Please keep the pilgrims at World Youth Day (WYD) in your prayers. I am at the Jesuit-run Colegio Nuestra Señora del Recuerdo with hundreds of young people who went on the Magis Program in advance of WYD, and they are bursting with stories of how they have been transformed by experiences of pilgrimage, service, vigil, [...]
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This is a guest post by Daniel J. Harrington, SJ. Among dictionary definitions of imagination, two fit Ignatius very well. One says that imagination is the ability to form a mental image of something not present to the senses. In the Spiritual Exercises, Ignatius encourages exercitants to apply the senses (sight, hearing, smell, touch, etc.) [...]
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Fr. Adolfo Nicolás, Superior General of the Society of Jesus, spoke to Belgian Jesuits in September 2010 about a “globalization of superficiality,” a result of a surfeit of information (Click here if you can’t see the video.) I am mindful of Eliot’s lines from “Choruses from the rock”: Where is the wisdom we have lost [...]
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Anthony de Mello, SJ, on finding God in all things: There is a key word: solely, only or entirely. That is the key word—doing it only for God. This is the nishkam karma. On the day we are given the grace of doing action for the sake of action and nothing else, then our hearts [...]
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The CatholicTV website is offering 10 short videos about prayer featuring Fr. Jim Martin, SJ. He talks about centering prayer, nature prayer, the rosary, eucharistic adoration and other ways of praying. You’ll find all 10 videos here. This is his piece on the examen. (If you can’t see the video, click here.) Share or bookmark [...]
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Armand Nigro, SJ, urges us to pray for what we want: When we beg God for sunny weather, or pray that our bursitis will go away, or pray for something more holy or important such as international peace and justice we pay a great compliment to God. This is an expression of “becoming as little [...]
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During Lent we published six audio-visual guided examens that introduce the Ignatian examen prayer. These were very popular, and they now have a permanent home here on this site. There’s a whole page on the examen on IgnatianSpirituality.com. For even more, read my book, A Simple, Life-Changing Prayer. If you’re interested in prayer, browse the [...]
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Some ideas for moving forward, from Margaret Silf: Tell God, and maybe a human friend, how you feel, and ask them to pry you away from the negative force fields, even though you really want to stay where you are, in isolation. Force yourself to make contact with other people; go to town, walk around [...]
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I sometimes keep notes about things that happen in prayer but I seldom look at them. Joseph Tetlow, SJ, thinks it’s a good idea to do that. Here are some suggestions for reviewing former prayer. Here are some likenesses: Two friends have been going over the picture album of a two week vacation together when [...]
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“Prayer is to be in God’s presence with open hands and an open heart. There are many things in my life to which I cling as with a clinched fist – my possessions for sure but the immaterial things as well–the work I do, the position I hold, the friends I have, my ideas, my [...]
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