What has been your experience with Ignatian contemplation? Positive? Needs practice? Never tried? John (Juancito) Donaghy describes his experience with imaginative prayer: I read the scripture and, without planning, I felt myself as John within the womb of Elizabeth. I sensed...

Do you have any idea how glorious the world around you really is? Consider the multitude of gifts of our earthly existence that are far beyond what our very limited human bodies can interpret or fully experience. While humans can...

Each month, the Apostleship of Prayer shares two specific prayer intentions of the pope, one a universal intention and one focused on an area of evangelization. June’s universal intention is for the unemployed, as reflected in this video. From now...

It’s said that St. Ignatius liked to look up at the sky and stars. I wonder if he would have liked this video.

In a recent interview with a Spanish newspaper, Pope Francis talked about world economic systems and other topics, including his leadership priorities. “I don’t have any personal agenda that I carried in under my arm, simply because I never thought...

Those of us in the Western world have forgotten a lot of what we once understood about visual pathways. Before written language became the focal point of communication, people used symbols, signs, and objects to express their needs, their...

What would it be like to practice love so regularly, so faithfully, over the course of a lifetime, such that one's habit of loving becomes so ingrained into the fabric of one's soul, that even if one should begin...

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 process next to “Otherwise,” by Jane Kenyon. One of the steps suggests journaling responses to...

In my family, school is out and it’s time for us all to slow down. While we often think of Ignatian spirituality as a spirituality of service, it is also deeply contemplative. One of the most formative times in...

On the occasion of Pentecost, the two young women in the below video have fun suggesting the Examen as a way to find God in your day. By taking the time to notice where God is, “You will begin...