Each of us has heroes, people we admire and look up to. And they color our perception of the world. The Call of the King meditation from the Spiritual Exercises gains some of its richness from putting those heroes in conversation with Jesus. In the first part of the...
We can all get stuck in routines, even in our spiritual lives. Advent is a time when God shakes things up so that we can see things anew. Dan Finucane, SJ, reflects on how God shakes up our lives. Based on the readings for Sunday, December 4, 2022. God may have the...
Last year, The Jesuit Post started the “Jesuit 101” series in honor of the Ignatian Year. This year, we want to continue this series and focus on the Spiritual Exercises of St. Ignatius Loyola, the heart of the Jesuits. We will explore a different aspect of the...
This year marks the 60th anniversary of the Second Vatican Council, or Vatican II, the 21st ecumenical (or worldwide) council to have taken place in the Catholic Church. In 1959, Pope Saint John XXIII called for an ecumenical council with the purpose of bringing the...
Br. Brent Gordon, SJ is working on his doctorate in history at Saint Louis University. His focus is on the early Society of Jesus, and here he pays tribute to two of the most influential American Jesuit historians of the century. It has been a difficult year of...
