Christ experiences the depth of human suffering, and he accompanies us in our own suffering. Check out this week’s One-Minute Homily by Fr. Michael Rossmann, SJ, based on the readings for Palm Sunday, 2018.
KPop Demon Hunters Is an Ignatian Fever Dream—and That’s a Good Thing
What does an animated musical about a Kpop group have to teach us about Ignatius’s rules for the discernment of spirits? Andrew Milewski, SJ, uses “KPop Demon Hunters” to help us understand how the spiritual world operates on the human heart.
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.
We Are Not Barbarians
Two months after an act of terrorism in Boston, Jason Welle wonders if the dead can be allowed to rest in peace, even those who are guilty of great crimes.
Drugs, Music and Reconciliation
Jorge Ochoa searches for reconciliation in narcocorridos, a form of music that comes out of Mexico’s drug culture.
The Jazz Pope
A good teacher needs to know when to improvise from the lesson plan. Taking a lesson from his own musical background, Ryan Duns looks at Pope Francis’ often off-the-cuff style.
Metropolitan Diary
Nate Romano is leaving New York, and he’s been thinking that all the things that make Gotham beautiful and the same things that make life beautiful.
Imagining Adulthood: Calvin & Hobbes Grow Up
Is the imagination of childhood at odds with the truth of adulthood? A potential Calvin & Hobbes movie trailer sets Eric Ramirez’s imagination in motion.
Care-less: The Sin of Indifference
Too often, in the name of efficiency or convenience, we avoid the costs of intimacy, and in doing so we pay a steep price. But what we buy is freedom from the pain of intimacy, not an actual experience of it.