by Brendan Busse, SJ | Jan 25, 2012 | Blogs ~ Approx. 2 mins
The choice of faith orients everything in our lives and whether you choose to believe in God or not is anything but a casual concern. The poet Mary Oliver boldly confronts us with the question in her popular poem, The Summer Day, when she writes, “Tell me, what is it...
by Paddy Gilger, SJ | Jan 25, 2012 | Uncategorized ~ Approx. 1 min
What’s that, no more Tebow you say? Are those tears in your eyes? Well, pssh, I say. There’s no crying on the internet. And I also say, how can you have too much of that which composes everything? That would be like having too much cheese or Bernie Brewer. And...
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 A thin somber college student wearing outdated clothing, and not ironically, walks into the nave and kneels perfectly before sliding into the pew.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 Brendan Busse, SJ | Jan 22, 2012 | Blogs ~ Approx. 2 mins
Sometimes I feel like the confused rat Emile in the animated film Ratatouille whose brother Remy waves a piece of stinking cheese passionately in front of his nose wondering if he can “detect a certain oaky nuttiness” in its aroma; Emile responds to Remy’s inquiry...
by Michael Rossmann, SJ | Jan 22, 2012 | Uncategorized ~ Approx. 6 mins
Writing about Tim Tebow was so two weeks ago. Even though the 2011 NFL season will soon be over (leaving me to distract myself with poorly edited YouTube videos of Lob City and the greatest Spanish import since paella), just like driving past a highway accident, I...
