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      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…
      Spiritual Exercises

      Accompaniment and Compassion

      dotMagis Editor
      This post is based on Week Seven of An Ignatian Prayer Adventure. In the Third Week of the Spiritual Exercises, we meditate on the Passion…
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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.
    Ignatian Prayer

    Sent to Tell What I Saw

    This story is inspired by Matthew 11:2–6. Gripping the cell bars outside John’s dank prison, I refused to leave. John shook his head. “I’m not the Messiah. He’s out there....
    Loretta Pehanich
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    Something to Think About

    Yes, But…

    “No duty is more urgent than that of returning thanks.” —St. Ambrose Monday She: I hate my job. He: Yes, but at least you’ve got a job! And it pays well. She: Yeah,...
    Loretta Pehanich
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    Ignatian Prayer

    Lord Jesus, Teach Me to Be Generous

    We’ve invited our dotMagis bloggers to reflect on the individual lines of the Prayer for Generosity, attributed to St. Ignatius. Teach me not to be stingy, God. Instruct me in...
    Loretta Pehanich
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    Ignatian Prayer

    Joyful Scenes Inspired by the Joyful Mysteries

    As an on-call shelter volunteer, I spent some evening hours in a mother-baby unit with a woman whose child was less than a day old. Her family was too...
    Loretta Pehanich
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    Ignatian Prayer

    God’s To-Do List for Me

    This story is inspired by Luke 10:38–42. Jesus comes into my kitchen. “How can I help you with the meal, Martha?” he asks kindly, coming over to where we stand....
    Loretta Pehanich
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    Discernment

    Eight Examples of Consolation

    Editor’s note: We’ve been having fun celebrating the 10th anniversary of IgnatianSpirituality.com. The fun continues throughout July with our 10th-annual 31 Days with St. Ignatius celebration. Bookmark the calendar here. And we’re still...
    Loretta Pehanich
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