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Listening on the Sea of Galilee
Last year I was on a boat with 50 people on the Sea of Galilee. Admittedly, this makes praying pretty easy. Our joke during...
Application of the Senses
St. Ignatius suggests that we can pray about our senses the way we pray about keeping the Commandments (Spiritual Exercises 247). More characteristically, he...
!["Christ and the pauper. Healing of the blind man" by Andrey Mironov (Own work) [CC BY-SA 4.0 (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0)], via Wikimedia Commons](https://www.ignatianspirituality.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/07/healing-of-the-blind-man-218x150.jpg "Sight at Bethsaida")
Sight at Bethsaida
This story is inspired by Mark 8:22–26, the blind man of Bethsaida. It uses Ignatian contemplation and the imagination’s eye to reflect on the...
Imagine: A Lesson from Science Class
This spring I am teaching an introductory course in quantum mechanics. It’s a tough course. The concepts bely my students’ everyday experience—electrons that can...
The Anima Christi During Holy Week
Among my favorite prayers to pray during Holy Week is the Anima Christi or “Soul of Christ.” Many of the lines are resonant with...
Voting for Jesus
This post is based on Week Five of An Ignatian Prayer Adventure.
Recently Jimmy Kimmel played a sketch in which the actual words of political...
From Bethlehem to Nogales
This post is based on Week Four of An Ignatian Prayer Adventure.
A young girl of maybe 16, wearing all her worldly possessions, sits in...
Zacchaeus: Surprised by Mercy
One of my favorite Gospel stories that lends itself so well to Ignatian contemplation is the story of Zacchaeus (Luke 19:1–10). This man appeals...
We Never Expected the Transfiguration
This story is inspired by Luke 9:28–36, the Transfiguration of Jesus.
Jesus casually invited three of us on a hike one warm, sunny day. I...
Overturning the Tables of the Evil Spirit
I’ve always struggled with the story of Jesus, in a seeming rage, turning over the tables of the moneychangers in the Temple. But after...
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