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Free Coffee: Fertile Grounds for Spiritual Conversation

Free Coffee: Fertile Grounds for Spiritual Conversation

by Daniel Mascarenhas, SJ | Aug 1, 2024 | Spirituality, The Jesuits    ~ Approx. 5 mins

Over a cup of coffee at a busy Boston College quad, a student asked me, “why does God allow nice people to get hurt?” I gently inquired whether there was any suffering in her life or if this was a question from a philosophical standpoint. She answered the latter, and...

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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.

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