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A Long, Loving Look at the Real

Spirituality Vinita Hampton Wright

Jesuit theologian Walter Burghardt once described contemplation as taking a “long, loving look at the real.” That sounds lovely. But what does it mean...

Listening on the Sea of Galilee

Ignatian Prayer James Martin, SJ

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

Ignatian Prayer Joseph Tetlow, SJ

St. Ignatius suggests that we can pray about our senses the way we pray about keeping the Commandments (Spiritual Exercises 247). More characteristically, he...

The Symphony of Your Day

Reflections Cara Callbeck

There are certain routine sounds in our lives that call us into action simply by reflex. The morning alarm clock jolts us out of...

Encountering God through the Interior Senses

Spirituality Casey Beaumier, SJ

In my interactions with students at Boston College, where I teach and live with freshmen, I often speak to them about the need for...

Sight at Bethsaida

Ignatian Prayer Rosalie P. Krajci

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

Reflections Michelle Francl-Donnay

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...