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The Difference Between Consolation and Feeling Good

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By Margaret Silf From Inner Compass: An Invitation to Ignatian Spirituality It isn’t always obvious that there is a difference between experiencing spiritual consolation and simply...

How to Know That a Choice Is Right

By William A. Barry, SJ From God’s Passionate Desire There was an unspoken rule for discernment prevalent in the church prior to Vatican II that the...

The Voice “in Here”

By Chris Lowney From Heroic Living The Hebrew prophet Elijah finds God speaking. We’re told that Elijah witnessed a “great wind, so strong that it was splitting...

Vocations

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Vocation comes from the Latin vox, meaning voice. It implies that you are being called by God to a particular state or course of...

Why Jesuits Are in Secondary Education

By William J. Byron, SJ From Jesuit Saturdays: Sharing the Ignatian Spirit with Friends and Colleagues In discussing why Jesuits are in secondary education, Fr. Byron...

Why Jesuits Are in Higher Education

By William J. Byron, SJ From Jesuit Saturdays: Sharing the Ignatian Spirit with Friends and Colleagues In education, as in all else, the Jesuit is not...

Introduction to Discernment of Spirits

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St. Ignatius of Loyola began to learn about the discernment of spirits while convalescing from serious battle injuries. He noticed different interior movements as...

What Is Distinctive About Ignatian Spiritual Direction?

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Spiritual direction is a feature of many Christian traditions. In fact, forms of spiritual direction are found in all religions. What distinguishes Ignatian spiritual...