by Chris Williams, SJ | Jul 15, 2020 | Blogs, Prayers, Spirituality ~ Approx. 2min
What will bring you home, my beloved? You stand before Me, But Your gaze does not meet mine. Your eyes are frantic, darting, searching. I’m right here. Can’t you see Me? I know another like you. He was blind. My Son touched him, And he saw, but at first still...
by Shane Liesegang, SJ | Jul 6, 2020 | Art, Film, Music, Pop Culture, TV ~ Approx. 4 mins
Just a few months after I professed vows as a Jesuit, I was sitting at dinner in the Bronx. It’s considered a minor infraction to look at your phone at table, but curiosity got the better of me when I felt a notification buzz. My hands shook as I read it, and I ran to...
by Jake Braithwaite, SJ | Jun 24, 2020 | Blogs, Spirituality ~ Approx. 3 mins
Right after Easter, my month-long quarantine was interrupted. The Pope Francis Center in Detroit–a place where folks on the margins can get meals and other essentials–needed workers. Accustomed to relying on volunteers to help serve meals, stay-at-home...
by Damian Torres-Botello, SJ | Jun 3, 2020 | Blogs, Prayers, Race, Spirituality ~ Approx. 3 mins
What did you learn yesterday? Anything? My interpretation of #BlackOutTuesday: mute the self-centeredness of social media and heed the words of Psalm 34:15: “The eyes of the Lord are toward the righteous, and his ears toward their cry.” It was a call to learn...
by Christopher Alt, SJ | May 27, 2020 | Blogs, Spirituality ~ Approx. 4 mins
CLICK HERE to participate in Drawn into Friendship: An Interactive Art Retreat. *** In 2015, I was living in Cleveland working in campus ministry at St. Ignatius High School when they asked me to put together a day-long retreat for faculty and staff. After some...
