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The Danger of Excessive Spiritual Practices

St. Ignatius, writing to Jesuits in Portugal, about the problems with spiritual disciplines that he deemed excessive:The first is that God is not really...

Shabbat Shalom Redux

It's Friday and with plenty of time before sunset, I dashed over* to The Catholic Community of St. Ignatius (Baltimore) to get these: *Grateful to...

What Does Love Look Like?

With Valentine's Day coming up I'm taking the initiative to get folks thinking about love.  Here's a clip that I sometimes make reference to...

Attention

Nicholas Carr asks what the internet is doing to our brains.  His answer: rewiring it for easy distraction.  He observes that the way we...

Shabbat Shalom

Note: I jotted this down in real time last Friday evening and didn't get around to posting it.  Another week has passed with a...

Now the Work of Christmas Begins

The feast of Epiphany today brings the Christmas season to an end. To mark the day, here's a litany called "The Work of Christmas" composed...

Silence

The most basic spiritual practice is learning silence.  Practicing silence is an act of faith precisely because one cannot know for certain that anything...

How to Have Fun When All Around You Are Getting Grumpy

Put on as background music, A Chipmunk Christmas. Put out a plate of cookies in the middle of the day. Make up at least one gag...

Feeling Good Together

One of the very best lines I've heard about love came from the wise mouths of Zhang Mucheng (101 years old) and Xu Dongying,...

What Do You Especially Like about Ignatian Spirituality?

Smarla Angtuaco, a recent graduate of Anteneo de Manila University has had enough of pet peeves.  In two blog posts, she lists her "15...

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