by Eric Immel, SJ | Mar 18, 2020 | Blogs, Spirituality ~ Approx. 3 mins
It’s hard not to move through the world these days feeling like toxins saturate everything. In my scattered mind, I’m actively choosing not to be afraid. *** The text came at 10:39 p.m. on Saturday. It’s a girl. She is healthy, eating and pooping as newborns do, and...
by Billy Critchley-Menor, SJ | Feb 26, 2020 | Blogs, Lent, Spirituality ~ Approx. 3 mins
This piece was edited from its original publication on March 8, 2018. I overheard an awkward sentence on my way to Ash Wednesday Mass. With playful humor and sincere determination, a girl said to her friend, “I gotta get to church today, get my ashes and figure out...
by Jake Braithwaite, SJ | Feb 19, 2020 | Blogs, Lent, Spirituality ~ Approx. 4 mins
I’m really interested in the way technology has warped our relationships with our true selves. I’m talking about the selves that show up when we’re all alone, in front of God, no masks. Because we’re liable to be “on” at all times, we rarely take a moment to be still....
by The Jesuit Post | Feb 14, 2020 | Current Events, Holidays ~ Approx. 3 mins
Happy Valentine’s Day! Like last year, we are following the example of longtime Catholic journalist, Sr. Mary Ann Walsh, and sending some valentines to a few fellow Catholics who gladden our hearts. A red valentine for the newly red hatted Cardinal Michael Czerny....
by Patrick Saint-Jean, SJ | Feb 13, 2020 | Blogs, Spirituality ~ Approx. 2 mins
The mystery of wonder involved in the Spiritual Exercises – a retreat to grow in union with God and to discern God’s will, developed by St. Ignatius of Loyola – consists of meeting people in their spiritual journeys with God. The wonder includes...
