Jim's Books
Jesuit/Ignatian Ministries
We're All Amateurs Here
The invaluable website The Jesuit Post celebrated its first anniversary a couple of weeks ago. “Celebrated" is putting it too strongly. As Brenden Bosse, SJ, wrote, the staff marked...
Ignatian Songs
Best Ignatian Songs: Jesus Is Just Alright
Today's Best Ignatian Song takes us back to the 70s, to the Jesus movement and to the hippie counterculture that put songs like "Jesus Is Just Alright" at the...
People
Pope Francis on Hidden Idols
Pope Francis's public remarks have a decidedly Ignatian slant. Consider this from his weekly audience--about what Ignatius calls "disordered attachments:"
We have to empty ourselves of the many small or...
People
Letting Jesus Out
It's reported that the movement to elect Cardinal Jorge Bergoglio pope grew in intensity after he made some off-the-cuff remarks about evangelization at a pre-conclave gathering. He later wrote...
Spiritual Exercises
A Gratitude Deficit
Ignatius thought that a particular type of ignorance was at the root of sin. The deadliest sin, he said, is ingratitude. It is “the cause, beginning, and origin of...
Ignatian Prayer
Mary Untier of Knots
As Pope Francis settles into the tough work of governing the church, I'll bet he's drawing strength from a Marian devotion that he himself is responsible for--the devotion to...