Spiritual Exercises
Kevin O’Brien, SJ, on the Call of Christ the King
One of the central meditations of the Spiritual Exercises is the Call of Christ the King.
Imagine a call from an earthly leader who has inspired us, and then imagine...
Poetry
The God of My Beginning and End
Another prayer from The Ignatian Adventure by Kevin O'Brien, SJ. This time it is by Karl Rahner, SJ .
I should like to speak with you, my God,
and yet what...
Something to Think About
Grace Requires Effort
Something to think about | The infinite vistas of the Kingdom of God that open up before man are not presented as ways for man to escape his lot,...
Something to Think About
Everything Is Changed
Something to think about | When a man feels condemned, his creativity and his power to love, his joy in life as well as his sense of wholeness are...
Jesuit Saints
Christ Stumbles through Our Streets
Something to think about | I hold that every poor man, every vagrant, every beggar is Christ carrying his cross. And as Christ, we must love and help him....
Social Justice
Saving the World
Something to think about | Much of the reflection in the Exercises is geared to an effort to share the vision of Jesus and understand what he was and...