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This is What Happened When Jesus Found Me Wallowing in the Lilac Patches

This is What Happened When Jesus Found Me Wallowing in the Lilac Patches

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...
I Used to Hate ‘Standing Room Only’ Masses, Now I Want It More Than Ever

I Used to Hate ‘Standing Room Only’ Masses, Now I Want It More Than Ever

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...
On Earth Day, My Grandma’s Dream Reminds Me to Let God Be the Gardener

On Earth Day, My Grandma’s Dream Reminds Me to Let God Be the Gardener

by Kevin Kuehl | 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....
I Can’t Love God, I Can Only Want to Love God

I Can’t Love God, I Can Only Want to Love God

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...
Easter Doesn’t Offer Sudden and Final Jolts of Perfect Realization

Easter Doesn’t Offer Sudden and Final Jolts of Perfect Realization

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...
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Grief at the death of animals reveals a moral obligation we too often ignore. Daniel Mascarenhas, SJ argues that if we dare to feel this grief, it becomes a call to love them as fellow creatures of God.

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