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.
The mortals return, as dust and ash.
As dust, as mortals, we move closer to our graves each day. Lent: this season summons us to deeper holiness with an airy invitation: a…
Falling in Love
I spent my entire last year of college waiting to get into the Jesuit Volunteer Corps, your typical, post-graduate year of service program. I thought…
Liam Callanan: Listening and Welcoming
Episode 57 of Messy Jesus Business podcast, with Sister Julia Walsh. Podcast: Play in new window | Download Subscribe: Stitcher | Email | RSS | More “Readers complete a text. And so storytelling is a…
Finding Christ in Every Corner of the Cosmos
The last time I wrote for Messy Jesus Business, I discussed one of my favorite topics –– the Holy Grail. I want to return to…
Being the Beloved
The first things I noticed when I entered the hospital room were all the tubes and the constant whirr of the fan inflating the bed…
A Spiritual Lesson From the Salamanders
Over Christmas break, after the brutal winter storm gave way to unseasonal warmth, my sister and I made a clandestine visit to the property where…
Sister Teresa Maya: Building a Common Home
Episode 56 of Messy Jesus Business podcast, with Sister Julia Walsh. Podcast: Play in new window | Download Subscribe: Stitcher | Email | RSS | More “Community extends beyond just a group I belong to……
I Want to Tell You Something Brilliant
My Dear Friend, When I woke up on Christmas morning, I thought of John 1:5. It was a rare gift for me to have only…