Spirituality

Heat of desire

July 29, 2017

GAVIN T. MURPHY :: Getting close to the heat of what you really want requires a long-lasting look at reality and some hard questioning, but the “joys that endure” are...

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Walk, talk, pray

July 27, 2017

Irish Jesuits are leading young people from around the world in a pilgrimage along the Wicklow Way

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Saint Alphonsus Rodriguez

July 25, 2017

Alphonsus Rodriguez had a family of his own before entering the Jesuits as a Brother. He radiated a calm sense of holiness in his role as porter and doorkeeper in...

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Gratitude

July 25, 2017

GAVIN T. MURPHY :: This blog examines St. Francis of Assisi’s grateful response in the midst of great pain and a wedding full of special moments. A personal prayer is...

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Becoming saints

July 19, 2017

GAVIN T. MURPHY :: Without spiritual discipline, we complain, do nothing, and turn into jelly. With it, we channel our energy like saints in the direction of beauty, light, and...

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Giuseppe Castiglione

July 17, 2017

In Church missions there is often a clash of cultures between that of the missionary and that of the people to whom he brings the Gospel. For a missionary, finding...

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Finding God through the streets of Dublin

July 13, 2017

Stephen Noon SJ is a British Jesuit novice on an urban pilgrimage of Dublin, as part of a short experiment to go beyond his comfort zone and test his vocation.

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Passing on our values

July 12, 2017

GAVIN T. MURPHY :: Jesuit educators try to instill quality values among their students, and it is hoped that they will become deep-rooted and passed on to others.

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Calling from the grave

July 7, 2017

GAVIN T. MURPHY :: The path of fragility turns pain into gentleness and it is a transformational force that is needed in our society.

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Peter Kenney

July 7, 2017

Peter Kenney was an Irish Jesuit credited with restoring the Society of Jesus in Ireland after their suppression, as well as with establishing several colleges and devoting much of his...

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