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Jesus the Layman

Tim Muldoon

In his forthcoming book Catholicism, Fr. Robert Barron makes the passing observation that Jesus was a layman: he was not trained in one of...

Forgetting to Remember

Meredith Gould

Today's jolt arrived mid-afternoon when I hauled out a (paper!) calendar to jot something down. The square for September 1st remained unadorned by red...

Pray for Those Who Persecute You

Jim Manney

Walter Ciszek, SJ, spent fifteen years in prison in the Soviet Union for doing clandestine missionary work. He describes his prayer:"Gradually too, I learned...

Unwritten Rules

Jim Manney

Recently, tempers flared in a close game between the Detroit Tigers and the Los Angeles Angels. The Angel pitcher got mad at a Tiger...

A Hero’s Jesuit Son

Jim Manney

Church historian Pat McNamara has written a fascinating account of the life of Thomas Ewing Sherman, SJ, an American Jesuit in the late nineteenth...

Christ Stumbles through Our Streets

dotMagis Editor

Something to think about | I hold that every poor man, every vagrant, every beggar is Christ carrying his cross. And as Christ, we...

World Youth Day

Tim Muldoon

Please keep the pilgrims at World Youth Day (WYD) in your prayers. I am at the Jesuit-run Colegio Nuestra SeÃ±ora del Recuerdo with hundreds...

“His Divine Majesty Is Truly In All Things”

Jim Manney

St. Ignatius, writing about the formation of young Jesuits:They should practice the seeking of God's presence in all things, in their conversations, their walks,...