by Jake Braithwaite, SJ | Nov 27, 2019 | Blogs, Spirituality ~ Approx. 2min
Some people have lovely Thanksgivings with perfectly trimmed turkeys, eaten in reasonable portions, and lit expertly for a picturesque Instagram. This prayer is for everyone else. All-seeing God, It’s a chore to dine with these people. Every time I go home, I’m...
by Michael Rossmann, SJ | Nov 21, 2019 | Catholic 101, Spirituality ~ Approx. 6 mins
Sometimes I catch myself doing the “Autopilot” Our Father: my lips are moving; sound is coming out; I might even be presiding at Mass, but because I’ve said this prayer a million times, my mind can go blank when praying the Lord’s Prayer. I can forget that this is...
by Chris Williams, SJ | Nov 6, 2019 | Blogs ~ Approx. 3 mins
I miss running through cool grass with summer hardened bare feet. Light blue sky fading as we run yelling into the night air in total elation. Boundaries between my house and their house evaporate. Everything is ordered only to unproductive, silly, loud, glorious...
by Christopher Alt, SJ | Sep 18, 2019 | Blogs, Spirituality ~ Approx. 4 mins
A confession: If, when it is all over, when all is said and done, and I am six feet under, dead and buried, the last clump of dirt is cast over my simple, pine coffin, and I somehow come to find out that there is no God after all, I am going to be royally pissed. ...
by Billy Critchley-Menor, SJ | Sep 11, 2019 | Blogs, Spirituality ~ Approx. 4 mins
A few years ago, a Jesuit friend of mine bought me a holy card of Blessed Solanus Casey and put it under my door during a silent retreat. On the back of the holy card was a quotation from the Capuchin friar from Detroit that read: “Worry is a weakness from which very...
