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When the Scientist Encountered Deer

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Astrophysicist Paolo Beltrame, SJ, from Italy, was in South Dakota one Christmas when he saw deer. In that encounter, he experienced God not only...

My Bravest Prayer

Jean Heaton

In August of 2010, I put my then 21-year-old son into a drug and alcohol rehabilitation center for the first time. Our family immediately...

Cannonball D

Gretchen Crowder

I remember the exact moment the cannonball struck. I was sitting in a large lecture hall filled with aerospace and mechanical engineering students, taking...

Cannonball Moment: A Friend’s Death

Shemaiah Gonzalez

Five hundred years ago, St. Ignatius was hit by a cannonball in battle. He sustained a horrendous fracture to his right leg and damage...

The Wound (Song)

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The Ignatian Year has a theme song, “La Herida,” or, “The Wound.” Composed by Cristóbal Fones, SJ, with lyrics by José María Rodríguez Olaizola,...

Shattered Tomato and Dripping Rain

Rebecca Ruiz

We had been having torrential downpours all day. I usually love the sound of the rain, but there is one sound that I don’t...

Nearness

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The Mystery of the Incarnation overcomes the problem of distance. Without the Incarnation, without the Word of God becoming fully human, God will never...

Answering God’s Call

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Author Barbara Lee’s new book, Answering God's Call: A Scripture-Based Journey for Older Adults, focuses on listening for God’s call in the later years...