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I recently saw a demonstration of lacemaking. My first thought: I greatly admire the people who engage in this painstaking craft. My second thought: I would never have the patience to make lace.

Kerry Weber makes quilts, another meticulous craft. She’s found a parallel between the process of making quilts and rewarding prayer.

The measuring and cutting over and over became meditative rather than annoying. Slowly, I cut up the pieces required to make my quilt. And as I did so, the small piles of fabric laid out before seemed less like a mess and more like progress.

In the same way, I’m learning to piece together what works best for me in my prayer life, how to look at each conversation with God, each moment of reflection, as a blessing in and of itself.

Read the whole thing. Kerry’s essay is one of the features in Loyola Press’s new Arts and Faith feature.

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Jim Manney
Jim Manneyhttps://www.jimmanneybooks.com/
Jim Manney is the author of highly praised popular books on Ignatian spirituality, including A Simple, Life-Changing Prayer (about the Daily Examen) and God Finds Us (about the Spiritual Exercises). He is the compiler/editor of An Ignatian Book of Days. His latest book is What Matters Most and Why. He and his wife live in Ann Arbor, Michigan.

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  1. I’m sure there are many important messages here but two really stand out for me: it is necessary to build a solid foundation in everything that we do; and it is important to be present for each moment as each moment and each task are vital to the whole.
    Jim, thank you for pointing us to Kerry’s essay.

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