An Ignatian Prayer Adventure 2013
Last year we launched An Ignatian Prayer Adventure, an eight-week online adaptation of the Spiritual Exercises. As we draw close to Lent 2013, I...
Quiet Nothingness
There are times in our prayer lives that we feel God is absent, or we struggle to feel or hear God in prayer. Those...
Litany of Gratitude for Ignatian Tools
There is that old adage that says, “When God closes one door, God opens another one.” When my husband and I were overwhelmed with...
Annual Examen
Debra Mooney of Xavier University suggests that we make an Examen to review the year.
As I review the past 12 months, from a year...
Pilgrimage
For Catholics it is traditional to make pilgrimages to holy places. One of the most famous pilgrimage sites is Lourdes, France, which receives millions...
Advent Video: Mary Receiving Jesus into Her Arms
As we transition from Advent to Christmas, spiritual director Becky Eldredge shares how her own experiences as a mother help her relate to Mary...
What the Spiritual Exercises Taught Me about the Incarnation
The Incarnation gets me deep down in my core and it stirs intense emotions within me of awe, joy, and gratitude that occasionally bring...
Advent Video: How Does Hope Shape Us?
Writer and editor Vinita Hampton Wright shares with us her thoughts on hope as a driving dynamic of Advent. This reflection originally appeared as...
It’s Never Too Late to Enter Advent
As I have so often written in this blog, my life is hectic, busy and frantic. I can now see that I seem to...
Advent, Merton, and Mary
Thomas Merton is known for his prayer which begins, “My Lord God, I have no idea where I am going. I do not see...