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Visits with My Mother

Maureen McCann Waldron

In the US on Sunday, we will celebrate Mother's Day. I have been thinking of my mother a lot lately, maybe because this is...

A Mother's Day Prayer

Maureen McCann Waldron

Our Creighton Online Ministries website has many prayers by and for mothers. Click here. Here is a Mother's Day prayer: I thank you, Creator...

How Does God Speak?

Jim Manney

How do I know God is speaking to me? It's not easy to tell, and it's hard to explain to others when it...

The Mission: Repentance and Forgiveness

Jim Manney

I recently watched "The Mission" again. It's based on the tragic story of the Jesuit mission settlements in Paraguay in the 17th and...

Can a Neurotic Person Be a Saint?

Jim Manney

From an interview with Fr. Jim Martin, SJ, on ABC Radio in Australia. (Transcript and podcast available here.)Rachael Kohn: Well saints' lives are examined...

The Spiritual Exercises and Wall Street

Jim Manney

Chris Lowney is a former Jesuit, former J.P. Morgan investment banker, and currently full-time speaker and author. He recently gave a talk at Fordham...

Pentecost

Jim Manney

"Pentecost," a painting by Br. Jerome Pryor, SJ. View his art on his website.

Life Is a Marathon

Tim Muldoon

I just came from watching the 114th Boston Marathon. An awesome sight! It got me thinking about the ten best reasons why a marathon...

Washing Feet

Jim Manney

My parish did something different with the foot washing ceremony last Holy Thursday. Instead of the priest washing the feet of twelve parishioners (often...

How to Survive Desolation

Jim Manney

What's the most important key to surviving desolation? I vote for patience. This author says it's "sufficient grace," quoting Ignatius: A person who is in...

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