by Chris Williams, SJ | Jan 29, 2020 | Blogs, Prayers, Spirituality ~ Approx. 2 mins
Bow your head to the God who made you. Accept the commandments Forged on Mt. Sinai. Or, will you build a golden calf To be everything you want? Will you turn back to Egypt, Where you were enslaved, And where you had cucumbers, leeks, melons, and garlic? 1 Or, will you...
by Christopher Alt, SJ | Jan 22, 2020 | Blogs, Spirituality ~ Approx. 4 mins
It was the first day of the academic year and I was downtown Chicago, sitting in a social work class. There were about twenty-five students filling the small auditorium style classroom. Waiting. A few moments later, a stately-looking older gentleman walked in and...
by Matt Stewart, SJ | Jan 17, 2020 | In the News, Justice, Pop Culture, Sports, Topics, TV ~ Approx. 4 mins
I hate cheaters. I mean, don’t we all? And the Houston Astros cheated. We knew that back in November, but this week’s suspensions of Jeff Luhnow and A.J. Hinch (Astros general manager and manager, respectively) handed down by MLB commissioner Rob Manfred catapults the...
by Billy Critchley-Menor, SJ | Jan 15, 2020 | Blogs, Spirituality ~ Approx. 2 mins
In the last year, a small phrase from the Mass I’d not previously paid much attention to, I learned to love. It is the preface to the Our Father when the priest says, “At the savior’s command and formed by divine teaching, we dare to say…” I recall when...
by Jake Braithwaite, SJ | Jan 8, 2020 | Blogs, Spirituality ~ Approx. 3 mins
When I was in grade school, I forced myself to try out for the basketball team. I never liked basketball, wasn’t particularly fast, couldn’t shoot the ball, and preferred to sit on the bench. But, everyone else was doing it, and their participation convinced me that I...
