Lenten Reflections

This Lenten season, Michael Simone, S.J., will offer weekly reflections to help you prepare for Easter.

Michael R. Simone, S.J.

Michael R. Simone, S.J., is a Jesuit priest of the USA Midwest Province. After undergraduate studies at John Carroll University and graduate work at Weston Jesuit School of Theology, he attended Johns Hopkins University where he received a PhD in Northwest Semitics and Assyriology. He currently teaches Scripture at Boston College’s School of Theology and Ministry, and his research focuses on ritual and imagination in the religions of the ancient Near East. Fr. Simone is a former columnist for America Magazine and is currently a volunteer chaplain at MCI Cedar Junction.

Second Sunday of Lent Reflection

Years ago I saw a man transfigured. I was attending a 12-step recovery meeting in Cambridge, Massachusetts, that took place at First Baptist Church on Central Square.

First Sunday of Lent Reflection

Lent is a time of growth. These weeks leading up to Easter are a time to let God guide us into new ways of living our lives, new efforts at self-discipline, and new habits of generosity and forgiveness.

Ash Wednesday Reflection

“Too often, when I look into my heart, all I see is a lot of me. There’s not much room there for anyone else, and that’s my real problem.” These were words spoken at the meeting of a 12-step fellowship not too long ago.

This Lenten season, Michael Simone, S.J., will offer weekly reflections to help you prepare for Easter.

Michael R. Simone, S.J.

Second Sunday of Lent Reflection

First Sunday of Lent Reflection

Ash Wednesday Reflection

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