We may have a burning desire to do good, but our own concerns can extinguish the flame. In this One-Minute Homily for Pentecost, Fr. Michael Rossmann, SJ reminds us that the Holy Spirit has to take the lead. We’re invited to go along for the ride.
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.
MAGIS Experiences, Day 3
Glimpses of the Southern Cross, sunset tours of the Amazon, chicken coops: day 3 experience updates from Magis 2013.
#tbt – Keepin’ Cool
#tbt with all the best in summer toys and kitschy advertising
MAGIS Experiences, Day 2
“It’s kind of a monastic routine, if monks liked flash-mobs and drum-circles.” — Updates from Day 2 of Magis Experiences.
Casting the First Stone: Paula Deen
Something – in the well-practiced rush to condemn Paula Deen – has Tim O’Brien feeling a bit unsettled.
MAGIS Experiences, Day 1
Meet the Magis Experience groups in the first of our daily updates from the road.
Asking for More
Young people drawing away from the Church? No: if we learn to listen, they’re asking us for something more.