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.
581 posts
"The Church acknowledges today as World Mission Sunday. The Church is reminding us that through our generosity, we can extend our compassion beyond our own immediate borders to our sisters and brothers who are crying out from every corner of the globe."...
Sunday's gospel leads us to reflect on our relationship with God in the midst of our busy life....
It's Thanksgiving Day! How do we show our gratitude to God and to each other? Philip Shano, SJ writes about one way we can - on this day - give thanks to God and for each other....
How do we react to the tragic event that took place in Las Vegas on October 1, 2017? Is it possible for me to grow in knowledge of where God is in this? If not in this, is there anything that God seeks from me at a time like this?...
Today's parable of the two sons asked to work in their father's vineyard is particularly relevant to our own lives....
"Are we made whole by the power of God's grace or by our own human efforts? Or does the path to wholeness and human completion require cooperation between God's grace and our human nature?"...
""Remember the end of your life." . . . The advice from Sirach goes on and is relevant for the forgiveness that scripture reminds us of today."...
"Scripture today offers some wisdom for our reflection. Psalm 95 reminds us, "Do not harden your hearts!" Hardened hearts! Think of the Grinch who stole Christmas. And Easter! And joy and peace!"...
"As we gather at barbecues and picnics today, let's take a few minutes to look back on the gifts of the summer and to ponder what we will take up with a new determination as a new year starts."...
"The Prophet Jeremiah: "If I say, 'I will not mention him, or speak any more in his name,' then within me there is something like a burning fire shut up in my bones: I am weary with holding it in, and I cannot."...
