I can’t will myself into a spiritual experience, into a sense of solidarity or meaning or nobility or deep and somber union with God and man. I can will myself into doing regular daily things and recording them and seeing what comes of it all.
Joe Hoover, S.J.
Joe Hoover, S.J., is America’s poetry editor and producer of a new film, “The Allegory.”
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Marketing with Christian humility—or trying to
A Reflection for Saturday of the Twentieth Week in Ordinary Time, by Joe Hoover, S.J.
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A pilgrimage to Pope Leo’s childhood home
One Jesuit’s encounter with a cop, a cat and several fellow Catholics in search of a connection to the first American pontiff.
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We are kept alive by sowers
A Reflection for Wednesday of the Sixteenth Week in Ordinary Time, by Joe Hoover, S.J.
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God can spin something great out of pain and wrongdoing
A Reflection for Thursday of the Twelfth Week in Ordinary Time, by Joe Hoover, S.J.
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Pope Leo, the Chicago White Sox and ‘No Kings’ Trump protests: a dispatch and meditation
As Chicago’s “No Kings” protests against President Trump wound down Saturday afternoon, the celebration of Pope Leo at White Sox stadium began. Which made me wonder: Does one impact the other?
Posted inArts & Culture, Poetry
The 2025 Foley poetry contest: Lyric questions about grief
These are poems that grip your heart, stretch your mind and startle your soul awake.
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To each according to need
A Reflection for Tuesday of the Second Week of Easter, by Joe Hoover, S.J.
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Wherever we go, God will be there
A Reflection for Monday of the Fourth Week of Lent, by Joe Hoover, S.J.
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‘The Chosen’ is wildly popular. Should Catholics watch it?
A Jesuit considers the series that has become an international phenomenon.