by Patrick Saint-Jean, SJ | Jul 29, 2020 | Blogs, Spirituality, Videos ~ Approx. 1min
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....
by Eric Immel, SJ | Jul 28, 2020 | Music, Pop Culture ~ Approx. 5 mins
I’ve been feeling, shall we say, wistful, lately. It’s 10:30 PM, and I just opened a beer. I’m thinking about everything. The everything of today, with its pandemic, its confrontation with racism, its lack of leadership, certainty, and direction. The everything of the...
by Eric Immel, SJ | Jul 22, 2020 | Blogs, Spirituality ~ Approx. 3 mins
My Jesuit community engaged in COVID-19 protocols after Mass on March 16. No more all-community Masses. No more going to school for class. No more ministry. A world of masks and gloves and handwashing. That evening, a friend and I had a conversation thinking through...
by Chris Williams, SJ | Jul 15, 2020 | Blogs, Prayers, Spirituality ~ Approx. 2min
What will bring you home, my beloved? You stand before Me, But Your gaze does not meet mine. Your eyes are frantic, darting, searching. I’m right here. Can’t you see Me? I know another like you. He was blind. My Son touched him, And he saw, but at first still...
by Ian Peoples, SJ | Jul 3, 2020 | Catholic Writing, Pop Culture, Sports ~ Approx. 4 mins
Liverpool had never won the English Premier League (EPL) title until last Thursday, June 25th. The premier league only came about in the 1990-91 season. Before that, it was called the English First Division. Liverpool won that title 18 times, more than any other First...
