Break-up songs are so plentiful that they constitute a whole category of popular music. My personal favorite is Dylan's "Don't Think Twice, It's Alright."...

Best Ignatian Songs: That's Why I Pray

Ignatian Songs Jim Manney

A tip of the dotMagis hat to Tim Merriman, who has included many of this blog's Best Ignatian Songs on a Spotify playlist. (Join...

Best Ignatian Songs: Mary

Ignatian Songs Jim Manney

The singer-songwriter Patty Griffin sang a Best Ignatian Song a couple of years ago. Here's another wonderful Griffin tune, sent along by my friend...

Contemplatives in Action

Ignatian Prayer Andy Otto

There was an old Jesuit vocation poster that showed a cartoon of a Jesuit with his nose in a book while he was sawing...

Best Ignatian Songs: Jesus Is Just Alright

Ignatian Songs Jim Manney

Today's Best Ignatian Song takes us back to the 70s, to the Jesus movement and to the hippie counterculture that put songs like "Jesus...

Mary Untier of Knots

Ignatian Prayer Jim Manney

As Pope Francis settles into the tough work of governing the church, I'll bet he's drawing strength from a Marian devotion that he himself...

Best Ignatian Songs: O Bone Jesu

Ignatian Songs Jim Manney

Here is a sublime Holy Week meditation by the Ignatian Schola, a vocal ensemble in Manhattan composed of Jesuits and lay colleagues. O bone Jesu miserere...

Spoilers in Prayer

Ignatian Prayer Michelle Francl-Donnay

This is a guest post by Michelle Francl-Donnay for Week Six of An Ignatian Prayer Adventure. Lately, my husband and I have been watching Downton...

Best Ignatian Songs: You Are Not Alone

Ignatian Songs Jim Manney

I like this song, the singer (Mavis Staples), and the acoustic accompaniment by Jeff Tweedy, who wrote it. (Tweedy is also the lead singer...

Holding God Close at Hand

Ignatian Prayer Michelle Francl-Donnay

This is a guest post by Michelle Francl-Donnay for Week Four of An Ignatian Prayer Adventure. I've been people watching all week—as prayer. Dan Ruff,...

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