What Would Fr. Matt Do? Remembering Fr. Matt Gamber, S.J.

by John Stein, SJ | Nov 2, 2020 | Spirituality    ~ Approx. 3 mins

More and more, the desire grows in me simply to walk around, greet people, enter their homes, sit on their doorsteps, play ball, throw water, and be known as someone who wants to live with them. It is a privilege to have the time to practice this simple ministry of...

Did you know? It’s OK to Curse in Prayer.

by Jake Braithwaite, SJ | Oct 28, 2020 | Blogs, Spirituality    ~ Approx. 3 mins

I started teaching 7th and 8th grade math at Brooklyn Jesuit Prep in mid-September. I had been eagerly awaiting the first day of school after months of quarantining and packing and moving. For over a year, I’d been conversing in prayer with Jesus about how excited I...

About That Time I Discovered God in a Garden

by Andrew Milewski, SJ | Oct 21, 2020 | Blogs, Spirituality    ~ Approx. 3 mins

Last night, as I sat at dinner, one of the guys I live with talked about his experiences at a nearby hospital, a place off the table for us to volunteer. Not being able to serve is deflating. What remains? Online ministry, sure, tutoring and accompaniment. And while...

Sometimes I Have To Let Go and It Is the Only Thing I Can Do

by Eric Immel, SJ | Oct 14, 2020 | Blogs, Spirituality    ~ Approx. 3 mins

A few weeks ago, YouTube suggested a video from Storror, a group of seven parkour athletes from Great Britain. I watched it, naturally. And another. And another. Their epic leaps across building tops and over dark, dank waters got me thinking that I might have what it...

Sometimes Social Media Becomes My Escape From the Daily Labors of Hard Work: A Poem

by Chris Williams, SJ | Oct 7, 2020 | Blogs, Spirituality    ~ Approx. 1min

Social Media Mirage On the screen Masses of images Saturating and staining Are seen. Pleasure and pain. Emotion A potion. Moments crystallized Mindlessly molding My mind, Morphing my imagination To desire To imitate: What I can only see now But don’t have. Through...