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Editor’s note: We’ve been having fun celebrating the 10th anniversary of IgnatianSpirituality.com. The fun continues throughout July with our 10th-annual 31 Days with St. Ignatius celebration. Bookmark the...

Two Hints for Recognizing the Two Ignatian Movements of Consolation and Desolation

Discernment Brendan McManus, SJ

The two key movements in Ignatian spirituality are consolation and desolation. These terms can be difficult to understand as their meanings seem to shift...

One Favorite Prayer: The Examen

Examen Jim Manney

Editor’s note: We’ve been having fun celebrating the 10th anniversary of IgnatianSpirituality.com. The fun will continue throughout July with our 10th-annual 31 Days with...

Three Kinds of People

Spiritual Exercises Tim Muldoon

St. Ignatius described three kinds of people: the postponer, the compromiser, and the free person. The postponer may have a vague interest in a...

Four Hidden Places I’ve Found God

Reflections Shemaiah Gonzalez

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Our Choices as God Might See Them

Discernment Vinita Hampton Wright

The Christian faith has always taken seriously the matter of discernment. What choice will I make? We must choose constantly, through our daily routines...

Five Things the Spiritual Exercises Taught Me About Jesus

Spiritual Exercises Becky Eldredge

On more occasions than I care to count, people will comment to me, “Ignatian spirituality does not have enough to do with Jesus. All...

The MicroShifts Examen

Examen dotMagis Editor

Author Gary Jansen recommends approaching personal transformation by making “small change in the way you look at the world or in the way you...

Listening for God in Consolation

Discernment Becky Eldredge

Discernment involves paying attention to the movements of the spirits so that we can continue moving towards our destination—the direction God is inviting us...