by Mike Martinez, SJ | Mar 26, 2021 | Art, Lent, Pop Culture, Prayers, Spirituality ~ Approx. 4 mins
*** The following poem was written in 2015, a few weeks after having professed my First Vows of poverty, chastity and obedience in the Society of Jesus on August 28th of that year. 1 It captured a moment of prayer where I brought to God my doubts, fears and...
by Dan Finucane, SJ | Feb 24, 2021 | Blogs, Lent, Spirituality ~ Approx. 3 mins
If you’ve ever tried to throw a bowl (or anything) on a pottery wheel, you’ve inevitably had the experience of trying to center the clay. This is the foundational task: as the wheel spins, use your hands to steady the clay and center it on the wheel. Everything else...
by Christopher Alt, SJ | Feb 17, 2021 | Blogs, Lent, Spirituality ~ Approx. 4 mins
I met Javier – aka Zoom-Zoom – at Otisville State Penitentiary, 80 miles north of New York City. I was there coordinating a retreat for Thrive For Life Prison Project. Javier spoke perfect Spanglish and stood five-foot-nothing, though I soon noticed his outsized...
by Mike Martinez, SJ | Apr 10, 2020 | Film, Holy Week, Lent, Music, Pop Culture, Prayers, The Jesuits, Videos ~ Approx. 2min
On this Good Friday, let us ask for the grace that the pain of the cross may be our ‘wake up call’ to the pain of the world. I invite us to prayerfully reflect upon the images, lyrics and sounds of this music video I produced in response to this global pandemic. What...
by Ryan Birjoo, SJ | Apr 9, 2020 | Art, Film, Pop Culture ~ Approx. 6 mins
In the Spiritual Exercises, St. Ignatius invites us to imagine scenes from the gospel in our prayer. In this “composition of place,” we try to see the furnishings in a room, inhale the smells wafting in a market, hear the sound of the waves crashing on the sea...
