Holy Imitation
The decisive moment in Ignatius's life came when he realized that he was imitating the wrong person. He realized that imitating the example of...
Attention
Nicholas Carr asks what the internet is doing to our brains. His answer: rewiring it for easy distraction. He observes that the way we...
Aim Higher
If you don't know Viktor Frankl's work, read his book Man's Search for Meaning--one of the most important books of the 20th century. Below...
“I want, I want”
Susan Stabile, an Ignatian spiritual director and law professor, distinguishes between the desire that causes pain and the desire that motivates us:
Attachment (what might...
Spiritual Practices: Napping
I'm all for finding God in the silence. For me this means taking lots of naps, especially during the winter with its protracted darkness...
A Boy Named Ambition
Where is Christ being born today? It certainly isn't where we expect, if history is any guide. Where, today, is that stable at the...
Waiting
Advent is the season when we remind ourselves of what we are waiting for, keeping at bay the voices which tell us that our...
The Pronoun “God”
The word "God" is a pronoun whose antecedent we do not know.
When we are struck by beauty, when it lays claim to our attention...
Desires, Discernment, and Decisions
Several months ago two Jesuits and I published a book about an Ignatian approach to making decisions--What's Your Decision? How to Make Choices with...
Learning to See
After sending the seventy disciples out to preach, Jesus listened to what they had to say upon their return. They recounted many wonders, to...
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