06 Nov

With the help of the Hubble telescope, a team of astronomers have discovered what they say is the earliest galaxy ever glimpsed in the heavens. A smudge of galactic light on a Hubble image clocks in at a mere 480 million years after the Big Bang - light from a fledgling galaxy 13.2 billion years ago. That story is wondrous enough. More intriguing, however, were the comments posted on the CBC website that announced the stellar news. One early commentator weighed in with the following comment: "In the beginning, God created the heavens and the earth. It's an amazing discovery - looking at the very beginning of God's work."...

05 Nov

For Evangelization (7) That Christians in Oceania may joyfully announce the faith to all the people of that region....

28 Oct

Think of one gift you delighted in receiving. Perhaps it was a piece of clothing, or jewelry, or art. Maybe it was something your child or friend had made, or an heirloom passed on to you by a dear grandparent. Whatever it is, picture it now and remember the moment you received it. See the person who gave you this special gift. Bring their face to mind. Now imagine the look on their face as they watch you take their gift and flush it down the toilet or smash it with a hammer. Hold that image....

22 Oct

For Evangelization (6) : That the Holy Spirit may support the work of the laity who proclaim the Gospel in the poorest countries. Two examples from Nepal....

09 Oct

What would happen if a grade six teacher assigned an A plus to every student in the class? The sharp and the dull; the industrious and the lazy; the studious and the sloppy--all receive a big, fat A plus. My teaching career was short, only two years. That, however, was enough time to enable me to predict the outcome of this pedagogical experiment....

30 Sep

There are very few people who realize what God would make of them if they abandoned themselves entirely into his hands, and let themselves be formed by his grace. St. Ignatius, whose feast we celebrate today, wrote that in 1543. Four hundred and seventy-one years later, that fundamental Ignatian insight that God is far more active than we are often willing to notice or trust is still valid -- and, inasmuch as it has formed the current successor of Peter, very much at work in the Church. This article was first posted on Patheos (www.patheos.com) on July 31, 2014....

23 Sep

Yesterday was the feast of St. Padre Pio. Viola Athaide recounts a 1960 encounter with Pio of Pietrelcina, O.F.M. Cap. commonly known as Padre Pio, a friar, priest, stigmatist, and mystic of the Roman Catholic Order of Friars Minor Capuchin....

21 Sep

In May, igNation launched a series exploring the Jesuit identity as it is expressed in works of fiction: "Keyword: Jesuit, Genre: Fiction". This was followed by the series "Keyword: Jesuit, Genre: Biography". In both components of this series we hear what others think about what it means to be a Jesuit – in fiction and in biography. This new series will be about Jesuit life - presented by Jesuits, rather than through the observations and interpretations of others.Today's posting is by Jean-Marc Laporte SJ...

18 Sep

Jesus didn't name his parables, so what title should we give this one? When we name parables we draw attention to one of the characters, but to which character do we want to draw attention? The parable we began with has usually been called, the Parable of the Labourers in the Vineyard, but are they really what the parable is all about? Could it not also be called, the Parable of the Compassionate Employer? Is it about him or is it about the labourers? In either case, the parable raises still more questions:...

17 Sep

Where should we make our personal prayer? Should it be in church, at home, outdoors while communing with God's nature? We read in Matthew's Gospel that Jesus had something to say about where we should pray. He did so in answer to the request by His apostles to teach them how to pray. "But when you pray, go into your room and shut the door and pray to your Father who is in secret" (Mt. 6:6)....

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