We don’t often get to experience what Jesus did over the span of a few days and we should really thank God for that. During His entry into Jerusalem, the people shout “Hosanna” and lay palm branches before him. Then as He is being accused falsely before a court, possibly...

The examen prayer, in two parts, is essential to Ignatian spirituality. The general examen is done spontaneously each evening by Christians when they review their day to recollect how they were or were not acting as Christ. A yardstick for review can be the “fruit of the Spirit, … love,...

Last Sunday we heard the Father say at the Transfiguration, “This is my beloved Son. Listen to him.” What did the apostles then, and we now, so resist hearing? In Mark 8:31 and 8:34-35, we read, “He began to teach them that the Son of Man had to suffer much,...

Last Sunday we heard the Father say at the Transfiguration, “This is my beloved Son. Listen to him.” What did the apostles then, and we now, so resist hearing? In Mark 8:31 and 8:34-35, we read, “He began to teach them that the Son of Man had to suffer much,...

By gathering the members of the Roman Curia for Lenten spiritual exercises this week, Pope Francis is participating in a tradition that stretches back more than 80 years, to the pontificate of Pius XI.

A wonderful grace of my Jesuit vocation was my time ministering in downtown Kingston, Jamaica. I served for a total of six years as novice, scholastic, and priest. Having grown up in a middle-class New England suburb, I was shocked on arriving in Kingston as a novice to see the...

What is the Spirit of Lent? It is the 40 days that Jesus went into the wilderness to fast and pray before starting his public ministry. He wanted his spirit to be strong for the hard days ahead. Lent is the time when we, as Catholics, fast, pray and do...