Can I Love Someone Before I Know Them?

Can I Love Someone Before I Know Them?

Do you believe in love? This question, simple as it may seem, may elicit a complex array of emotions—from the warmest of glows to the deepest heartache, from the greatest of longings to the most resolute disenchantment. I am no stranger to these difficult emotions,...
A Deacon’s Diary: The Grace of Dropping In

A Deacon’s Diary: The Grace of Dropping In

This is the eighth installment of A Deacon’s Diary. In the seventh installment, Steve wondered what it really meant to be free. I. One weekend recently, I was shadowing another Jesuit.  He was preaching a retreat in Louisiana and brought three of us deacons with him. ...