The homily should be part of an active relationship between preacher and parish. None of us, speaking or listening, should stop trying to improve the experience.

Members of the Society of Jesus have been called in recent years to see as mission territory not just our works out in the world, but the very communities in which we live.

Thérèse of Lisieux and St. Ignatius helped draw me away from scrupulosity—and into accepting God’s love.

If we can accept that God loves us as we are, that we are worthy of love at any size, is it wrong to also desire to be thinner and to take steps to reach that goal?

The fact is, no one—no church or priest, friendly gym or unfriendly one—can judge us without our cooperation.

While I will never support my father’s prejudice, I will forever be grateful for the fact that God could work through him to help me find my way.