Why do we sometimes practice religion Even when it means, At times, Substituting and sacrificing In its name A beautiful vision? Immanence All around Immense, And profound. People and Color and Surprise and Laughter and Drinks and Food and Family and Friends and...
“It was a real pleasure taking him to hang.” I was immediately taken aback when he said this, even more so because he had just received holy communion. It happened when I served as a Eucharistic minister at a large suburban hospital over five years ago. When I walked...
On a bitterly cold Thursday night in February of 2019, I was sitting on the ground hanging out with a group of folks experiencing homelessness down by the Chicago Art Institute. I spent most Thursdays this way, as chaplain to the student-run Labre Homeless ministry....
When Jesus tells his disciples to feed the 5000, it must have seemed like an impossible task. Martin Ngo, SJ, reflects on this command and the example that Jesus gives us to act with compassion. Based on the readings for Sunday, August 2, 2020. Feed them myself?!...
Awareness drives Ignatian Spirituality. Breathing is the fire that maintains the engagement of awareness in action. One needs God’s grace to learn how to breathe. Once, I entered a deep spiritual dryness; I could not understand what was happening with my prayer life....
