The poetry of Amit Majmudar, whom America has published 10 times in the past few years, moves easily between the mystical and the ordinary, the one rooted in the other.

The best “time maximizing” methods can lead us to a space where God can maximize our souls and inhabit everything we do.

A Reflection for Thursday in the Octave of Easter, by Joe Hoover, S.J.

A Reflection for Thursday of the Second Week in Lent, by Joe Hoover, S.J.

Having Mass announcements right before the liturgy ends is like having the director come out and stop “Hamlet” three minutes before it finishes in order to tell the audience where the best post-show night spots are.

Is it sound theology to think God was on one's own side after a victory? Who can capture the mind of God; do we know that he doesn't care who wins a game?

A Reflection for Tuesday of the Fifth Week in Ordinary Time, by Joe Hoover, S.J.

A Reflection for Tuesday of the First Week in Ordinary Time, by Joe Hoover, S.J.

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If you would have asked me ahead of time, my hunch—fair or not—would have been that a gymnasium filled with wrestlers’ parents and fans, particularly in the western reaches of rural South Dakota, would not have a lot of empathy and patience for needy little creatures threatening to disrupt their earnest games.