Where the Rubber Hits the Road

The second edition of the New Jesuit Review has been published. Anyone who is interested in a serious discussion of today's issues from an intellectual and faith perspective would want to subscribe to the free online version. The editorial board intend for this publication to be part of an effort to recapture the authentic charism of the Jesuits (as compared to the modernistic and unorthodox offerings of many Jesuits today).

by Archbishop Terrence Prendergast    * ( Taken from New Jesuit Review ) There is a phrase in the Epistle to the Hebrews that I have always associated with the missionaries of Huronia because it is used in the readings proper to the Jesuit celebration of the Martyrs Feast.  In telling how people lived in faith, the author of Hebrews speaks of some wandering over the face of the earth while yearning for their heavenly homeland:  Some were tortured, refusing to accept release, in order to obtain a better resurrection.  Others suffered mocking and flogging and even chains and imprisonment.  They were stoned to death, they were sawn in two, they were killed by the sword; they went about in skins of sheep and goats, destitute, persecuted, tormented—of whom the world was not worthy.  They wandered in deserts and mountains and in caves and holes in the ground (Hebrews 11:35b-38). Our evangelist is giving a description of how, throughout salvation ...

The first issue of the New Jesuit Review has hit the internet and there is much to commend about it. Take a minute or two and check it out.