Sinner & Saint, Hero & Antihero
Long anticipated by fans, derided by critics, Suicide Squad has sparked debate and taken in a lot of money. This article was first posted in The Jesuit Post. (www.thejesuitpost.org)...
13
Aug
12
Aug
A Guide to Reading the Bible #27 – The Books of Ezra and Nehemiah
The Books of Ezra and Nehemiah are the most important literary source for the Restoration period in Jewish history....
11
Aug
We Live by Touch
Human touch comes in many different forms. The touch that heals, the touch that grasps and covets, the touch that calms and reassures. There's the touch of love, the touch of hate, the touch of sexual intimacy that forgives and unites; the touch of rape, incest and pedophilia....
09
Aug
World Rhino Day
Last September, a zoo in the Czech Republic set fire to 60 kilograms of rhinoceros horn, a fitting overture to the seventh annual World Rhino Day, which followed in various rhino-aware locales around the world on September 22....
08
Aug
The Ritual
Today's poem for Poetry Tuesday is one of an ongoing series of poems from Frank Obrigewitsch, SJ's book "Prairie Childhood Snapshots - 1943 - 1958."...
07
Aug
Eucharist on the M/V Kouju Lily
Something amazing about the Eucharist. Here we were, meeting for the first time, coming from different parts of the world, different cultures, different native tongues, and yet united as members of the one Body of Christ. We prayed for family, for safety at sea. The bread and wine became for us all the Body and Blood of Christ. We ate and drank together....
06
Aug
God’s Great River of Mercy
In early August Fr Michael Czerny attended a two-day conference on disarmament and security sponsored by Religions for Peace at the United Nations University in Tokyo. The Diocese of Hiroshima's programme included a concelebrated Mass at the Cathedral on August 6th. Fr Michael was invited to deliver a message at the end of the liturgy....
04
Aug
Warmth of Winter
Growing up in St. John's, Newfoundland, I would love it when a hefty snowstorm would shut down the city. For days, the strong northeasterlies blew in off the North Atlantic. The seemingly relentless snow-ladened howls whistled the wires, whitened the landscape and scurried through every drafty nook and cranny in our house....
02
Aug
Givers and Takers
Givers are defined by the fact that they will take care of other people with no expectation of reward. They do it precisely because they are selfless. . . . Takers are toxic. . . Most of us march somewhere in the middle....
01
Aug
The Ghosts of Lebret – 11 June 2016
Accompanied by Noel Starblanket, one of the survivors, Jason Vaz visited the site of the residential school in Lebret. Noel gave a disturbing account of some of his experiences there and then led a prayer for the restless spirits of children who did not survive. môsom is the Cree word for "grandfather" and refers to Noel. ...