by Patrick Saint-Jean, SJ | Sep 9, 2020 | Blogs, Spirituality, Videos ~ Approx. 1min
“I love the feeling of the fresh air on my face and the wind blowing through my hair.” (Evel Knievel) The primary somatosensory cortex and the brainstem nuclei are important regions in our brain that help us generate feelings and emotions. The brain’s complexity...
by The Jesuit Post | Sep 8, 2020 | About TJP, Current Events, Pop Culture, Series, Spirituality ~ Approx. 1min
Since 2012, The Jesuit Post has offered a Jesuit, Catholic perspective on the contemporary world. Our team is comprised of young Jesuits seeking God in all things. Our work focuses on both sacred and secular issues because we are convinced that God’s does too. Over...
by Eric Immel, SJ | Sep 2, 2020 | Blogs, Spirituality ~ Approx. 4 mins
Two days ago, my phone started blaring at around 4:45 AM; at 5:15 AM, I finally acknowledged it, halting dreams filled with a strange monster screeching out the alarm in my subconscious. I hadn’t woken up that early in nearly six months. Groggy, I told myself that I...
by Chris Williams, SJ | Aug 26, 2020 | Art, Blogs, Prayers, Spirituality ~ Approx. 1min
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...
by Christopher Alt, SJ | Aug 19, 2020 | Blogs, Spirituality ~ Approx. 4 mins
“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...
