Best Ignatian Songs: Give Me Love
The Ignatian song this week is a ditty called "Give Me Love" by the Beatle George Harrison. It's a simple song. The words are...
Best Ignatian Songs: Heavenly Day
This week's Ignatian song is the lovely ballad "Heavenly Day," written by the eclectic folk-county-rock artist Patty Griffin. I ran across it about the...
Best Ignatian Songs: People Get Ready
Ignatian spirituality calls us to join Christ's work in the world--now, today. It looks eagerly for the coming of the Kingdom. A song...
Best Ignatian Songs: To Be a Pilgrim
In his autobiography, St. Ignatius Loyola wrote of himself in the third person as "the pilgrim." As David Fleming, SJ, writes in What Is...
A Group Examen
The daily Examen is the most familiar and widely-practiced form of Ignatian prayer. Millions of people pray it every day. Philip Shano, SJ, takes...
Best Ignatian Songs: Stand By Me
You may have already seen this week's Ignatian song on YouTube. More than 14 million people have. It's an inventive version of...
Best Ignatian Songs: Pie Jesu
One of the loveliest pieces of sacred music that I know is Andrew Lloyd Webber's rendition of "Pie Jesu." "Pie Jesu" means "Kind...
Best Ignatian Songs: Every Grain of Sand
It's back to Bob Dylan for this week's Ignatian song. It's "Every Grain of Sand," one of Dylan's many songs with powerful Biblical imagery....
Getting Started in Ignatian Discernment
The goal of Ignatian discernment is to discover where God is active in our lives. Here is a simple two-step exercise to get started...
Oprah Picks a Jesuit
Say You're One of Them, a short story collection by Uwem Akpan, SJ, a Nigerian Jesuit, is Oprah Winfrey's latest pick for her book...