by Matt Spotts, SJ | Jan 23, 2012 | Blogs ~ Approx. 1min
While spending some time with my parents over the holidays, I had the opportunity to attend Mass with at the parish in which I grew up. My family has been members since I was fairly young, and my siblings and I all went to the parish school there. In fact, we all...
by Joe Hoover, SJ | Jan 23, 2012 | Uncategorized ~ Approx. 11 mins
Mass in the side chapels of urban parishes tends to draw pretty much the same crowd. A thin somber college student wearing outdated clothing, and not ironically, walks into the nave and kneels perfectly before sliding into the pew. Later in the communion line he will...
by Jay Hooks | Jan 23, 2012 | Uncategorized ~ Approx. 1min
I heard this song by Hem a couple of weeks back, and it’s stuck with me. (Note: no, I did not first hear it on the Liberty Mutual ad. And as nice as it is to think that big insurance companies are into random acts of kindness and the ‘pay it forward’ attitude, I...
by Tim O'Brien, SJ | Jan 23, 2012 | Uncategorized ~ Approx. 1 min
If you read the words “I’ve always preached moderation” recently, they were probably not from Thomas Aquinas, who extolled the virtue of moderation by saying “virtus in medio stat” – virtue stands in the middle. No, if you read them at all, these words probably came...
by Joe Simmons, SJ | Jan 22, 2012 | Blogs ~ Approx. 4 mins
“I’d really like to pray, but… I’m just so busy that I don’t have the time.” I said these words, with utter sincerity, to the Jesuit priest with whom I was discussing joining the Society of Jesus. Well, it was partially sincere, since at the time I didn’t see how...
