This week we remember the 25th anniversary of the Jesuit martyrs of El Salvador. For an extended story about the six Jesuits and two women murdered and the events surrounding November 16, 1989, read Ron Hansen on “Hearing the...

Fr. Robert L. Keane, SJ (CAPT, USN, Ret.), shares a Veterans Day prayer in this short video.

While it’s easy to think about the Examen as being oriented to the past, this prayer helps us to pay attention to where God is in the past, present, and future. The prayer begins with God in the present:...

This fall, my two-year-old niece has taken up a fascination with acorns. She clutches as many acorns as she can possibly hold in her toddler-sized hand, leaving one hand free for picking up more. She calls them her “treasures.”...

Matthew Warner shares a list of some good goals in life and remarks: All of these are good things. And because they are so good, it’s easy to justify letting them consume us. After all, they’re good! And can you...

Elisabetta Piqué— internationally respected journalist and friend of Pope Francis—was interviewed by ABC’s Bob Woodruff recently. Piqué wrote the new book Pope Francis: Life and Revolution. She shares here how she met the then Cardinal Jorge Mario Bergoglio, her...

Hospitality is much more than a simple welcome or an offer of food or drink. Hospitality is an attitude of heart that opens us to others and receives them on their own terms. Henri Nouwen speaks of hospitality as...

Prayer is a cherished time to come to know God and to reflect, yet prayer can become rote. Even if we do pray daily we may at times find it fruitless or notice impatience within ourselves. Cultivating prayer routines...

Last night, my seven-year-old son struggled to fall asleep. He came into our room about a half hour after we tucked him in to let us know. He asked my husband, “What is it you told me to do...

Rebecca Ruiz writes that the Suscipe (“Take, Lord, Receive” prayer) has helped her to trust God. She says, “”¦when we really trust Him and allow Him to work, in His time, He makes things happen that are better and...