In Hora Mortis Meae
Today's poem for igNation's Poetry Tuesdays is by Eric Jenssen, SJ. The title - "In Hora Mortis Meae" - translates as "At The Hour of My Death"....
08
Jun
01
Jun
Games
Games are mere trivial pursuits, you might say. Or are they? In today's poem, Viola Athaide sees something more in them....
04
May
For Dreamers
Today's poem - by Joan Levy Earle - looks at how our dreams play an important role in our lives....
25
Apr
Th Way Things Are
In today's poem, Monty Williams, SJ, takes a look at 'the way things are' from the start to the end of a day....
20
Apr
Dog
Have you ever wondered what dogs might say if they could talk? Greg Kennedy, SJ, has and writes about it in today's poem....
13
Apr
Theotokos
From time to time, over the next few months, as part of the "Our Culture" section, igNation will post poetry written by Jesuits. Poems from Gerard Manley Hopkins and St. Robert Southwell will appear as well as poems by contemporary Jesuits. Today's poem is by John D. O'Brien, SJ, a Jesuit scholastic studying theology at Regis College, Toronto....
06
Apr
Fall and Rise
This week's poem, by Greg Kennedy, SJ, is all about a little girl named Sophie and her encounter with heaven....
16
Mar
Turn, Turn, Turn
Greg Kennedy, SJ, writes this poem about a scene that could well unfold on the streets of any major city in the world....
09
Mar
March in Eastern Ontario
Winter 2015 across Canada has been - you might say - an interesting one. In her poem today, Joan Levy Earle tells us what March will bring to Eastern Ontario....
03
Mar
Putting Celebrities – and Saints – on Pedestals
You have probably never heard of me. I mean, that's okay; I'm fine with it. Really, I am. After all, my fifteen minutes of televised fame came early in life.Now, it wasn't exactly fifteen minutes, precisely; it was 30 seconds. And it was a 30-second commercial, of which I was only visible for about five. Yet, to my eight year-old self, five seconds of fame felt like forever. The commercial was a promo for one of Cleveland's local television channels. You know, the ones where they go we know OUR city," and then have a montage of B-reel shots of Cleveland's two famous landmarks before cutting to footage of the evening news team walking in and crossing their arms as they turn and face the camera, like a group of well-heeled superheroes." The article was first published on The Jesuit Post (thejesuitpost.org) on February 1, 2015....