The Jesus of History vs. The Jesus of Faith: Which is the Real Jesus?
"The Jesus of the gospels is the only real historical Jesus” (p. 23)."J...
Eric Jensen, SJ, works in the Spiritual Exercises ministry at Loyola House, Guelph, Ontario. He also paints and writes. He is the author of Entering Christ's Prayer (Ave Maria Press, 2007)and Ignatius Loyola and You (Novalis 2018).
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"The Jesus of the gospels is the only real historical Jesus” (p. 23)."J...
"Because Jesus was truly human, He died and was entombed. His death and resurrection (not resuscitation) is the essential part of the proclamation of His humanity and divinity. "...
Placing Ignatius in the perspective of his times....
"e I went alone, with a minimum of clothing and money, trying to make myself as vulnerable as possible, forcing myself to put my trust in God.""....
"Mountains there were indeed, with snowdrifts as high as the roof of the school, and parked cars on every street buried completely under snow. Father Barry Connolly started shovelling snow from a second storey window in order to get out."...
Presented to All those in Formation in the US Midwest Jesuit Province on December 2nd, 2021 ...
“While Canadians see themselves as world leaders in social welfare, health care, and economic development, most reserves in Canada are economic backwaters with little prospect of material advancement and more in common with the developing world than the rest of Canada." ...
"While it is easy to blame the churches for what has happened, . . . it seems clear that the Government of Canada should accept the blame for setting up the system of residential schools in the first place, and that it should do whatever it takes to restore the Indigenous Peoples of this land to their rightful place in the prosperity that Canada has reaped at their expense." ...
While this might not be the ultimate question, still it demands an answer of us....
"Here I could live with people who, like Palestinian refugees, had been displaced from their ancient homes, and who, like the Palestinians, felt not that the land belonged to them but that they belonged to the land."...