Looking for comfort and joy? It's going to take some effort. Check out this week's (extremely) brief One-Minute Homily by Fr. Michael Rossmann, SJ. Based on the Sunday readings for December 10, 2017, which you can read here: http://bit.ly/2A3xZyi.
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.
Our Political Idols: Why We Mislabel the Popes (and Ourselves)
Media narratives try to force Pope Leo XIV into political boxes that no pope can check. Alex Hale, SJ warns that politics now replaces religion in shaping American identity and calls Catholics to rise above division in pursuit of unity.
You Are Now Approaching the Border
After a long delay, comprehensive immigration reform may be coming to Washington. Nate Romano helps explain what may change.
A Slow Pitch & A Shower Scene, Jackie Robinson’s “42”
Brendan Busse wonders whether a comedic moment in the Jackie Robinson biopic is also a window into another, non-racial, story of exclusion.
Hope and Reform in the Roman Curia
Pope Francis announced the formation of a council of eight Cardinals to assist him in reforming the Roman Curia. Eric Ramirez explains who these Cardinals are and what their task will be.
The Higher the Plane, The Closer to God?
Looking back on his former career in the friendly skies, Jason Welle considers what it means to ‘find your destiny’…
Happy Earth Day
For Earth Day, TJP environmentalist and Dr. Who fan John Shea considers the ethical dimensions of climate change.
I Love That Dirty Water
Dennis Baker, SJ had just left Fenway Park when the bombs went off. A week later, he asks whether, in a time of tragedy, there is more to sport than just distraction.