By Gretchen Crowder I have always labeled God’s love for me as agape, but the more time I spend immersed in Ignatian Spirituality, the more I am open to considering that the best representation of God’s love for me might just be philia instead. If you are not familiar with the four Greek words for …
Fourth Sunday of Lent: Are we truly open to God’s offer of friendship? Read More »
On this episode of the AMDG podcast, Margaret Felice, a professional singer and liturgical musician, discusses two of her favorite Lenten hymns.
By Fr. Mark E. Thibodeaux, SJ The Spirit drove Jesus out into the desert, and he remained in the desert for forty days, tempted by Satan. He was among wild beasts, and the angels ministered to him. After John had been arrested, Jesus came to Galilee proclaiming the gospel of God: “This is the time …
By Gretchen Crowder I really feel for kids everywhere this year. I remember what a big deal Valentine’s Day was when I was a child — it always meant coming home with a big pile of candy and an even bigger smile on my face. I also remember what Lent felt like as a kid, …
Leaning into Our Belovedness: A Reflection for Lent Read More »
On this episode of the AMDG podcast, Bill O’Keefe, executive VP for Mission and Mobilization at Catholic Relief Services, shares some of the most inspiring things CRS is working on around the world,
We search and choose repentance, renewal and dependence. A call of reconciliation, with our neighbors, self and God.
As we begin our Lenten journey, ashes are smeared on our foreheads, and we hear the words, “Remember that you are dust and to dust you shall return.”
By Jorge Roque, SJ The Society of Jesus continued to show its fidelity to the Holy Father, an essential part of its tradition, when naming “Care for our Common Home” as one of the Universal Apostolic Preferences. Ever since the publication of Laudato Si’, Pope Francis has called on Catholics to undergo an “ecological conversion” …
By William Manaker, SJ Each day at De Smet Jesuit High School in St. Louis the whole school pauses for five minutes before the last class period to make a brief Examen. One day recently, as I sat with a class of freshmen, I began to look around the room at the young men seated …
By Daniel Finucane, SJ The Anima Christi is a nearly 700-year-old prayer that St. Ignatius includes in the Spiritual Exercises. It is a prayer about asking for union with Christ through his body, his blood, the water from his side. It is a prayer that I have grown to love as a Jesuit. There is …