Ruth Workman, a spiritual director, describes how Ignatian prayer invigorated her prayer life: Next we were introduced to an Ignatian practice, a prayer of imagination....

Gratitude Exercises

Ignatian Prayer Jim Manney

Here are some exercises to heighten your sense of gratitude. They were written by my friend Vinita Wright and published in her book Days...

Helps for Observing Advent

Ignatian Prayer Jim Manney

Advent begins on Sunday. You might want to look at some of the very helpful material the team at Loyola Press has put together...

Some Definite Service

Ignatian Prayer Paul Brian Campbell, SJ

I've already mentioned The Ignatian Adventure by Kevin O'Brien, SJ. Sprinkled throughout are prayers and poems. I really liked this one from John Henry Cardinal...

Prayer Is Like . . .

Ignatian Prayer Jim Manney

Rick Malloy, SJ, on what prayer is and is not: Prayer is not a competition, or a "goal" oriented activity. To pray is to already...

Best Ignatian Songs: After the Storm

Ignatian Songs Jim Manney

My daughter Laura turned me on to the British band Mumford and Sons. They're something special. "After the Storm" speaks of longing for God,...

Pray for Those Who Persecute You

Ignatian Prayer Jim Manney

Walter Ciszek, SJ, spent fifteen years in prison in the Soviet Union for doing clandestine missionary work. He describes his prayer:"Gradually too, I learned...

World Youth Day

Discernment Tim Muldoon

Please keep the pilgrims at World Youth Day (WYD) in your prayers. I am at the Jesuit-run Colegio Nuestra SeÃ±ora del Recuerdo with hundreds...

Ignatian Imagination

Ignatian Prayer Daniel J. Harrington, SJ

Among dictionary definitions of imagination, two fit Ignatius very well. One says that imagination is the ability to form a mental image of something...