by Aric Serrano, SJ | Mar 14, 2022 | Music ~ Approx. 4 mins
When I was on the thirty day retreat, I woke up to something that I had been implicitly denying: Jesus loves me. It may seem comical to sit in silence for thirty days and realize this piece of third grade theology. But I didn’t just know it, I felt the truth of it...
by Dickson Tiwelfil, SJ | Feb 15, 2022 | Religious Life, Spirituality, The Jesuits ~ Approx. 4 mins
So many things troubled my mind when the first semester came to an end. 2021 left me with so many unwanted thoughts and feelings. I couldn’t finish a final paper for one of my classes, one of my professors sent me a disappointed email about a late submission, and a...
by Brett Helbling, SJ | Jan 21, 2022 | Blogs, Religious Life, Spirituality, The Jesuits ~ Approx. 6 mins
“As Jesus went on from there, he saw a man named Matthew sitting at the tax collector’s booth. “Follow me,” he told him, and Matthew got up and followed him.” – Matthew 9:9bre That’s it? That’s all it took? Two words from Jesus, “follow me”, and Matthew followed....
by An Hoang Vu, SJ | Dec 16, 2021 | Blogs, Prayers, Religious Life, Spirituality ~ Approx. 4 mins
“Look at him, he is such a loser…” I wonder if that was what Íñigo López de Loyola, who would later be known as St. Ignatius of Loyola, was imagining others saying after he was struck down during the battle of Pamplona. Although his forces were outnumbered, Íñigo, who...
by Patrick Hyland, SJ | Nov 13, 2021 | Events, Ignatian Year, Jesuit 101, Series, Spirituality, The Jesuits ~ Approx. 4 mins
The following reflection is part of our “Jesuit 101” series, celebrating the Ignatian Year. This piece helps us to dive deeper into Ignatian Discernment. To learn more about this discernment, check out our explainer article: “Jesuit 101: Finding Our Way Through...
