One of my professors in graduate school defined sin as a “failure to bother to love.” In this description of sin, Rev. James Keenan, SJ, invites us to consider sin less in terms of breaking rules and more in terms of what we fail to see, think, feel, say, and do. Looking at our southern… Read More Manufactured Fear vs. the Christian Call to Solidarity: Failing to Bother to Love
David Hollenbach describes Jesuit efforts to promote the global common good:
via Vatican News: The Pope said Christians must work together to overcome “whatever deprives men and women of the treasure of freedom.” Pope Francis then spoke about three situations in which people have difficulty living their God-given freedom: extreme poverty, technological domination, and reduction of the person to a consumer… Pope Francis said technological development… Read More Pope Francis: Freedom Is Threatened by Poverty, Consumerism, and the Absolutization of Technology
via The Jesuit Post: At the beginning of this new (liturgical) year, we’re not asked to do so much except stay awake and allow Christ to make this the best year of our lives.
Like all fathers, I have great hopes and dreams for my son. I’ve been saving for his college education since before I met his mother, and I am only half joking when I say that anything less than Harvard will be a failure. When he lays his little head down at night, though, I am… Read More A Prayer for My Son
via Pope Francis: Jesus heard the cry of Peter. Let us ask for the grace to hear the cry of all those tossed by the waves of life. The cry of the poor: it is the stifled cry of the unborn, of starving children, of young people more used to the explosion of bombs than… Read More Injustice is the Root of Poverty
In the wake of the US tear-gassing migrants on the southern border, including women and children, Fr. James Martin debunks three myths that are often used to defend anti-migrant policies. Watch the video:
