At the Turning of the Year
“Now bless thyself: thou met’st with things dying, I with things newborn.”
—William Shakespeare, The Winter’s TaleWith every new beginning, we look back over “things...
Beautiful Feet
There is no Ash Wednesday for Advent, no day before the first Sunday to let us know what’s coming. But the readings today, on...
A Spirituality of the Present Moment
An Augustinian, a Franciscan, and a Jesuit all die and go to heaven. Jesus asks each one: “If you could go back, what would...
The Wisdom of Walter J. Ciszek, SJ
Loyola Press just published a collection of writings by Walter J. Ciszek, SJ. If you recognize that name, it’s because Ciszek, a Jesuit priest,...
St. Ignatius Loyola’s 10 Guidelines for Negotiating Life’s Journey
One June morning, Brendan McManus, SJ, stepped out for a much-needed walk—to be exact, a 500-mile hike on Spain’s renowned Camino de Santiago. A...
The Challenges of Life
When we are in transition, depending on how serious the breakdown is, we may feel as though almost every aspect of life has been...
Blessed by Less
Your life is an overflowing closet. You know it is. There are sweatshirts folded up in a corner of your mind where your children’s...
Honesty and Humility
Honesty is an integral part of humility, which means saying yes to our humanness, accepting both the agony and the ecstasy of our creaturehood....
Prayer Is Like Bleeding Your Pipes
I grew up in a house that was well over a hundred years old. This house had a series of cast-iron radiators to keep...
Pope Francis Made Some New Friends in Rome
Pope Francis answers 30 questions from children around the world in the newly released Dear Pope Francis. Last week at the Vatican, he met...
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