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    Spiritual Exercises

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    Writing Spiritual Autobiography as It Relates to the Spiritual Exercises, Part 1

    St. Ignatius understood the importance of reviewing one’s life when he built this practice into the Spiritual Exercises centuries ago. His emphasis was to...
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    The Contemplation on the Incarnation and Advent

    The Second Week of the Spiritual Exercises begins with a Contemplation on the Incarnation (SE 101–109). The graces we pray for with this meditation...
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    Harvest Moon

    I have always loved the harvest moon. In my two-stoplight hometown, it was always a big event. The rising of this enormous, orange moon...
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    Driving in the Fourth Week

    I swore I would never get a vanity license plate. But then I did. I can’t exactly say it came from deep prayer and...
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    Ignatian Optimism

    I’ve always been a bit put off by people who exude positivity non-stop, the ones who only see the “bright side” or who think...
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    The Missing Shoe: Deepening God’s Life in Me

    “Where is my stupid shoe?” I shouted at my bewildered husband. That question burst out of my mouth far more loudly than intended on a...
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    In Concert with Christ

    This post is based on Week Five of An Ignatian Prayer Adventure. The popular hip hop artist took the stage as 15,000-plus fans cheered. He...
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    A School of Discipleship

    The Second Week is a school of discipleship. In discipleship you enter into a relationship that leads you deeply into the sentiments, thoughts,...
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    Confronting a 2,000-Year-Old Challenge

    Recently I came across one of my favorite passages in the Gospel of Mark, the Parable of the Rich Young Man. In Mark 10:21,...
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    Three Kinds of People

    St. Ignatius described three kinds of people: the postponer, the compromiser, and the free person. The postponer may have a vague interest in a...

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