by Jake Braithwaite, SJ | May 13, 2020 | Blogs, Spirituality ~ Approx. 3 mins
In my second year as a Jesuit, I was sent to work with a group of students at McQuaid Jesuit High School in Rochester, NY. 1 It wasn’t the assignment I was expecting. I had tried to plot my way into an assignment where I might work with theater students, live near...
by Eric Immel, SJ | Apr 29, 2020 | Blogs, Spirituality ~ Approx. 4 mins
Four of us sat in a recently warmed and running car, the driveway shoveled but filling again with December snow. One of my family of five was running late, and our parish, a mere two-minute drive from our home, was preparing for Christmas Eve Mass. When we finally...
by Kevin Kuehl, SJ | Apr 22, 2020 | Creation, Current Events, Spirituality ~ Approx. 3 mins
“When young and old alike are open to the Holy Spirit, they make a wonderful combination. The old dream dreams, and the young see visions” (Christus Vivit, 192) In the midst of these beautiful spring days, I find myself dreaming. My mind wanders off to bearded irises....
by Chris Williams, SJ | Apr 21, 2020 | Blogs, Spirituality ~ Approx. 2min
God, I don’t love you how you love me. I can’t, more exactly. Can’t seem to give a love That’s unconditional. I love what you have given me- Absolutely yes. Those times where you overwhelmed my heart, Throbbing in my chest. Your grace like a warm breeze Blowing...
by Christopher Alt, SJ | Apr 15, 2020 | Blogs, Spirituality ~ Approx. 4 mins
I grieve we didn’t get to gather around a giant sacred fire and walk our candles into a darkened church to the sound of the Exultet. I grieve we didn’t get to don our flowered dresses and pastel-colored bow-ties and leave that same church singing full-throated with...
