The Jesuit Post is taking a light-hearted look at the lives of Jesuit saints in Jesuit Madness 2014. First round voting ends tonight, with 16 contenders for the title. Read the “scouting reports” for brief bios that in many...

This post is based on Week Four of An Ignatian Prayer Adventure. For this particular reflection, I’m sharing a raw journal entry. The following letter includes my thoughts right after my meditation on the birth of Jesus. Dear Lord, In my...

On the third, fourth, and fifth Sundays of Lent, we hear three stories from the Gospel of John—the Woman at the Well, the Man Born Blind, and the Raising of Lazarus. These are the weeks for celebrating the Scrutinies...

In The Church of Mercy by Pope Francis, readers get a first-hand look at the pope's vision of the good news of Christian hope and mercy. Today we are happy to share this excerpt from the book. I am always...

In John’s Gospel, Jesus begins his public ministry with the miracle of changing water into wine. Why does he choose this action, rather than something more—well—Godlike? We consider that this week in our Ignatian Workout for Lent. Listen to...

Each week of Lent, we’ll provide an Ignatian prayer for you, inspired by a video from Arts & Faith: Lent. The video and prayer for the Third Week of Lent, Cycle A, are based on John 4:5-42. “Jesus answered her,...

After a harsh winter for many of us, we’re starting to see signs of spring—at least the calendar indicates it’s now officially spring. But there’s work to be done this season, as Vinita Wright outlines in this video reflection. If...

This post is based on Week Three of An Ignatian Prayer Adventure. How does one write a short blog post on the interior sin that lies deep within a person’s heart? I remember the first time I entered into this...

Pray-as-You-Go has released the second in a planned series of imaginative contemplation exercises. Listen to it below; it’s the story of the woman with a hemorrhage. You may recall that’s the Gospel story that finds Jesus in a crowd,...

I think we’ve all done it, though few of us would care to admit it. I’ll step out on a limb and admit it: I recently caught myself thinking about my dinner plans right at about the same time...