A Relaxed Journey to the Heart – Fifteenth Sunday in Ordinary Time
"My experience is that when I am freed from my interior struggles that I am more able to be present to the other."...
15
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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08
Jul
A Thorn in The Flesh – Fourteenth Sunday in Ordinary Time
"There are plenty of reminders in both the Old and New Testaments that we are called to a healthy form of self-pride, to stand up for who we are and the gifts we have."...
02
Jul
Canada Day 2018
"I have thought of suicide. I have thought of different ways to end this miserable waiting. But there is a hope in the name Canada. It conjures imagery in my mind that is both vivid and uncertain. A better life. Freedom. Safety in a distant northern land."...
01
Jul
A Moment of Encounter – Thirteenth Sunday in Ordinary Time
"What causes us to have faith? Or, on the other hand, why do some people have no faith? It cannot be reduced to simplistic answers."...
24
Jun
“What then will this child become? – Nativity of John the Baptist
"Having that intimate sense of being a loved child of God is a gift for us. It is the precursor to many more gifts from God."...
21
Jun
The Return of Summer
"t’s summer! I’m not sure where I stand on our four-season climate in Canada. I have a strong preference for the months from April to late October. I would happily skip November to late March."...
17
Jun
Green and Full of Sap – 11th Sunday in Ordinary Time
"I’ve always appreciated the Jesuit reminder, one that I heard 1001 times during formation: Jesuits don’t retire. We always have a mission"...
10
Jun
Surprised by Hope – Tenth Sunday in Ordinary Time
"How do we bring hope to despairing people? I’m sure that the experts can offer all kinds of advice for helping hopeless people. I’m not such an expert, but I suspect that among the first helps is friendship."""...
03
Jun
The Abiding Presence of God – Feast of the Body and Blood of Christ
"Cardinal Nguyen was simply trying to be a Christian in a Communist country in the twentieth century."...
27
May
Trinity Sunday -The Gift of Freedom
"Whenever I am asked what I am most grateful for as a Jesuit and a priest, I immediately reflect on the freedom that I sometimes have the privilege of seeing in others through my ministry. "...