by Brett Helbling, SJ | Mar 1, 2022 | Blogs, Religious Life, Spirituality ~ Approx. 5 mins
. . . Each mortal thing does one thing and the same: Deals out that being indoors each one dwells . . . For Christ plays in ten thousand places, Lovely in limbs, and lovely in eyes not his . . . – “As Kingfishers Catch Fire, Dragonflies Draw Flame,”...
by An Hoang Vu, SJ | Feb 22, 2022 | Current Events, Spirituality ~ Approx. 3 mins
“All shall be well and all manner of thing shall be well.” These words were written by a Medieval English anchoress and mystic, Julian of Norwich. The Lord spoke them to her in one of her visions. Julian of Norwich lived from the end of the 14th Century to the early...
by Dan Finucane, SJ | Feb 21, 2022 | Current Events, Spirituality ~ Approx. 6 mins
Who are the Church? I have long loved this question. I love its deliberately awkward grammar, which snaps us out of complacency and challenges us to think and reflect on how we will answer. ————– The pandemic has upended church life and our...
by An Nguyen Vu, SJ | Feb 14, 2022 | Art, TV ~ Approx. 5 mins
As children of the early 90s, my little brother and I had few options when it comes to daytime entertainment. Compared to the plethora of outlets like Netflix or Youtube today, all we had was the TV, and we often found ourselves glued to it, consuming anything that...
by Steve Molvarec, SJ | Feb 3, 2022 | A Deacon's Diary, Series ~ Approx. 5 mins
This is the seventh installment of A Deacon’s Diary. In the sixth installment, Steve pondered dark things in the darkness of December. I. On a recent Sunday, ordinariness had recommenced at Boston University, despite (not unfounded) fears of COVID outbreaks. Vestments...
