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Something to think about | Often we tell ourselves, or we are told, in an effort to quell our desires, to look at all the good we already have. We can be made to feel guilty and ungrateful for desiring what we want. But if we do suppress our desires without being satisfied that God [...]
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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 [...]
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I’m a big fan of the writing of William Barry, SJ, especially what he has to say about friendship with God. Now he’s taken his message to YouTube. This video gives the gist of the idea. For more read this article and then read his book A Friendship Like No Other.
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Fear is the root of evil in the world, writes William Barry, SJ, in his book Spiritual Direction and the Encounter with God. Thus, real religion must have a real answer to fear. He quotes this wonderful aphorism from the theologian John Macmurray: The maxim of illusory religion runs: “‘Fear not; trust in God and [...]
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“Contemplative in action” is an Ignatian buzzword. It’s a coolly ironic label for the way Ignatian spirituality straddles the worlds of prayer and action. But what does it mean, really? Here’s a great explanation from William Barry, in his book A Friendship Like No Other: This Ignatian notion can be understood as analogous to the [...]
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William Barry, SJ, one of my favorite spiritual writers, has just published a new book: Seek My Face: Prayer as a Personal Relationship in Scripture. I’m looking forward to reading it. Everything Bill Barry writes is good to read. My favorite Barry book is A Friendship Like No Other: Experiencing God’s Amazing Embrace. His simple [...]
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