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...
by The Jesuit Post | Mar 20, 2020 | Current Events, In the News, Prayers, Spirituality ~ Approx. 2 mins
In the saga of national emergencies there was always an outlet. Locations to release tensions and fears. Places to escape and find momentary respite from the real. Spaces to process and understand the world at hand. You see it in movies sometimes. People running to...
by Eric Immel, SJ | Mar 18, 2020 | Blogs, Spirituality ~ Approx. 3 mins
It’s hard not to move through the world these days feeling like toxins saturate everything. In my scattered mind, I’m actively choosing not to be afraid. *** The text came at 10:39 p.m. on Saturday. It’s a girl. She is healthy, eating and pooping as newborns do, and...
