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18 Dec

This Year DON’T Keep Christ in Christmas

Each Advent season leading up to Christmas I find myself reacting negatively to two opposing seasonal realities. One is a reaction against the commercialism surrounding the season, the packed malls, busy streets, and the rushed and rude behaviour ardent Christmas shoppers. The other is a reaction to the mantra that well-meaning people dust off every year as a counter to the aforementioned commercialism: Keep Christ in Christmas. I despise the former and I am growing increasingly tired of the latter. Let me explain....

17 Dec

The Child Leaped – Fourth Sunday of Advent – 2015

We come to the fourth and final Sunday of Advent. Elizabeth's child leaped for joy when he recognized the presence of Christ. How do we react when we recognize Christ's presence in our lives?...

16 Dec

Waiting: Where We Are Now – Four Reflections for Advent 2015 – (3) The Annunciation

In the third of this four part series of Advent reflections we are asked to be present to God's incredible vulnerability and trust in offering the deepest mystery of his love to one of his creation....

15 Dec

TJP Reads: The Chronicles of Thomas Covenant the Unbeliever

Thomas Covenant has the choice of responding to his own imperfections "with either despair or hope and pardoning joy." How do we respond when confronted with our limitations? This article was originally posted in The Jesuit Post....

14 Dec

Jacob Recalls

From time to time, as part of the "Our Culture" section, igNation will post poetry written by Jesuits and our collaborators. Poems by Gerard Manley Hopkins and St. Robert Southwell will be posted along with poems from contemporary writers. Today's poem is by Greg Kennedy, SJ, a Jesuit scholastic studying Theology at Regis College, Toronto....

13 Dec

A Bad Day on Mars

If you're having a bad day here on Earth, consider the alternative. How about a bad day on Mars? Applications are now open for people who want to be the first settlers on Mars....

12 Dec

Advent Reflection on Luke 2: 1-7

Jason Vaz, Sj writes of the 90 mile trip hat Mary and Joseph made from Nazareth to Bethlehem and how Advent can be a time when we journey with them....

11 Dec

A Guide to Reading the Bible #4 – The Gospel of St. Luke

In this series of ongoing postings, Fred Power, SJ, offers a guide to the books of the Bible. True Scriptural reading is the careful, intelligent and prayerful use of the Bible by a believer. Today's posting looks at the Gospel of St.Luke...

10 Dec

Rejoice in the Lord! – 3rd Sunday of Advent 2015

What is "Gaudete Sunday" and why is there a rose coloured candle in the Advent wreath and why might the priest be wearing a rose coloured vestment? Read on to find out....

09 Dec

Waiting: Where We Are Now – Four Reflections for Advent 2015 – (2) The Incarnation

This is the second of a four part series of Advent reflections. When God enters our world, it happens because a human being, Mary, said yes to God's invitation....