t have to be boring, sappy, or preachy. Click play and let us prove it to you.
#tbt- World Youth Day
After “Popacabana” became part of TJP’s regular vocabulary last week, this week’s #tbt brings back the ghosts of World Youth Days past.