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.

Father Carl Gales: The Depth and Richness of Blackness
Episode 66 of Messy Jesus Business podcast, with Sister Julia Walsh. Podcast: Play in new window | Download Subscribe: Stitcher | Email | RSS | More IN THIS EPISODE In this episode of Messy Jesus…
Father Greg Boyle: Staying with the God of Love
Podcast: Play in new window | Download Episode 65 of Messy Jesus Business podcast, with Sister Julia Walsh. Subscribe: Google Podcasts | Stitcher | Email | RSS | More IN THIS EPISODE: In this episode of Messy…
Ellie Hidalgo: Listening to Learn
Episode 64 of Messy Jesus Business podcast, with Sister Julia Walsh. Podcast: Play in new window | Download Subscribe: Stitcher | Email | RSS | More “Sometimes it is at the prophetic edge you can…
Surrender to the sacred
There was a time when the questions caused me a lot of agony, when the diversity of spiritualities and religions worldwide caused confusion and doubt…
Prayer is listening to my heart’s longing
“Well, what do you want? What do you desire?” At the start of my final year as a student at a Jesuit University, I felt…
The Messiness of Franciscan Sisterhood
A Special Episode of Messy Jesus Business podcast, with Sister Julia Walsh. Podcast: Play in new window | Download Subscribe: Stitcher | Email | RSS | More IN THIS EPISODE We’re in between seasons on…
Litany of Joy
Joyfulness is one of the things I most admire in other people; perhaps one of the main marks of an authentic Christian life. I gravitate…
Alone With God: Joan of Arc’s Resilience
On May 30, Joan of Arc’s feast day — also the day she was burned at the stake in 1431 — I watched the great…


