Happy Easter! We’ve come to the final week of An Ignatian Prayer Adventure. Jesus is risen! And in exploring our theme of “God’s Love and Our Response,” we take the lessons from the entire retreat and go forward, changed by the experience. This retreat has been introduced during Lent and Easter, but it will have [...]
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In the Spiritual Exercises, Ignatius Loyola teaches ways to pray with our feelings. Engaging our emotions in prayer is key for conversion and discernment. I explain in today’s video contribution to An Ignatian Prayer Adventure. If you’re receiving this via e-mail, click through to watch the Week 7 video Praying with Your Feelings.
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Kevin O’Brien, SJ, explains that the Third Week of the Spiritual Exercises is an extended meditation on the passion, suffering, and death of Jesus Christ. This week can be difficult, because we are accompanying our friend Jesus Christ whom we have gotten to know throughout the Exercises, through our days of prayer. We are accompanying [...]
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Holy Week begins today and so does Week 7 of our Ignatian Prayer Adventure online retreat. You might think about following the retreat this week even if you haven’t done it so far. The readings follow Jesus through his passion and death. They will help you pray during this sacred time. Next week the retreat [...]
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For this Week 6 of An Ignatian Prayer Adventure, we consider the public ministry of Jesus, focusing on his interactions with people. And because we’re all so busy, we start by joining Jesus on a busy day. Please note that all of the retreat materials will remain online after Lent and Easter, so if you [...]
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The idea of magis comes from the Call of the King meditation in the Spiritual Exercises. There’s a response to Christ’s invitation beyond whole-hearted. We can reach for the magis. This video is a part of An Ignatian Prayer Adventure, Week 5. If you’re receiving this via e-mail, click through to watch the video Reflecting [...]
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An Ignatian Prayer Adventure is at the halfway point. We move into Week 5, exploring the question: What do I really want? We begin with the meditation on the Call of Christ, Our King. How has the retreat experience been for you so far? Please share your questions and reflections in the comments.
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Matt Spotts, SJ, went to confession. Here’s his penance: “For the rest of Lent, take 5 minutes every day – just 5 minutes – and just enjoy God.” Let’s all do that.
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One of the best things about the Spiritual Exercises for me was learning about imaginative prayer. In today’s video, I talk about my experience learning to pray with the imagination. This week of An Ignatian Prayer Adventure invites us to use imaginative prayer as we reflect on the Incarnation and Jesus’ birth and early life. [...]
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