by Mike Martinez, SJ | Oct 23, 2020 | Film, Pop Culture, Social Media, TV ~ Approx. 7 mins
Do you know the real reason we can truly “find God in all things”? Because God is already there, seeking us before we ever realized we are seeking God. (Spiritual Exercises, 235-236)1 Does that mean God can be seeking us out even through the secular movies or TV shows...
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...
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...
by Christopher Alt, SJ | Sep 30, 2020 | Blogs, Faith & Politics, Spirituality ~ Approx. 4 mins
Several of her bones were missing, still scattered somewhere in the Sonora desert. Her skeleton lay now in the morgue of the Chief Medical Examiner’s office in Tucson, Arizona. What confluence of circumstances pushed her farther into the desert to risk everything? I...
by Billy Critchley-Menor, SJ | Sep 23, 2020 | Blogs, Spirituality ~ Approx. 3 mins
St. John of the Cross defines contemplation as “nothing but a hidden, peaceful, loving inflow of God.”1 John’s insight that prayer is so often a hidden or secret process is something we are reticent to accept or believe. That our prayer is kept secret, even from us,...
