The readings for the Thirtieth Sunday in Ordinary Time Cycle C continue the theme of prayer.  In the first reading (Sirach 35: 12-1...

Today is the feast of the great Dominican theologian St. Thomas Aquinas. He lived a relatively short time, from 1225 to 1274, but wrote exte...

Last Friday, the Solemnity of All Saints, I presided and preached at the all-school Mass at St. Ignatius Prep in Chicago.   Our first read...

The last of St. Ignatius' Spiritual Exercises is called "The Contemplation to Attain the Love of God." One of his "point...

Last Sunday I was at Bellarmine Jesuit Retreat House in Barrington , IL and I had the opportunity to preach. The first reading from the sev...

Here are the last three of the daily reflections that I wrote for the Magis Center for Catholic Spirituality . Thursday, December 15, 2011 W...

Here are some more reflections, for today and tomorrow, that I did for the Magis Center for Catholic Spirituality . While I was able to put ...

I've been having a busy Advent. On the First Sunday of Advent I was still in Rome for the meeting of the International Advisory Council...

I've been in Milwaukee all week, holding down the fort at the Apostleship of Prayer national office. Fr. Phil Hurley has been in Spain. ...

I will be leading my Jesuit community's "Celebration of the Lord's Passion" this afternoon. I can't help approaching t...

On Christmas Day, 472 years ago, St. Ignatius Loyola celebrated his first Mass. He had been ordained 18 months earlier, on the feast of the...

I'm going to try to piece this post together from my faulty memory. I like to tell people that I have a steel-trap mind, shaped like a ...

Today is the feast day of the founder of my religious order, the Jesuits. It's the feast of St. Ignatius who was so in love with Jesus a...

Recently, Anne Bender , a friend and fellow blogger, "tagged" me for something called a MEME. I've never heard of it nor have...

Though I've not actually seen it, I imagine that this annual feast in honor the Most Holy Trinity brings many parish priests to tears. W...

On Wednesday, on my way to the St. Paul, MN area, I stopped in Spring Valley, Wisconsin, a small town not too far from the Interstate on whi...

On Monday evening I celebrated Mass with the other small group of Jesuits who are here in Rome for a meeting to discuss the Apostleship of P...