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      My Attitude About Time and Manna

      Loretta Pehanich
      Each day, God gives me enough time. It sure doesn’t feel like it. Today I did not have time to play my guitar or piano or…
      Discernment

      Assuming the Best Intentions While Discerning as a Couple

      Marina Berzins McCoy
      St. Ignatius wrote many letters, and on occasion I read from a collection of them to learn more about his approach to applying spirituality…
      Reflections

      God as Gardener

      Gretchen Crowder
      I despise gardening! It’s not gardening’s fault, really. It’s mine. I do occasionally try to garden, but every time, it fails miserably. Usually my foray into…
      Reflections

      Easter’s Expectant Playfulness

      Marina Berzins McCoy
      When my children were younger, we used to go to the Easter Vigil Mass. As a result, Easter morning was at home. The Easter…
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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.
    Spiritual Exercises

    The Mystery of the Incarnation

    In the Spiritual Exercises of St. Ignatius Loyola, retreatants imagine the mystery of the Incarnation. They take time to picture the Trinity looking over the entire surface of the...
    Loretta Pehanich
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    Ignatian Prayer

    Be Opened

    This story is inspired by Mark 7:31–37. The first words I ever heard were, “Be opened.” On the surface, those words seemed obvious. However, they unleashed an internal deluge of discovery. I...
    Loretta Pehanich
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    Reflections

    Hydrated in God’s Love

    Most people would assume that water beads as tiny as pinheads are useless and worthless. But add water, and they fluff up to be the size of large marbles....
    Loretta Pehanich
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    Ignatian Prayer

    Doing Dishes with Our Father

    The Scripture verses included in the following imaginative contemplation are not exact translations but rather an invitation to readers to look up the texts to deepen their experience of...
    Loretta Pehanich
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    Reflections

    Instruments in a Symphony of Grace

    “Make me an instrument of your peace,” we regularly pray at our parish. I wonder what instrument I would be in God’s orchestra—an oboe, a cello, or something else? Following...
    Loretta Pehanich
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    Ignatian Prayer

    Before He Was the Baptist

    “I dare you to eat a bug.” Was John the Baptist the kind of kid who might say that? As a mom, I’m curious about such things. When did he...
    Loretta Pehanich
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