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Contemplation on the Incarnation Part Two: Mary’s Human Response

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By Daniel Ruff, SJ A recurring pattern in the Spiritual Exercises has St. Ignatius starting the retreatant off praying at the “cosmic” level, and then...

Contemplation on the Incarnation Part One: The Trinity Looks Down from Heaven

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By Daniel Ruff, SJ The lion's share of the Spiritual Exercises, perhaps two-thirds, is given over to imaginative contemplation of Gospel episodes from the life...

Ignatian Contemplation

Ignatian Prayer Jim Manney

Prayer using the imagination is a pillar of the Ignatian spiritual tradition. In its most common form, you take a passage from scripture, usually one of...

Contemplation on the Love of God

The Contemplation on the Love of God is the concluding meditation of the Spiritual Exercises (Spiritual Exercises, 231–237). It presents a God who loves...

Jesus and Mary Pray Together

Ignatian Prayer Loretta Pehanich

This story is in the tradition of Ignatian contemplation and explores the question of how Jesus and Mary might have prayed together after he...

Mary’s Whispers

Spirituality Gary Jansen

On a cold evening many years ago, a 16-year-old girl gave birth to a baby boy. As she cradled him, a deep sense of...

Wondering About Mary

Reflections Loretta Pehanich

While revisiting photos from a recent family reunion, I thought about the Mother of God. She had no baby pictures of Jesus, no camera,...

Rekindling the Desire to Desire God

Reflections Gerri Leder

Why can’t I hear God’s voice? Can I linger a little longer in my daily prayers? I fall short of my desire to access...

On the Journey to Bethlehem

Spiritual Exercises Marina Berzins McCoy

In the Spiritual Exercises, St. Ignatius encourages us to pray on the mysteries of the life of Christ. One such meditation encourages us to...

Why We Need to Awaken Our Senses

Reflections Eric Clayton

There was a time when I saw an acupuncturist nearly every week. I remember one appointment in particular. My acupuncturist was carefully filling my...

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