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      Examen

      The Examen: Prayer in Real-Time

      dotMagis Editor
      In the Examen we encounter a God who is active in our day. Fr. Mark Thibodeaux, SJ, explains that the Examen is prayer in…
      Reflections

      Continuing Friendship in the Easter Season

      Gretchen Crowder
      I have a confession to make. I tend to forget about Jesus around a week or so into the Easter season each year. It is…
      Spiritual Exercises

      Joy Leads to Our Next Steps

      dotMagis Editor
      This post is based on Week Eight of An Ignatian Prayer Adventure. In the Fourth Week of the Spiritual Exercises, we reflect on the Resurrection…
      Reflections

      Assuming Failure

      dotMagis Editor
      For all the healing and hope Jesus had brought to perhaps thousands of people, there was no sign by this time that he had…
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    Loretta Pehanich

    Loretta Pehanich is a Catholic freelance writer and the author of 2022: A Book of Grace-Filled Days, Women in Conversation: Stand Up!, and Fleeting Moments: Praying When You Are Too Busy. A spiritual director since 2012, Loretta is trained in giving the Spiritual Exercises of St. Ignatius. Her involvement in ministry and parish life includes 20 years in small faith-sharing groups and Christian Life Community. Loretta gives retreats and presentations on prayer and women’s spirituality and is commissioned as an extraordinary minister of the Eucharist. She and her husband Steve have four children and 10 grandchildren.
    Something to Think About

    Choreography and the Mass

    We dance at Mass. Have you noticed? We’ll see children especially bouncing to the music, but all of us have choreographed movements. Think for a moment about the Mass as...
    Loretta Pehanich
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    Ignatian Prayer

    Divine Handshake

    I’ve passed that icon hundreds of times as I enter the church, but this day I saw something I’d never noticed before. It was Christ’s hands. One hand was placed...
    Loretta Pehanich
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    Something to Think About

    Finding God Through the Elevator Doors

    I found God in, of all things, a couple of elevators. The smell in the parking lot downtown assaulted my nostrils, and when the elevator doors opened, a puddle blocked...
    Loretta Pehanich
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    Ignatian Prayer

    Listening to the Spirit

    This story is inspired by Acts 8:26–40. I am Philip. The Holy Spirit has been giving me the free gift of paying attention, of staying aware, and of listening to...
    Loretta Pehanich
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    Spirituality

    Prayer Isn’t Complicated

    I was taking the grandkids to school while babysitting for my son and his wife, who were on holiday for a week. On Monday I realized how out of...
    Loretta Pehanich
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    Ignatian Prayer

    Fighting Nerves by Dancing with Jesus

    I struggled to pray as my mind bounced from one distraction to another. The biggest distraction was preparations for a trip to El Salvador with the Sisters of Providence....
    Loretta Pehanich
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