This post is based on Week Three of An Ignatian Prayer Adventure. “While he was still far off, his father saw him and was filled with compassion; he ran and put his arms around him and kissed him.” (Luke 15:20) I...

Each week of Lent, we’ll provide an Ignatian prayer for you, inspired by a video from Arts & Faith: Lent. The video and prayer for the Third Week of Lent, Cycle B, are based on John 2:13–25. The art is “Jesus...

In the Igniting Our Values Jesuit pilgrimage for Lent, Jack Bentz, SJ, reflects on Our Lady of Aranzazu and writes: St. Ignatius was a truster. Even though he became the champion of finding God in his own experience, he was...

Why are we afraid of desert time? Why are we afraid and sometimes resistant to prayer time, to the quiet alone time with God? Experienced teachers on prayer, like Fr. Ron Rolheiser, suggest that the desert “is the place where...

The lie at the heart of human sinfulness is that we can gain control of our existence by some action of our own and that God does not want us to have this power. God creating human beings in...

This post is based on Week Two of An Ignatian Prayer Adventure. When I was in second grade, I kept a diary. It had a shiny purple cover, a tiny lock and key, and lined pages where I diligently listed...

Each week of Lent, we’ll provide an Ignatian prayer for you, inspired by a video from Arts & Faith: Lent. The video and prayer for the Second Week of Lent, Cycle B, are based on Mark 9:2–10. The art...

At The Jesuit Post, Keith Maczkiewicz, SJ, writes about “Critique and Authenticity: When the Ideal Obscures the Good.” He relates a story of a time when authenticity won out over his internal critique and concludes: The truth is that assuming...

Paul Brian Campbell, SJ, suggests that Lent is a time to do life laundry. In other words, we can use the season to unburden ourselves of the things we accumulate that weigh us down.

I maintain that God—out of the abundance of divine relational life, not any need for us—desires humans into existence for the sake of friendship. This thesis may sound strange, because it runs counter to much teaching about God. To...