Ignatius was always dealing with polarities: the divine and the human, the individual person and the corporate body, mission and community, spirit and law, charism and institution, the universal and the local, and so forth. The temptation or easy option, when faced with such polarities, is to choose one over the other. Such an either-or [...]
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Two Jesuit astronomers talk about “Asteroids, Stars, and the Love of God” on NPR. Richard Blake, SJ, on his vocation. (“I knew I wanted to be a priest maybe four or five years after I was ordained.”) Brian O’Leary, SJ, on the search for meaning from an Ignatian perspective. Find God at Other6 (if you [...]
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Spiritual direction comes in many sizes and flavors. What is distinctive about Ignatian spiritual direction? asks Brian O’Leary, SJ. He lists five elements: A theological vision rooted in the Spiritual Exercises; flexibility; a partnership; a focus on deep desires; and the rules for discernment. His essay is published in The Way, a journal of Ignatian [...]
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