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Four Strategies for Discernment

In the Spiritual Exercises of St. Ignatius, there are various “rules for the discernment of spirits”—what we would simply call principles of wise discernment....

A Wider Circle of Friends

As friends of God, we are invited to become friends with all of God’s friends. God invites us to widen our circle of friends...

Peter Faber and the Heart Space

Ignatius Loyola and Peter Faber were students together at the University of Paris, roommates in fact. Peter tutored Ignatius in Aristotle, and Ignatius tutored...

Christ Plays in 10,000 Places eBook

Celebrate the Ignatian Year with a free eBook of seasonally inspired prayers, poems, reflections, and illustrations. Contributors include Mark Thibodeaux, SJ, Vinita Hampton Wright,...

Instruments in a Symphony of Grace

“Make me an instrument of your peace,” we regularly pray at our parish. I wonder what instrument I would be in God’s orchestra—an oboe,...

Prayer of Desire to Sense Christ’s Presence

We commemorate the August 2 feast day of St. Peter Faber with Faber Fridays this month, inspired by Jon M. Sweeney’s book, Peter Faber:...

How to Build in Time to Pray

For me, late August means back to school and a more rigorous schedule than in the summer. While I work over the summer, late...

Education, Happiness, and Problem Solving

Should education teach people how to deal with problems or how to try to be happy? My basic premise is that happiness is what human...

A Gentle Saint: St. Peter Faber

Editor’s note: We commemorate the August 2 feast day of St. Peter Faber with Faber Fridays this month, inspired by Jon M. Sweeney’s book,...

Rare Treasures

The corpse flower only blooms once every three to ten years. It’s very rare. Well, actually, the plant itself is not rare, just the...

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