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Best Ignatian Songs: We Are Alive

My kids know I'm a big Bruce Springsteen fan, so I was pleased when my daughter Laura gave me his latest album, "Wrecking Ball." ...

Taking Offense

I tend to get angry when I encounter acrimony and incivility in discourse among Catholics.  Fr. Jim Martin, who has seen more of it...

The Contemplation on Divine Love

The final contemplation of the Spiritual Exercises of St. Ignatius is the Contemplation on Divine Love, or the Contemplation on the Love of God....

Good Friday Reflection

A few years ago, I wrote this poem on Good Friday, as I worked around the house and tried to consider Christ's Passion. I...

Help My Hurting Heart

Consider Lent a time for tending wounds. Consider Holy Week a container for your pain, your heartbreak, your disappointment, your anxiety, your grief. Consider these days...

Praying with Your Feelings

In the Spiritual Exercises, Ignatius Loyola teaches ways to pray with our feelings. Engaging our emotions in prayer is key for conversion and discernment....

The Passion and Holy Week

This is Holy Week, which is the subject of what the Ignatian Spiritual Exercises call the Third Week. During this week we accompany Jesus...

An Imagination Encounter with Jesus

In the previous post, I briefly described various aspects of Jesus' personality and the different roles he plays in the Gospel accounts. I asked...

Imagine What Isn't Said

Imaginative prayer is a big part of the Ignatian Adventure retreat, now in week six, and it's been a big topic on this blog. ...

The Jesus of the Gospels Becomes Our Jesus

To follow Jesus we must know him, and we get to know him through our imagination. Imaginative Ignatian prayer teaches us things about Jesus...

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