by John Stein, SJ | Nov 2, 2020 | Spirituality ~ Approx. 3 mins
More and more, the desire grows in me simply to walk around, greet people, enter their homes, sit on their doorsteps, play ball, throw water, and be known as someone who wants to live with them. It is a privilege to have the time to practice this simple ministry of...
by Jason McCreery | Oct 30, 2020 | Film, Pop Culture ~ Approx. 4 mins
This article contains some spoilers for Suspiria (2018). There is a simple truth when it comes to the Resurrection: “unless a grain of wheat falls into the earth and dies, it remains just a single grain; but if it dies, it bears much fruit”.1 We are to be encouraged...
by Jake Braithwaite, SJ | Oct 28, 2020 | Blogs, Spirituality ~ Approx. 3 mins
I started teaching 7th and 8th grade math at Brooklyn Jesuit Prep in mid-September. I had been eagerly awaiting the first day of school after months of quarantining and packing and moving. For over a year, I’d been conversing in prayer with Jesus about how excited I...
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 Eric Immel, SJ | Oct 14, 2020 | Blogs, Spirituality ~ Approx. 3 mins
A few weeks ago, YouTube suggested a video from Storror, a group of seven parkour athletes from Great Britain. I watched it, naturally. And another. And another. Their epic leaps across building tops and over dark, dank waters got me thinking that I might have what it...
