Our online retreat continues with Week 4 of An Ignatian Prayer Adventure ready today. We’re moving into the Second Week of the Spiritual Exercises and begin by contemplating the Incarnation and the birth of Jesus. If you’re just coming to the retreat, welcome. You can start the retreat back at Week 1, or follow along [...]
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Looking at our sins and faults allows us to take responsibility for them. We can possess them; they no longer possess us. We become more and more able to give our whole selves to God, and to become the people we’re created to be. In this third week of An Ignatian Prayer Adventure, our theme [...]
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An Ignatian Prayer Adventure continues with Week 3 materials ready today. Our theme is “Something’s Broken,” and we consider the effects of sin in the world and in our lives. The aim is not to dwell in guilt and despair. As Kevin O’Brien, SJ, writes: We don’t get very far just by counting our sins [...]
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In this second week of An Ignatian Prayer Adventure, we’re reflecting on finding God in all things and looking at how the Examen can help us do that. In today’s video, I talk about the Examen and why it’s one of my favorite prayers. If you’re receiving this via e-mail, click through to watch the [...]
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Week 2 of our Ignatian Prayer Adventure retreat begins today. The theme of the week is “Finding God in All Things.” Don’t worry if you haven’t done Week 1. You can start the retreat now. Or you can just stop by on the days when you have the time. Each day has a grace to [...]
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Here’s a short video from Busted Halo that covers a lot of ground in not a lot of time. (Click here to view it on YouTube.)
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We’re reflecting on freedom in this first week of An Ignatian Prayer Adventure. Ignatius has a radical view of spiritual freedom. He says that to be truly free, we shouldn’t worry about whether we are healthy or sick, rich or poor. It shouldn’t even matter whether we have a long life or a short one. Is [...]
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The Lent-Easter Ignatian Prayer Adventure online retreat started yesterday, but you can join in any time. Take a look. I thought I’d mention a couple of other Lenten resources. A couple are out of the ordinary. Other6 Prays Lent is an online community that helps you find God in the ordinary course of daily life. [...]
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An Ignatian Prayer Adventure begins today. Our focus for this first week of the retreat is “Love, Freedom, and Purpose.” We’ll consider questions such as: Who is God for me? How does God see me? When have I experienced interior freedom? and How do I praise, love, and serve God? Visit People for Others and [...]
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