Bill Toner SJ
Are we always selfish?
November 7, 2023
BILL TONER SJ :: Exceptionally, Fr Tony de Mello SJ is wrong to say that charity is a 'masquerade' and that we always act from selfish motives.
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Doorways to God
October 10, 2023
BILL TONER SJ :: One of the problems of finding God today is that it is very easy for us to go to the wrong doorway.
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Images of God
August 18, 2023
BILL TONER SJ :: Our 'God concept' may become an impediment in our spiritual lives. So how should we imagine God, if God doesn't 'exist' as other things exist?
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Living with remorse
April 5, 2023
BILL TONER SJ :: We can judge ourselves harshly and be plagued for years by the thought of past acts we are ashamed of. Should we not cut ourselves some...
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In search of spirituality
December 5, 2022
BILL TONER SJ :: A spirituality of detachment is about creating the conditions for communicating with God – or rather, for allowing God to communicate with us.
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Why did God do that?
November 18, 2021
BILL TONER SJ :: Christians needn't look at misfortunes as willed by God; best to see God accompanying us through the randomness of life.
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God in my breathing
August 20, 2021
BILL TONER SJ :: Indian Jesuit Tony de Mello showed us how to pay attention to our breathing and why this is a valuable form of prayer for everyone
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Desolation and grace
May 25, 2021
BILL TONER SJ :: It is not always easy to discern whether dark times come from the good spirit or the bad. What matters is how we react to them
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The human mind – a glimpse of the divine?
March 22, 2021
BILL TONER :: Faith and the one truly mysterious thing in life – our own human mind, particularly our own consciousness
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The two gardeners
January 12, 2021
BILL TONER SJ :: God resembles the gardener who nurses sick plants back to health rather than the gardener who pulls them up in order to keep everything neat
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Irish Jesuit honoured in US
November 30, 2023 - Dr Michael O'Sullivan, SJ is the first Jesuit to be elected as President of the International Society for the Study of Christian Spirituality
Cakes, coffee, care
November 29, 2023 - The Jesuit Curia staff held a coffee morning to raise money for Tony O’Riordan SJ's work in Syria and UNICEF’s work in Gaza.
‘Waiting for Jesus’: Sacred Space Advent retreat
November 22, 2023 - 'Waiting for Jesus' is the theme of the Advent retreat from Sacred Space. It begins on 3 December, the first Sunday of Advent.
Advent: A season of contradictions
November 20, 2023 - "Advent is full of contradictions", says Dr Kevin Hargaden, Social Justice Theologian at the JCFJ and Presbyterian Elder.
Latest Podcasts
COP 28: Is it too late?
November 28, 2023
Evaluating the Synod on Synodality
November 20, 2023
What it was like at the Synod
November 8, 2023
Justice for Michael Mallin
November 7, 2023
Latest Videos
Massimo Faggioli: An early assessment of the Synod
November 22, 2023
Action Research
November 3, 2023
Pope Video: Pray for Pope Francis
November 2, 2023
Pope Video: For the Synod
October 3, 2023
Latest Books
‘I am infinitely loved’ – Messenger booklet
August 21, 2023
Messenger autumn catalogue
August 8, 2023
‘Brothers in Arms’ – Ignatian Camino book
July 3, 2023
Messenger book: ‘Shaping the Assembly’
June 13, 2023
