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    This is a guest post by Michelle Francl-Donnay for Week Three of An Ignatian Prayer Adventure. I have a playlist on my computer called “Silence.” It's not John Cage's infamous 4'33”— four and half minutes of utter silence—or even white...
    This post is part of the Lenten series “From Ashes to Glory.” The Word “Whoever wishes to be great among you must be your servant, and whoever wishes to be first among you must be your slave; just as the Son of...
    This post is a part of the Lenten series “From Ashes to Glory.” In the second step of the Examen, we ask for light. Our minds are limited in what we can grasp, and our memories are limited in what we...
    Here's something from my book God Finds Us: An Experience of the Spiritual Exercises of St. Ignatius, published by Loyola Press. I talk about Ignatius's aim in writing The Spiritual Exercises. What exactly did Ignatius have in mind? Many commentators...
    This is a guest post by Michelle Francl-Donnay for Week Two of An Ignatian Prayer Adventure. I have been traveling this week, eating and sleeping—and praying—in strange places. I spent the last few days at an exuberant and delightfully chaotic...
    This post is a part of the Lenten series “From Ashes to Glory.”The WordThe Spirit drove Jesus out into the wilderness. He was in the wilderness for forty days, tempted by Satan; and he was with the wild beasts; and...
    This post is part of the Lenten series “From Ashes to Glory.”The Ignatian Examen begins with thanks to God for all that we have and are. We might begin with the greater things like faith in Christ and life...
    I've always struggled with the mystery of the cross. It's a bizarre part of our faith, and Lent is a chance to grapple with it. The mystery lies in the seeming needlessness of it. How can such a tortuous...
    This is a guest post by Greg Herrle, as he begins An Ignatian Prayer Adventure. As I completed my first retreat as a freshman in high school, I remember wanting to find a way to carry the lessons from that...
    This is the first in a series of posts “From Ashes to Glory.” The Word And whenever you pray, do not be like the hypocrites; for they love to stand and pray in the synagogues and at the street corners, so...

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