Prayer
Prayer is the heartbeat of the messy, faithful life. Whether you come to it with confidence or doubt, with eloquence or silence, with a rosary in your hands or nowhere near a church — these posts are an invitation to show up anyway. From ancient practices to honest lament, from the Examen to poetry to prayers stitched together from the wreckage of an ordinary day, Messy Jesus Business writers explore what it means to speak, listen, and sit with God in the midst of a complicated world.
Arise
We are an Easter people, a people of the resurrection, a people of re-creation. But now, five weeks out from Easter, it can be hard…
Messy Jesus Business Podcast Celebrates 50 Episodes
Episode 1, Season 6 of Messy Jesus Business podcast, with Sister Julia Walsh. “When you are in a place of paradox, you’re on holy ground.”…
Sister Roselyn Heil: Spiritual Physics and Barefoot Belief
Season 5, Episode 9 of Messy Jesus Business podcast, hosted by Sister Julia Walsh. “Going barefoot connects me to the Earth, which connects me to…
Jesus still suffers in his body
We walk in silence through the often-deserted streets, accompanied only by the solemn beat of one drum. Our feet fall into rhythm. It feels strange…
Judith Valente and Brother Paul Quenon: The Beauty of Simply Being?
Season 5, Episode 7 of Messy Jesus Business podcast, hosted by Sister Julia Walsh. “We have more than one calling, depending on the will of…
The Ministry of Presence is a Radical Path
Somehow in my years of formation as a young adult Catholic preparing to “change the world,” I missed the part about the power of presence…
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Sister Jenny Wilson: Mercy, Grace and the Mess
Season 5, episode 6 of Messy Jesus Business podcast, hosted by Sister Julia Walsh. “I found the courage somewhere to take the step, and once…
Death Poetica
Behind barbed wire In the county jail Woman recites poetry; Declares she’ll die. Bodies young, old Form lines. Summoned to penance, Knowing they’ll die. Bodies…