Greetings! I’ve been learning how to make videos this semester as I’m teaching online for the first time. I decided to make this one recently, which invites us to pay attention, in the spirit of Ignatius of Loyola, to what is happening in our interior lives, our affectivity during this …
“When all you have is a hammer, everything looks like a nail.” This saying came to mind the other day, when I heard that Donald Trump criticized players in the NBA for postponing playoff games in the wake of the shooting …
Sports, the Coronavirus and Pope Francis “Sport is a catalyst for experiences of community, of the human family. . . . We reach great results, in sports as in life, together, as a team.” Pope Francis A time of pause such as the coronavirus pandemic has brought about can be …
Feast of St. Mary Magdalene “The Sting of Consciousness” One of the aspects of Ignatius’s spirituality that can be puzzling or challenging is when he counsels that we pray that we may experience reproaches, dishonor so as to be able to imitate Jesus more closely. I have found that I …
As I was recently reading all of the reports about the president and White House’s attempts to discredit Dr. Anthony Fauci, I thought of this passage from Benedictine monk Sebastian Moore, where he refers to “the resentment that is sometimes felt in the presence of an exceptionally good and courageous …
After our national July 4th celebrations where there was hardly a mention of the 130,000 people who have died of coronavirus, or the recent killings of African Americans captured on cell phone videos, I find myself longing for some way to give “sorrow all the space and shelter in ourselves …