Jesuit Rap Response to COVID-19
Michael Martínez, SJ, theology teacher and campus minister at Belen Jesuit Preparatory School in Miami, FL, performs “The Wake Up Call: Jesuit Rap Response...
There Is a Longing
Reader Mary Alice Teller suggests “There Is a Longing” as an Ignatian song to know. Watch a video of the song below, which includes...
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...
Finding God in the Soundtrack of Life
I once read that the music we listen to becomes the soundtrack of our life. I just love that sentiment! As in a movie...
Finding God in Music
There’s something thoroughly Ignatian about finding God in music. St. Ignatius’s spiritual approach mostly bypasses the concepts and ideas stuffed into our heads and...
The Burning Babe
St. Robert Southwell, SJ, wrote a poem called “The Burning Babe,” describing a vision of Christ on Christmas Day. Here the poem is set...
Take, Lord, Receive Song
Today we have a musical break. The artist is Paul Melley, and the song is based on the Suscipe, or “Take, Lord, Receive” prayer.
Free...
Merry Christmas
On this Christmas Day, enjoy “The Wexford Carol” as sung by the Ignatian Schola, a Manhattan-based vocal group.
Merry Christmas!
Merry Christmas
On this Christmas Day, enjoy “The Huron Carol,” written by the Jesuit martyr St. Jean de Brébeuf. He wrote it in the language of...
Best Ignatian Songs: Mercy Now
I recently discovered the haunting ballad "Mercy Now" by the roots singer-songwriter Mary Gauthier. It's a lovely, heartfelt prayer:
Yeah, we all could use a...