Great are The Works of The Lord (Psalm 111)
"When we are faced with such grandeur, whether it is our universe or life’s DNA, it is hard to deny some higher power behind all of these"...
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King and Shepherd – Our Lord Jesus Christ, King of the Universe
"This final Sunday of the liturgical year is celebrated as the Feast of Christ the King. The days from now until next Sunday, the First Sunday of Advent, are devoted to eschatological themes"...
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Nov
Canadians Rowing into the Deep at Ignatian Family Teach-In for Justice 2017
"Every November for the past twenty years, Jesuit educated students from high schools and universities across Canada, the United States, and Mexico gather, originally held in Columbus, Georgia, but now, in Washington, DC for a teach-in for justice."...
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Nov
Waiting for the Baby
Advent 2017 begins in a few weeks. "There are so many ways to honour Christ and celebrate His birth in this special season of anticipation. Each act of kindness offers the Lord a gift and we show Him how important He is in our lives."...
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Nov
The Journey Continues: Letters Home from Philosophy Studies, 1965 – 67 – Part 8
"The first letter describes adventures in skiing, sailing, and ‘flotila’ing. The second letter gives a sense of the numbers in the Jesuit community at the Mount, 140 scholastic philosophers alone, not counting the priests and brothers. The September 15 letter records an important shift at the Mount with most of the Jesuit students now taking their classes at the Gonzaga campus."...
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Nov
Comparte, Thanks for Sharing
"Throughout November, Canadian Jesuits International (CJI) is raising awareness and funds for livelihood support through its Giving Tuesday campaign called Tell Ten. Today igNation posts the fourth in a series of blogs about what livelihood support means to CJI and to people in the Global South."...
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The Gifts and The Calling of God are Irrevocable.
"Paul says that Israel has stumbled (see the footnote to this word in The Jewish Annotated New Testament) in not trusting or believing that Jesus is the fulfilment of God’s promise to her, and so has failed in her mission to the nations."...
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Nov
World Day of the Poor: “For the least and those most in need …” 33rd Sunday in Ordinary Time
"The Church is invited to acknowledge the initial World Day of the Poor. Pope Francis said in his June 2017 letter instituting this particular World Day: “At the conclusion of the Jubilee of Mercy, I wanted to offer a World Day of the Poor, so that throughout the world Christian communities can become an ever greater sign of Christ’s charity for the least and those most in need.” "...
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Nov
Jesus: Our Model for a Justice that Heals – Restorative Justice Week – November 19 – 26, 2017
"Jesus calls us to a model of justice which restores the broken victim to a state of relative wholeness, and the one who breaches the boundaries of another to a state of responsible atonement and of reconciliation."...