Lord, may our eyes always be raised to you, so that when you call, we may respond at once. ~ from the Liturgy of the Hours Keeping night watch over their sheep, the shepherds would see […]
Author: Andrew Staron
Andrew Staron is an assistant professor of theology at Wheeling Jesuit University in Wheeling, West Virginia.
Chocolate, Tracy Chapman, and God With Us (Part 2 of 3)
Perhaps the impossible might be possible with God: that in opening ourselves in prayer, we will be ready to receive that which we cannot conceive, to hold that which we cannot grasp, to love he […]
Waiting for a God Who Never Comes
Samuel Beckett’s play, Waiting for Godot, can lay claim a surplus of meaning. Ostensibly a narrative about two men waiting for the arrival of a third, one can find within its lines a discussion of […]
The Spectacle of Kim Kardashian and Image of the Saint
Kim Kardashian is divorcing her husband, Kris Humphries, of 72 days. This is the way I began my “Theology of Love” course yesterday, which also happened to be All Saints Day. I asked my students […]
The Solemnity of All Saints
Then one of the elders spoke up and said to me, “Who are these wearing white robes, and where did they come from?” ~ John of Patmos I find myself all too comfortable with where […]
At Jubilation
Do not worry, for he provides you with a technique for singing. Do not go seeking lyrics, as though you could spell out in words anything that will give God pleasure. Sing to him […]
A Particular Sanctity: Thomas M. King, S.J.
Rev. Thomas M. King, S.J. died of a heart attack on June 23, 2009. Despite the fact that he had broken his hip some seven years prior and had undergone several painful surgeries over the intervening […]
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