Knocking and Persistence
One Saturday morning, while our sons were playing peacefully inside, my husband and I went out into the front yard to discuss what work...
Prayer of an Aging Disciple
Lord, grant me the grace
to live in the present and recognize what is possible
to look to the future and trust you
to be silent, and...
Prayer for Vocations
We conclude our month of Faber Fridays with this video version of St. Peter Faber’s “Prayer for Vocations.”
Continue to be inspired by Faber with...
A Wider Circle of Friends
As friends of God, we are invited to become friends with all of God’s friends. God invites us to widen our circle of friends...
Prayer of Desire to Sense Christ’s Presence
We commemorate the August 2 feast day of St. Peter Faber with Faber Fridays this month, inspired by Jon M. Sweeney’s book, Peter Faber:...
How to Build in Time to Pray
For me, late August means back to school and a more rigorous schedule than in the summer. While I work over the summer, late...
Cannonball Moment at a Funeral
Patrick Saint-Jean, SJ, at Creighton University, introduces his cannonball moment with the words, “A sad experience made me the happiest guy in the whole...
A Transformative T-Shirt Slogan
Theresa Wang, a campus minister from Taiwan, was thinking about leaving her school when a t-shirt slogan caught her attention. Shortly after, she went...
When the Scientist Encountered Deer
Astrophysicist Paolo Beltrame, SJ, from Italy, was in South Dakota one Christmas when he saw deer. In that encounter, he experienced God not only...
The Wound (Song)
The Ignatian Year has a theme song, “La Herida,” or, “The Wound.” Composed by Cristóbal Fones, SJ, with lyrics by José María Rodríguez Olaizola,...
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