by Billy Critchley-Menor, SJ | Apr 8, 2020 | Blogs, Holy Week, Lent, Spirituality ~ Approx. 4 mins
It’s because of Holy Week that we can approach the Coronavirus crisis with the hope we do. It’s because of Holy Week that we approach death the way we do. It’s because of Holy Week that Christians are anything at all. There is no doubt, and you will read this in so...
by Sullivan McCormick, SJ | Apr 6, 2020 | In the News, Pope Francis ~ Approx. 4 mins
“I can’t but help think God is punishing us,” my 87-year old great aunt from Rhode Island recently said to me over the phone. I was listening to her thick New England accent as we discussed a world shaken and upended by the Coronavirus. She then reminded me that in 10...
by Eric Immel, SJ | Apr 3, 2020 | Art, Current Events, Film, In the News, Music, Pop Culture ~ Approx. 4 mins
In this world of increased distance and isolation, I imagine lots of us have gotten stuck in a YouTube vortex at one point or another. As I write, I’m in one, and it’s been going for a few hours. It’s late, and I need to go to bed, but I’m watching musicians do their...
by Brendan Gottschall, SJ | Mar 31, 2020 | Current Events, In the News ~ Approx. 3 mins
When I was a child, I once read a vignette in my mother’s Catholic Digest magazine about a saint who thought about God all the time. That’s right: all the time. I don’t remember who the saint was or anything else of the story of their life, but I can still recall the...
by Erin Kast, SJ | Mar 23, 2020 | Current Events, In the News, Spirituality ~ Approx. 3 mins
My dad has a saying he’s been repeating for at least 15 years now: “Erin, everything past 60 is icing on the cake.” The outbreak of COVID-19 has reminded the world – if we ever needed reminding – that like my dad, every human being has to come to terms with the fact...
