Spiritual Exercises
What Will Be Your Focus in the New Year?
Do you make New Year’s resolutions? Two common ones involve getting in shape or making a commitment to deepen one’s prayer life. Former catechetical leader Paul Gallagher explains how...
Jesuit/Ignatian Ministries
Science and the Star of Bethlehem
Br. Guy Consolmagno, SJ, the director of the Vatican Observatory, addresses the question “Can science explain the mystery of the Star of Bethlehem?” in an article at Evening Standard....
Ignatian Voices
The Joy of Christmas
“The most beautiful joy of Christmas is that inner joy of peace: the Lord wiped away my sins, the Lord has forgiven me, the Lord had mercy on me,...
Ignatian Songs
Little Drummer Boy Rocks
As we savor the Christmas season, here’s some musical accompaniment, in the form of a rock take on the carol “The Little Drummer Boy.”
Merry Christmas!
Meditation
Bethlehem Bound
We’re almost at Christmas. This video from Heart to Heart Ministry features Fr. Michael Sparough, SJ, inviting us to be Bethlehem Bound. Sparough says, “Let us come to wonder,...
Discernment
Why the Son Came into Our Flesh
About discerning our call or vocation, the first thing to say is that we all share in the greatest one. God “calls humankind to seek him, to know him,...