Why work for and with God? This week's (extremely) brief One-Minute Reflection explores the many ways we are called to collaborate in cultivating the Kingdom of God. Based on the Sunday Mass Readings for October 8, 2017.
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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.
Bacon: A Lenten Lesson
Stay strong, friends, stay strong. It’s the second-to-last Friday in Lent — and the bacon cheeseburger has it in for us.
#tbt — Thriller!
You can start the dance party now. You can thank Throwback Thursday later.
Martin on Martin: Reviewing an eRetreat
Jake Martin reviews Jim Martin’s new eBook… eRetreat… eWhatever, “Together on Retreat.”
Supercomputing for the Greater Good
As we emerge from our all-pope-all-the-time coverage, Brian Konzman finds a way to channel geekiness toward social justice.
What Pope Francis Wants to Change
Everybody has an idea about how Pope Francis should change the Church — but his idea starts with us.
Even Celebrities Love This Pope
Celebrity or Papacy? Both/And, baby, Both/And. Quang Tran on what celebs are saying about Francis.