When we see a spectacular athlete praying in public, we can see her as a sort of athletic Christian soldier, a “counternarrative” to a godless culture or shallow world—and miss the simple, moving experience of the athlete, who is Christian, who is praying.
Prayer
Posted inFaith, The Good Word
Three lessons to learn when our prayers go unanswered
A Homily for the Twenty-second Sunday in Ordinary Time, by Father Terrance Klein
Posted inDispatches, Faith
Behind the scenes of a Way of the Cross like no other at World Youth Day
When the Jesuits in Portugal were entrusted with planning the Way of the Cross, they knew it needed to be quite different from any previous prayer service.
Posted inFaith, Faith in Focus
We say the same prayer every morning at America magazine. Here’s what it means to the staff.
When is the first time you pray during the day? For me, if it’s not when I wake up in the morning, it is at the beginning of my workday, with all my coworkers.
Posted inFaith, Faith in Focus
God loves us—and we’re supposed to love him back. How do you actually do that?
It would have been nice if someone had told me how to go about learning to love God. Because I have discovered that, for most people, it is something that they have to learn.
Posted inFaith, Short Take
We should all renew the Friday penance. (But it doesn’t have to mean giving up meat.)
When the church allowed meat on Fridays, the intent was not to end the call for penance. Friday penance outside of Lent can now have a more personal nature, drawing each of us closer to God.
Posted inFaith, Interviews
Interview: Mary Stommes on prayer, Catholic publishing and her time editing Give Us This Day
Mary Stommes, who marked her last day as editor of monthly publication Give Us This Day on June 29, discusses her journey with Liturgical Press and the significance of daily prayer.
Posted inFaith, Podcasts
Podcast: Does prayer belong in a public school?
This week on “Jesuitical,” Zac and Ashley chat with Linda K. Wertheimer about her recent article about renewed efforts in some parts of the country to get prayer back into public schools.
Posted inFaith, Faith in Focus
Praying the Liturgy of the Hours is worth it—even if you do it badly
An old teacher once said, “If something is worth doing, it’s worth doing well.” She was right. An even older Jesuit once said, “If something is worth doing, it’s worth doing poorly.” He was right, too.
Posted inFaith, Of Many Things
What my next stage of Jesuit formation means to me (and to America magazine)
Spending three months away is not a usual move for someone recently installed as editor in chief of a magazine and media ministry. Please be assured that I will continue to accompany you in prayer in tertianship.