“If you don’t spend time writing your homily today and you just get up and give it, ask ChatGPT or Claude—they’re gonna do a better job than you,” Father Brendan McGuire says.
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A Franciscan approach to preaching for missionary discipleship
He makes the case for homilies that center the relationship Jesus invites us into—one of freedom and joy—rather than dwelling on sin and placing undue burdens on the congregation.
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Father James Martin on meeting our moral heroes
This week for the finale of our second season of “The Spiritual Life” podcast, I was able to speak with a moral hero: my Jesuit brother Greg Boyle, the founder of Homeboy Industries.
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Preaching the Gospel—not politics—at America’s 250th anniversary
As we approach the 250th anniversary of the founding of the United States, preachers face a sacred responsibility—to proclaim the Gospel and heed the signs of the times, without getting lost in political ideologies.
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‘I doubt he will be diplomatic’: What Pope Leo may say to the U.S. on July 3
On the season finale of “Inside the Vatican,” Colleen and Gerry discuss the hectic weeks before Pope Leo’s summer vacation.
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Pope Leo and Trump aren’t the first feuding leaders: a history of papal power clashes
This week on “Jesuitical,” hosts Zac Davis and Ashley McKinless talk with historian Miles Pattenden about the long and quirky history of feuds between popes and politicians.
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Father James Martin and Hasan Minhaj on Islam, comedy and the spiritual life
Hasan Minhaj is best known as a comedian. But given his intense interest in different faith traditions, he could also be considered a student (or maybe even a teacher) of comparative religion.
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‘Like I’ve rarely seen him’: Pope Leo’s visit to Spain
This week on “Inside the Vatican,” Gerard O’Connell recaps for Colleen Dulle the highlights from the pope’s three stops: Madrid, Barcelona and the Canary Islands.
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What the parable of the Lost Sheep should teach us about individuality, tribalism and communion
This week on “Jesuitical,” Zac and Ashley sit down with Luke Burgis, the director of the Cluny Institute at The Catholic University of America and the author of The One and the Ninety-Nine: Forging Identity in the Age of Social Contagion. They discuss why we join and leave tribes, how to form a “solid” self […]
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David Brooks on desire and longing in the spiritual life
Desire and longing are some of the main ways that God draws us closer. “Our hearts are restless until they rest in you, O Lord,” as St. Augustine wrote. How else would God draw us closer than by awakening in us the very desire for the divine?