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Discernment

Thoughts on Discernment

Having attended a Jesuit university, I heard the word discernment many times, and I was taught that it offered a way towards clarity; unity...

Resisting Desolation

Many people I know here in the Northeast suffer from the winter blues. The sky is grayer than in summer, sunrise comes later, and...

Invitation to Harmony

In 2024, God invited me to be bold. When I started the year, I thought that the invitation to be bold was about taking...

Rita’s Consolation

It was a moment of angst and mourning for the parish, as it was slated for closing along with dozens of others in the...

Pruning to Care for the Vine

Years ago, my spiritual director offered a metaphor for the season of life that I was in as a time of pruning. Back then,...

The Audacity of Desire

Editor’s note: Throughout July, we’re hosting 31 Days with St. Ignatius, a month-long celebration of Ignatian spirituality. In addition to the calendar of Ignatian...

The Audacity of Discernment

Editor’s note: Throughout July, we’re hosting 31 Days with St. Ignatius, a month-long celebration of Ignatian spirituality. In addition to the calendar of Ignatian...

Counterfeit Consolation

We need Ignatius’s first set of rules for discernment because desolation is a common experience. We need his second set because of another unwelcome...

Going Behind What Appears

Fr. Arturo Sosa, SJ, Superior General of the Society of Jesus, says, “Discernment is to learn to go behind what appears. It’s going beyond...

Listening for God’s Voice Within: A Webinar with Fr. Mark Thibodeaux, SJ

Lent is a time to deepen our awareness of how God is prompting us to take the next step in our walk of faith....

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