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.
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.
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.
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Sin. There’s that word again. And our third excerpt from Kevin O’Brien puts it at center stage. These 1st week meditations take us into the depths of our own sinfulness, but only as it shows up in the light of God’s unending love for us.
Tim O’Brien on Marilynne Robinson’s new essay collection — and why religion is inescapably imperfect.
In this second excerpt, Kevin O’Brien helps us prepare our hearts for the work to come. It’s spiritual freedom, “an interior freedom, a freedom of the mind and heart,” that God calls us to today.
It’s slowly been dawning on us here at The Jesuit Post how much we’ve been using the phrase “Spiritual Exercises” without explaining what these exercises are… luckily, Kevin O’Brien’s book can rectify our mistake.
Why is the universe the way it is? Will the human capacity to ask why forever outpace our ability to come up with answers? Xavier’s own Matt Dunch takes a break from his Sweet 16 revelry to explore.
I doubt that I’m the only one who’s ever been bothered by scripture. In fact, in a backwards sort of way, being bothered by scriptures can actually be a good thing…