by Aric Serrano, SJ | Mar 14, 2022 | Music ~ Approx. 4 mins
When I was on the thirty day retreat, I woke up to something that I had been implicitly denying: Jesus loves me. It may seem comical to sit in silence for thirty days and realize this piece of third grade theology. But I didn’t just know it, I felt the truth of it...
by Timothy Bishop, SJ | Mar 7, 2022 | Music ~ Approx. 3 mins
I thought I knew what “Heart Beat” was about when I wrote it last summer. The truth is: I had no clue. This is an experience I have with most of my songs. As I craft the music and draft the lyrics, bits and pieces come together and a whole begins to emerge. I feel a...
by Joe Lorenz, SJ | Mar 2, 2022 | Lent, Music ~ Approx. 8 mins
At a house party in my early twenties, I was manning the Bluetooth speaker and playing tunes I liked. After a blissful hour of music chosen by someone with impeccable taste, I remember a young woman I knew coming up to me and saying, “So were you thinking that, like,...
by Myles Kelley, SJ | Feb 9, 2022 | Film, Pop Culture ~ Approx. 3 mins
A Jesuit friend of mine and I often trade movie recommendations— “magnanimity movies,” we call them. These movies open and tug at the heart and are usually best watched alone. I made the mistake of watching one such movie on a plane and have never been more grateful...
by Aric Serrano, SJ | Dec 20, 2021 | Advent, Christmas, Music, Pop Culture ~ Approx. 2 mins
The feelings and sentiments that accompany this time of year are an entanglement of joy and emptiness. I love the seasonal movies, music, and décor, as it brings up wondrous nostalgia from when I was a child. The times spent with family next to a fire with hot...
