Social Justice
A Place at the Table
We always hear how Jesus ate with sinners, but it really struck me the other day when in the Gospel passage where Jesus is dining with tax collectors and...
Discernment
Pedro Arrupe and Perpetual Call
Pedro Arrupe, former Superior General of the Jesuits, wrote a great deal about vocation and mission. In one writing he speaks of Christ's call as manifested in the Call...
Spirituality
Mad Men’s Lesson on Ignatian Awareness
Ignatian spirituality seems to be all about looking. We look for God in the ordinary, in our feelings, in the people and things around us. But sometimes we look...
Ignatian Prayer
Contemplatives in Action
There was an old Jesuit vocation poster that showed a cartoon of a Jesuit with his nose in a book while he was sawing a piece of wood with...
Discernment
I’ll Think About It
How many times have you said, “I'll think about it”? It's a valid expression when we're not quite ready to make a decision, but it can either be said...
Reflections
Ritual
Last month when I was watching the papal conclave begin I couldn't help but notice the pomp and circumstance surrounding the proceedings. The cardinals, all dressed in red, filed...