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David Fleming, RIP
David Fleming, SJ, a prolific writer and esteemed spiritual director, died on Tuesday in St. Louis. He was a great popular interpreter of Ignatian Spirituality. I worked with him...
Examen
Lunchtime Examen: What Do I Pray About?
Our third Lunchtime Examen is online today. This week, in addition to the guided prayer, I talk about how the examen answers the question, "what do I pray about?" ...
Books
Screwtape Book Discussion
At America's "In All Things" blog, Bill Van Ornum invites reflection and opinions about C.S. Lewis's fable The Screwtape Letters. He points out the parallels between the circumstances today...
Spirituality
The Danger of Excessive Spiritual Practices
St. Ignatius, writing to Jesuits in Portugal, about the problems with spiritual disciplines that he deemed excessive:The first is that God is not really served in the long run,...
Examen
Praying in Lent
Today, Ash Wednesday, the first Lunchtime Examen goes live on IgnatianSpirituality.com. I've recorded six of these; a new one will be posted every Wednesday in Lent. The Lunchtime Examen...
Media
Catholic Storytelling
Frank Cottrell Boyce, a renowned screenwriter, writes about film and faith on the website of the British Jesuits. (Boyce wrote the splendid film Millions, about a boy who talks...