Here's a New Year's proclamation--a great song by Michael Card sung by school children in Chester Cathedral in the UK.  

As we transition from Advent to Christmas, spiritual director Becky Eldredge shares how her own experiences as a mother help her relate to Mary and enter into the seasons. This reflection originally appeared as the dotMagis post “Mary Receiving...

The college basketball season is underway, and that means it's time for Jesuit basketball. Jesuit colleges and universities have long excelled on the court. This year Gonzaga, Georgetown, and Creighton are ranked in the top 25 teams. Jesuit schools will...

Last week Pope Benedict sent his first tweet using his account @pontifex.  A video of the event is making the rounds, and it struck me as both significant and humorous.  It's certainly a milestone to see the church adopting...

The Incarnation gets me deep down in my core and it stirs intense emotions within me of awe, joy, and gratitude that occasionally bring tears to my eyes. I believe St. Ignatius would call this, “the gift of tears”:...

Why should Mary and Joseph stand together in Christmas art rather than face each other? Because they are hanging on to each other for dear life. Maureen Waldron explains.

What is the Self? In all our relationships we tend to unconsciously fill a role, such as subordinate before our boss, parent to our child, expert before someone seeking our advice, a strong person when being admonished. We notice...

Writer and editor Vinita Hampton Wright shares with us her thoughts on hope as a driving dynamic of Advent. This reflection originally appeared as the post “How Does Hope Shape Us?”

As I have so often written in this blog, my life is hectic, busy and frantic. I can now see that I seem to be hell-bent on keeping it that way. In recent months I have put in very long...

"Comfort, Comfort, O My People" is a lovely Advent hymn, based on verses from Isaiah 40.  This version is by the Ignatian Schola, a Manhattan-based vocal ensemble composed of Jesuits and lay colleagues. Thanks to Michelle Francl-Donnay for the...