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Inspired Catholic hilarity from Stephen Colbert. (H/T to Bert Ghezzi.) The Colbert Report Mon – Thurs 11:30pm / 10:30c www.colbertnation.com Colbert Report Full Episodes 2010 Election Fox News Click here if you can’t see the video.

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A friend of mine, whose son was born with Down Syndrome, turned me on to Natalie Merchant’s song “Wonder.” I think it’s a song especially about disabled children,  but it applies to all children.  Maybe that’s why it came to mind today, when my wife and I are in New York visiting two of my [...]

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John Predmore, SJ, says that Jim Croce’s classic ballad “I Got a Name” “best reflects the events in my life that have led me to trust more fully in God.” He says that the lyrics extol Ignatian freedom. And I’m gonna go there free Like the fool I am and I’ll always be I’ve got [...]

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Stephen Colbert interviews Lisa Miller, author of a new book on heaven. Watch the video here.

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The Best Ignatian Song feature of this blog has been on the shelf for some months.  I’ve dusted it off to feature the “String Quartet No. 1: Good Friday Meditation” by Andrew Leonard, a recent Boston College graduate who is spending the summer with the Jesuit Volunteer Corps.  Leonard, a pre-med and music major, says [...]

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I love the movie “The Apostle.” It shows people of faith as real people without airs and pretense, and it shows how God can use a very flawed man to do good things. In that it gives me hope. In this scene, Sonny Dewey, a pentecostal minster played by Robert Duvall, rages at God in [...]

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A stirring look at community service work by students at Loyola High School in Los Angeles. (Click here if you can’t see the video.)

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Fr. Jim Martin, SJ, thinks so. (Click here if you can’t see the video.)

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I recently watched “The Mission” again. It’s based on the tragic story of the Jesuit mission settlements in Paraguay in the 17th and 18th centuries. Here is an unforgettable scene depicting repentance and forgiveness. Some background to the scene. The repentant sinner is Rodrigo Mendoza, a Spanish adventurer played by Robert De Niro. He has [...]

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It’s been a bit of a down year for Jesuit basketball in the NCAA tournament.  Powerhouse Georgetown made an embarrassing exit in the first round.  Marquette and Gonzaga were also bounced early, leaving Xavier as the last Jesuit school left in the tournament.  The sixth-seeded Musketeers face number two-seeded Kansas State tonight in Salt Lake [...]

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