Cardinal O'Malley's blog

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See his post on the Gesù and the Jesuits. He writes:

My prayer is that God will raise up in the Church many holy sons of St. Ignatius and that they will teach this sacrificial love to our people - the unum recessarium - that God’s love and grace are enough.

To live a life in grace and in God’s love is the only success that counts. No other religious community has the resources, human, intellectual, spiritual, material that you (the Jesuits) have. You must not pass up the opportunities to give a serious faith formation to new generations of Catholics - who came to you with an unprecedented religious illiteracy and immersed in a culture that is hostile to the Gospel, and even to the concept of the truth itself.

But even more than teachers we need witnesses who enunciate the Church’s teachings with conviction and live a life that invites others to discipleship. It is not easy. Ignatius’ own vocation begins with a reversal, a great set back, a failure.

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If Ignatius and Francis were here I am sure they would echo these same sentiments to those entrusted with running our universities and Catholic schools. We need to lead people to the Lord, to teach them about the interior life, to help them sentire cum ecclesia, to inspire people to make a gift of ourselves to God, trusting indeed that His love and Grace are enough for us.

If we can help our students to discover God only then will they discover who they are and why we are here, and what we have to do with our lives.

You are Jesus companions - your vocation is to share that companionship with others. Teach them to pray. At Georgetown the Jesuit I always hear about is Father King who each night at 11:15 celebrates Mass for the students.

On this feast of your spiritual father, I thank you for being Jesuits. As you celebrate Mass this Ignatian Year and prepare for your 35th General Congregation, I pray that the Lord will bless your community with men, good and holy vocations and that the charism of your founder will shine forth in all your words and works.

Now if only he could do something about Boston College. What is he waiting for? The election of a new superior general to clean house? I'm sure the bishop could have more of an impact on how things are run at Boston College if he chose to do so.

Does he have a defense for perceived inaction? Has he tried but been unable to do something about the college? Or has the sale of diocesan property to the college prevented him from giving "constructive criticism"? Or maybe he's just not a "confrontational" sort of guy.