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 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 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...
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...
