“Imagine God thinking about you. What do you assume God feels when you come to mind?” That question begins David Benner’s Surrender to Love which I have been reading recently. In our heads we mostly know what the correct answer is, or should be: Of course God loves us. But deep in our hearts, it’s [...]
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Jim Martin, SJ, comments on Jesus’ parable about the man who built his house on a rock: If you act on Jesus’s words (not just listen but act on them) you’ll be like the fellow who builds on rock. Your life will be steady, unshaken, permanent. Notice that Jesus does not say that you won’t [...]
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Since I no longer believe in coincidence, I’m wondering what God is inviting me to see, not only in the sudden spate of movies glorifying food, but because this morning’s kitchen adventure soon became an especially contemplative exercise. I’ve been cooking—and eating—for many years. I was raised by foodies who entered cooking competitions on weekends. [...]
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This Lent, says Fr. Jim Martin, SJ, take the time to “bother.” He points out that the people who angered Jesus were people like the two guys who ignored the wounded man in the parable of the Good Samaritan. These are people who didn’t bother to love. He goes on: So this Lent, instead of [...]
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Ash Wednesday is a week from today. It’s time to make some plans about how you will observe the season of Lent. Have you ever considered praying online? If you are reading this blog post, you spend at least part of your day on the internet. You might want to do some praying in the [...]
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Paul Coutinho, SJ, an Indian Jesuit currently teaching at St. Louis University, has written two popular books How Big Is Your God? and Just as You Are. St. Louis University has released videos of four workshops on Ignatian spirituality that he gave last year to SLU staff. The topics are familiar, but Coutinho comes at [...]
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Before All Souls Day recedes too far, read this powerful piece by Michelle Francl-Donnay about facing the reality of one’s death. She refers to the last days of the Jesuit Alfred Delp, killed by the Nazis: Delp’s final writings, smuggled out of prison on bits of torn newspaper, speak poignantly of how difficult he found [...]
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