Jim's Books
Videos
The Mission: Repentance and Forgiveness
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...
Books
The Spiritual Exercises and Wall Street
Chris Lowney is a former Jesuit, former J.P. Morgan investment banker, and currently full-time speaker and author. He recently gave a talk at Fordham with the provocative title: “Could...
Reflections
Washing Feet
My parish did something different with the foot washing ceremony last Holy Thursday. Instead of the priest washing the feet of twelve parishioners (often twelve men), everyone in the...
Discernment
How to Survive Desolation
What's the most important key to surviving desolation? I vote for patience. This author says it's "sufficient grace," quoting Ignatius:
A person who is in desolation should recall that he...
Jesuit/Ignatian Ministries
Links for the Weekend
The Times profiles Eddie Siebert, SJ, and Loyola Productions.
N.T. Wright on the Resurrection and Ross Douthat on eternal life.
Vincent Strand, SJ, on baseball (“T.S. Eliot could not have been...