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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...

Regifting the Positive Way

Spiritual Exercises Denise Gorss

“Regifting” has a poor connotation. That mug full of candy? Eat the chocolates, and pass on the mug—with or without the treats intact—to someone...

Spiritual Decluttering

Discernment Marina Berzins McCoy

Every summer I take the time to declutter most of my house. Although I am an organized person, our closets seem to accumulate small...

You Spot It, You Got It

Reflections Jim Manney

Recently I read a column in a Catholic publication that was about an important and controversial topic. Yet it was so full of invective...

The Triduum and Discernment

Discernment Bob Burnham

I’m in a period of discernment, not sure where God is calling me. I may discover that the old ways I’ve been doing things...

Holding Out for a Hero

Reflections Brendan McManus, SJ

This post is inspired by An Ignatian Prayer Adventure. My father was my first hero, strong and powerful; he seemed invincible, and I worshipped him...