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Gratitude on the Difficult Days
My husband has a habit that I find both irritating and wise all at once. When I come home after a really bad day...
Darkness and Light
This summer my brother spent some time in Montana and planned on returning to Massachusetts by train. Being a train lover, I met him...
When All That’s Left Is an Empty Tomb
Last week my spiritual director left me with a loaded question: “What are you going to do when all that’s left is an empty...
Prayer in the Calm Times
Our prayer lives are ever-changing like the ocean. Sometimes our prayer lives are vibrant and glistening with the clarity of a moment of consolation....
Autumn Times of Prayer
Colorful foliage is at the heart of autumn where I live. In a good year with plenty of rain the past spring and summer,...
Best Ignatian Songs: Holy Darkness
Reader Nancy Walton-House nominates this week's Best Ignatian Song. It's a lovely piece: “Holy Darkness" by Dan Schutte, one of the St. Louis Jesuits....
Winding Down
Edmund Lo, SJ, tells a good story about monitoring one's inner states of consolation and desolation, as Ignatius did when he was recovering from...
The Committee Rattling in My Mind
There is a never-ending committee meeting that rattles in my mind. It sounds like this:
Don't forget to pick up apples at the grocery store”¦.I...
Litany of Gratitude for Ignatian Tools
There is that old adage that says, “When God closes one door, God opens another one.” When my husband and I were overwhelmed with...
Two Rails
Many years ago, a wise friend shared with me an image of the two rails of a train track. One rail represents all the...
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