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      When Anxiety Strikes

      Marina Berzins McCoy
      At times, we all can worry about the future. I’m a planner, and so perhaps I am more prone to anxiety than others. If…
      Discernment

      Reframing Our Vision

      Tim Muldoon
      In ancient Rome, Janus was the two-faced god of beginnings and endings, but also of transitions and passages. It is therefore no surprise that…
      Reflections

      Looking Through the Lens of Joy

      Shemaiah Gonzalez
      I’m one of those people who prays that God will reveal a word for me to meditate on for the next year. One year,…
      Reflections

      Journey into Hope

      Gretchen Crowder
      I started picking a word of the year a few years ago. I usually pick the word during December, and throughout January, I think…
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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

    Seeing Jesus and All Things in a New Light

    After the Resurrection, everything must have looked new for Mary Magdalene, whose feast is July 22. Contemplate for a moment Mary bringing the good news to those women who...
    Loretta Pehanich
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    Spirituality

    Exercising with God

    Sit-ups, leg lifts, and squats: how can I pray at all times when I’m supposed to be exercising? I wonder how the people in Thessalonica responded to St. Paul’s letter...
    Loretta Pehanich
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    Reflections

    My Attitude About Time and Manna

    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 read a novel, nor did...
    Loretta Pehanich
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    Ignatian Prayer

    Elizabeth Meets Jesus

    Similar to St. Ignatius’s contemplation involving an encounter between Mary and her Son after his Resurrection, this meditation is not based on Scripture. However, Luke 1:5–56 inspired this story. I...
    Loretta Pehanich
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    Reflections

    God’s Glance

    In our new apartment, we hung pictures of our 10 grandchildren down the length of the hall. Our younger son said jokingly, “You're going to have to get a...
    Loretta Pehanich
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    Ignatian Prayer

    Zebedee: Still Fishing

    This story is inspired by Luke 5:1–11. When my sons dropped everything to accept Jesus’ invitation, I knew my boys would serve him well. They deserve the nickname Jesus gave...
    Loretta Pehanich
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