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Tilling the Soil of My Heart

When I was a child, I thought of Lent as a gloomy time. This was partly because where I grew up, the weather at...

Lenten Read-Along: Thin Places and Soul Friends

Thin spaces exist not just outside us but also within us. Our souls are the places that hold our light. A soul friendship is...

Princess Parties and the Call of Christ the King

This post is based on Week Five of An Ignatian Prayer Adventure. “Today is Snow White’s birthday.” This, out of the blue, unprompted, and in...

God’s Glance

In our new apartment, we hung pictures of our 10 grandchildren down the length of the hall. Our younger son said jokingly, “You're going...

Lenten Read-Along: Two Irish Prayer Songs

Like most children in Ireland, I learned to sing the lorica of St. Patrick in both English and Irish, and it was as familiar...

Our Presence Is Enough

This post is based on Week Four of An Ignatian Prayer Adventure. We had only been home for a handful of hours. We were groggy...

Humility in Lent

This Lent, I have been reflecting and praying about humility. As a concept, humility is simple: thinking that no one else is any better...

Lenten Read-Along: Recipes and the Saints

Today I'm sharing several recipes associated with the saints of Ireland. Colcannon This dish is eaten throughout the year but associated with Halloween/All Saints/All Souls Day...

Darth Vader and the First Week of the Spiritual Exercises

This post is based on Week Three of An Ignatian Prayer Adventure. There’s a scene in Star Wars: Return of the Jedi that neatly sums...

The Human Experience of Our Redeemer: A Lenten Webinar with Fr. Joseph Tetlow, SJ

Jesus Christ is fully divine and fully human. Sometimes we forget that second part! In his Spiritual Exercises, St. Ignatius Loyola encouraged what he...

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