From the category archives:
I was looking for some information about Ron Hansen, one of my favorite writers, and I ran across an interview he did several years ago. I was struck by this comment.
The analogical imagination sees God within the world and somehow described by all of creation. And that’s a great beginning point for a fiction writer. [...]
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I love the prayer called St. Patrick’s Breastplate. Today, the feast of St. Patrick, is a great time to pray it. I like the prayer because it’s an invocation of God’s protection on a journey, and a journey is a good metaphor for life. Oh, yes — the imagery of the prayer is wonderfully vivid. [...]
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USA Today profiles Jim Martin, SJ. (”Everyone needs a medium. Mine is popular culture.”)
A suggestion for imaginative meditation.
William Barry, SJ, on having a friendship with God this Lent.
An exhibit about the Passion in Art at St. Louis University.
Lisa Kelly ponders what wasn’t said. (”It can be the most powerful message of all.”)
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I was inspired by this video by Greg Pierce, a Chicago businessman who is a gifted speaker and writer. Here is the YouTube link.
This video is part of an online Lenten retreat that is underway at the Days of Deepening Friendship website. Pierce has just published a new book The World as it Should Be: [...]
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Anthony Lusvardi, SJ, thinks that repetitive prayer is often just what we need:
While these “formal” prayers are often learned in the most mundane settings—before going to bed as children, in catechism class—once they become a part of our spiritual language they often become the prayers we fall back on in the extreme moments of our [...]
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I recently saw this article What Prayer Is written by Thomas Green, SJ, more than 30 years ago. It’s a preface to his book Opening to God. It’s excellent. I recommend it for your Lenten reading.
Hearing or listening is a good metaphor for prayer. The good pray-er is above all a good [...]
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Ash Wednesday was only yesterday, so it’s not too late to start a Lenten prayer program. We suggested several last week. Here are two more–both from Jesuits.
The Spiritual Exercises blog offers a daily program of prayer and reflection based on the Spiritual Exercises. It’s a collaborative effort of four Jesuits. The reflections are meant to [...]
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A reading list of Jesuit classics.
Jesuits are pro-life.
Jim Martin, SJ goes into the recording studio.
Thinking about Matteo Ricci.
Suggestions for Ignatian prayer.
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Sometimes it’s a challenge to keep prayer simple. Once I described my struggles with prayer to a Jesuit friend. He listened patiently, looked at me quizzically over his half-spectacles, and said, “you’re thinking too much, James.”
This brief introduction to prayer from Mary Flick of St. Louis University has helped me keep prayer simple. Take a [...]
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“Magis” is an important concept in Ignatian spirituality. It is the Latin word for the greater or the best. It captures the thirst for excellence that Ignatius wanted to foster in those who seek to serve God.
What does “magis” really mean? That’s the question Paul Coutinho asks in this talk. Specifically, [...]
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