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Loving Our Enemies

Reflections Marina Berzins McCoy

To be a Christian means to love one’s enemy. Jesus’ words and his actions alike testify to this idea. Jesus says, “Love your enemies...

Alone or Lonely?

Spirituality Vinita Hampton Wright

Some people just like to be alone, and I’m one of them. Give me a book, a movie, or a comfortable seat under a...

How to Recognize Jesus

Reflections Vinita Hampton Wright

How to recognize Jesus: Listen to whatever clues you’re given. For instance, angels told the shepherds to look in a certain town and a certain...

God Has Hope in Us

Reflections Marina Berzins McCoy

Advent is a season of hope and expectant waiting. Yet we are faced with many global crises such as climate change, war, poverty, and...

Setting Down Our Nets

Ignatian Prayer Marina Berzins McCoy

When Jesus calls the fishermen Peter and Andrew, he tells them, “Come follow me.” In response, the new disciples experience a new desire and...

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...