Ignatius and Covid 19: Ignatius Day 2020
"Ignatius wrote a lot about health, encouraging recipients of his letters – usually Jesuits – to care for their health, regardless of the expense."...
28
Jul
Philip Shano, SJ has many years of rich and varied experience working with Ignatian spirituality: teaching, writing and using it in his ministry. He resides in the Jesuit community in Pickering, Ontario.
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26
Jul
A Wise and Discerning Heart – Seventeenth Sunday in Ordinary Time
"Others would love nothing more than the adoring public constantly saying good things about them, always generating a high rating in polls. There are those who would love to have statues erected and paintings hung with their likeness, and a plaque that says wonderful things about them."...
24
Jul
Saint Kateri Tekakwitha
"While singling out her unique role for Native Americans, he stressed that Kateri is offered as an example for the whole Church."...
19
Jul
Weeds Among the Wheat – Sixteenth Sunday in Ordinary Time 2020
"None of us can find a perfect person. If by chance, we do think that we’ve found one, we’ll eventually discover something amiss. "...
12
Jul
Do I Bear Fruit? Fifteenth Sunday in Ordinary Time 2020
" Plenty of spiritual truths are revealed in tending to a garden. "...
05
Jul
Can I Ask for Help? Fourteenth Sunday in Ordinary Times
"Even Jesus himself needed the assistance of another as he carried his cross through the streets of Jerusalem. That takes humility." ...
04
Jul
USA Independence Day 2020
"We have seen so often that the colour of one’s skin or the socioeconomic reality means that there are many men, women and children who are without freedom"...
01
Jul
Canada Day 2020
"Even as we continue to grapple with the effects of the pandemic and racism, let’s pause to be grateful today."...
28
Jun
Who is in need of my love? Thirteenth Sunday in Ordinary Time
"One of the difficulties of a casual reading of today’s Gospel passage is that we can see it as placing a choice before us: either following Jesus or loving our parents and children."...
24
Jun
The Nativity of John the Baptist – 2020
"Today we acknowledge the birth of someone who had a significant role to play, but he was able to always keep his gaze on the one for whom he prepared the way"...