I Saw You Today
On Sundays we ask our Ignatian Spirituality Facebook community where they have found God during the week. Gary Thomas shares his response:
As I rode...
Living “Ad Majorem Dei Gloriam”
I remember the summer my father received his personalized “AMDG” license plates. He was so excited. A second-generation Jesuit grad, my dad is all...
May the God of Surprises Delight You
May the God of Surprises delight you, inviting you to accept gifts not yet imagined.
May the God of Transformation call you, opening you to...
God Came to Tea
God came and sat down with me. I asked God to tea.
God sat there in the kitchen and smiled at me.
But I stumbled and...
Encountering God in the Unexpected
We asked a few readers to share with us where they encountered God in the unexpected. Today and tomorrow we highlight their responses.
I Found...
Praying with Poetry
Explore Faith suggests a process for praying with poetry. Several poems are on the site, but the method will work with any poem. Here’s...
The Red Machine on the Wall
Greg Kennedy, SJ, shared an Advent poem on the igNation blog. Here's a taste.
We've all taken numbers
from the red machine on the wall.
Above, red...
Possible Answers to Prayer
A poem by Scott Cairns:
Your petitions—though they continue to bear
just the one signature—have been duly recorded.
Your anxieties—despite their constant,relatively narrow scope and inadvertent
entertainment value—nonetheless...
What Tears Mean
Every once in a while a great writer describes an experience that you know is universal and is nearly beyond words. This short reading...
Who the Meek Are Not
Mary Karr is an Ignatian-influenced former atheist, recovering alcoholic, and one my favorite poets. I've written about her before. This poem is entitled "Who the...
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