Spirituality

books

Finding God in the Mess – Revised edition

April 18, 2023

Messenger has published the revised edition of the award-winning book 'Finding God in the Mess' by Brendan McManus SJ and Jim Deeds.

Niall's Notes

Death and Resurrection

April 7, 2023

Every vocation is marked by death and resurrection—Easter is the pattern of our Christian lives. Praise God! I hope these monthly vocation emails are helping you on your journey. Sam’s...

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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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‘The fragility of God’

April 5, 2023

"I’ve been asked for a short conclusion, which is rich, since I don’t believe in periods or in punctuation..." Poet Aidan Mathews concludes his Lenten Retreat.

podcasts

Not less than everything

April 4, 2023

It's the 1960s and Fr General Pedro Arrupe SJ is faced with implementing the revolutionary changes in the church as envisioned by Vatican II. Brian Grogan tells the story.

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Holy Week from the archives

April 3, 2023

Stories from the RNN archives include podcast interviews with Paddy Greene SJ, Fr Michael McCullagh, and Piaras Jackson SJ.

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The ‘beautiful’ shepherd

March 22, 2023

Aidan Mathews' Lenten retreat focuses on the parable of the Good Shepherd, with an interesting commentary on the appropriateness of the translation of the word 'good'

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Pope Francis: The ‘zig-zag Pope’

March 22, 2023

Gerry Whelan SJ, Director of the Department of Fundamental Theology in the Gregorian University in Rome assesses the last ten years of Pope Francis' papacy.

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Jim Maher SJ's book @Reimagining Religion' addresses a fundamental spiritual malaise that expresses itself through injustice, wars, xenophobia, narcissism, exclusion, and other dehumanising behaviours.