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Getting to Know Jesus

Ignatian Prayer Fiona Basile

This post is based on Week Six of An Ignatian Prayer Adventure. There was a time in my life when I didn’t really know Jesus....

Encounters in Imaginative Prayer

Ignatian Prayer Fiona Basile

This post is based on Week Four of An Ignatian Prayer Adventure. When preparing to enter into imaginative prayer, I always pray that the Holy...

A Patient Lent

Spirituality Marina Berzins McCoy

When March rolls around in New England, I eagerly look forward to the arrival of spring and new plant life, only to discover that,...

How the Examen Made Me Smile at the Mailbox

Examen Gretchen Crowder

My son recently developed a new fascination with the mailbox. “Mom, how do I get a letter from me to someone else?” he asked...

My Beloved

Ignatian Prayer Loretta Pehanich

My fingers brush the holy water as I enter the church. I’m here for a Gospel meditation, and I linger, imagining the Jordan. Was...

Questions to Ask in Contemplating the Nativity

Ignatian Prayer Rebecca Ruiz

Ignatian contemplation allows the Spirit to bring to light important aspects of the Gospel that inform us along our spiritual journeys. This year, my...

Contemplating the Nativity

Ignatian Prayer Rebecca Ruiz

Every year, as Advent and Christmas roll around, I return to the contemplation on the Nativity in the Spiritual Exercises. In this contemplation, St....