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Growing in Friendship with God This Lent (Video)

With Lent fast approaching, it’s a good time to reflect anew on our relationship with God. The IgnatianSpirituality.com series, Growing in Friendship with God...

Lessons in Hope and Courage: Las Hermanas Dominicas of Puerto Rico

On the eve of the pandemic lockdown last year, I was visiting a congregation of Dominican nuns whose story I have held close to...

Staring Our Way to Recognition

Have you ever seen something that you could not identify as anything familiar, and so all you could do was stare at it in...

Treasures and Spiritual Boxes

I’m the kind of mom who thinks every stick figure her child draws is a masterpiece. As a result, I’ve found it hard to...

Six Characteristics of Ignatian Courage

In response to a college admission essay prompt of, “What is the most courageous thing you have ever done?” one high school senior used...

Five Ways of Praying Through Sorrow

It is hard not to hear our cries of sorrow and prayers of lament. Our world and all in it are groaning. I feel...

Writing Spiritual Autobiography as It Relates to the Spiritual Exercises, Part 2

In terms of the Spiritual Exercises, one critical goal of writing a spiritual autobiography is to recognize God’s action in our past: God’s presence,...

Resumé and Eulogy Virtues

Last month, I attended an online funeral held for William Barry, SJ, a well-known Jesuit spiritual director and author who recently went home to...

Perspective

Every year for the past few years, I have chosen a word of the year. I do not have an elaborate process for choosing...

Writing Spiritual Autobiography as It Relates to the Spiritual Exercises, Part 1

St. Ignatius understood the importance of reviewing one’s life when he built this practice into the Spiritual Exercises centuries ago. His emphasis was to...

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