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    Best Ignatian Songs: You Are Not Alone

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

    Best Ignatian Songs: Tears of God

    Much of the music from the rock-blues-R&B band Los Lobos derives from Mexican Catholic culture.  Check out the picture of Our Lady of Guadalupe...

    Best Ignatian Songs: “Immanuel”

    Here's a New Year's proclamation--a great song by Michael Card sung by school children in Chester Cathedral in the UK.  

    Best Ignatian Songs: "Comfort, Comfort, O My People"

    "Comfort, Comfort, O My People" is a lovely Advent hymn, based on verses from Isaiah 40.  This version is by the Ignatian Schola, a...

    Best Ignatian Songs: "O Come O Come Emmanuel"

    It's early December, winter, cold mornings and barren landscapes and leaden skies. It's the time of Advent--the season of longing for the light of Christ...

    Best Ignatian Songs: The Weight of Lies

    Here's a song to enjoy--and ponder.  “The Weight of Lies" by the folk-rock-bluegrass band The Avett Brothers is about the wages of self-delusion: "The weight...

    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." ...

    Best Ignatian Songs: After the Storm

    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,...

    Best Ignatian Songs: Spring and Fall: To a Young Child

    Some time ago I featured the Natalie Merchant song "Wonder" in our occasional "Best Ignatian Songs" feature. Here is another. It's a...

    Best Ignatian Songs: Gabriel’s Oboe

    This is the second time  "Gabriel's Oboe" has appeared in our occasional "Best Ignatian Songs" feature.  (The first time is here.)   The occasion is...

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