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.
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.
Into the Winter Streets, a Papal Interruption
Joe Simmons finds that Pope Francis’ attention to deeds rather than words is interrupting his writing time.
This Summer: Going Green in Brazil
The world’s Catholic young people are getting ready to gather in Rio de Janeiro; Jason Welle looks at how World Youth Day is going green.
Guns, Violence, and Human Life
Nate Romano has a look behind a recent Catholic push to curb gun violence.
Amateurism (It’s for Lovers)
“There is nothing we can do but love” said Dorothy Day. Brendan Busse couldn’t agree more, because it’s only in love – in embracing our fundamental amateurism – that we can do the same.
An Australian in Boston: My First American Easter
A down under view of religion in America in Phil Moller’s TJP debut — and the question of whether we have finally transcended the transcendent.
A Euro-Vision for the New Pope
Jason Welle wants to add to the list of recent papal ‘firsts’ … this time with a Vatican entry in Eurovision.