A Fear of Refugees.
This post contains an excerpt from a Lisbon newspaper interview of Michael Czerny, SJ about the thousands migrating into Europe from Africa and the Middle East....
21
Feb
20
Feb
What Happened to Jesus in The Wilderness ?
What exactly happened to Jesus during those forty days and what does this mean for our own Lenten journey? These are questions addressed in today's posting....
19
Feb
A Refusal to Discern
Donald Trump, The Fox News Effect, and a rapidly disintegrating world view can lead to a surrender of autonomy and a refusal to discern....
18
Feb
The Transfiguration: Second Sunday of Lent
The gospel for this Second Sunday in Lent offers the story of the Transfiguration - a story that holds a significant spiritual lesson for all of us....
17
Feb
The Spirituality of Miss Universe 2015
We all make mistakes but few do so on live international TV. Steve Harvey is one who did when he mistakenly announced the wrong person as Miss Universe 2015. Greg Kennedy, SJ finds a timely spiritual lesson in all this....
16
Feb
Keeping Lent
Appreciating the Lenten season is not always easy. In Today's post, Rev. Robert Cooke shows us why we need Lent....
15
Feb
Grace
How does grace enter into our daily lives? How does grace help us on our pilgrim journey? Today's poem speaks to these questions....
14
Feb
Farewell, O Most Holy Trinity
In today's post, Gregory Carruthers, SJ reflects on his 25 years of ministry at St. Augustine's Seminary in Toronto....
13
Feb
Valentine’s Day – 2016
For this Valentine's Day, igNation posts two views on love which are somewhat - – perhaps surprisingly - similar. Undoubtedly one of Shakespeare's most famous sonnets, Sonnet 116 provides a quintessential definition of love. Love, according to this sonnet, does not change or fade; it has no flaws and even outlasts death. Compare this with St. Paul's definition of love in First Corinthians 13....
13
Feb
Facing Colony Collapse and Conflagrations
An image of one lone bee in an apple blossom can bring to mind so much more....