Ignatian Prayer
Mary, Mona Lisa, and Seeing Through the Icons
When I was 16 years old, I saw da Vinci’s Mona Lisa for the first time. Sort of. I was on a high school exchange trip to France for...
Reflections
From a Mountain of Trash to Beauty
This morning, my husband, John, and I took a lap around the paved loop that tops a city park not far from where we live. From its high vantage...
Spirituality
Elements of Hope
What might an Ignatian approach to hope look like, especially in days that may feel turbulent? Ignatian hope is at root a Christian hope: Christians affirm in the Creed...
Ignatian Prayer
The Third Method of Prayer
Ignatian prayer is not one kind of prayer; in fact, Ignatius recommends a variety of ways to pray, along with the better-known imaginative prayer. For example, Ignatius recommends conversational...
St. Ignatius Loyola
Questions Inspired by the Letters of St. Ignatius
Over the summer, I have had the time to read some of the letters of St. Ignatius and to listen to a series of short lectures on the letters...
Reflections
Finding God in Baking Bread
Sometimes when I hear particular Scripture passages, I am brought back to moments earlier in my prayer life when a moment in imaginative prayer felt intensely consoling or transformative...