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Accepting Grace

Melinda LeBlanc

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The Best Gift

Gretchen Crowder

Discernment

Consolations in Changing Seasons of Life

Becky Eldredge

Reflections

The Act of Giving

Jean Heaton

Here There Be Mermaids

Reflections Eric Clayton

We hadn’t expected mermaids. Unicorns, sure. The queen? Most likely. Knights and jousting and turkey legs—obviously. But mermaids? My daughters were enchanted. “I have a question, Daddy,”...

The Gift of Gratitude

Reflections Michael Rossmann, SJ

Keeping a gratitude journal in which we write down the particular gifts of each day trains our brains to see the good around us....

Getting Out of the “If I Ruled the World” Mindset

Reflections Gretchen Crowder

At a recent conference, a fellow Ignatian educator and I were walking to the cafeteria for lunch, caught up in a passionate conversation about...

Unique and Unrepeatable Autumn

Reflections Rebecca Ruiz

In his autobiography, St. Ignatius Loyola recounts how “the greatest consolation he used to receive was to look at the sky and the stars,...

Sin and the Examen

Examen Joseph Tetlow, SJ

Fr. Joseph Tetlow, SJ, responds to the question, “How can we use the Examen to better understand our experiences of sin or failure?” He suggests...

Hello, Anger

Reflections Lisa Kelly

When I mentioned to my spiritual director that I was totally apathetic about my prayer life of late, and she asked if I were...

Choosing Joy

Reflections Shemaiah Gonzalez

Once we know we are loved, it is easy to choose joy. This is what Father Greg Boyle, SJ, learned as he has ministered to...

Yellow Arrows and Discernment

Discernment Marina Berzins McCoy

Several years ago, I was blessed with a chance to walk part of the Camino de Santiago. Each day, we awoke early, put on...

The Examen and Letting Go

Examen Michael Rossmann, SJ

We often accumulate misguided and half-hearted commitments that drain of us energy and take us off our most meaningful path. The Examen can function...