What kind of relationship do you have with God? Think about the possibility of having a friendship with God. That’s our topic in today’s video contribution to An Ignatian Prayer Adventure. If you’re receiving this via e-mail, click through to watch the Week 6 video Friendship with God.
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William Barry, SJ, in his book, A Friendship Like No Other, invites us to be aware of our “thin places,” those moments where we easily find God. Barry’s challenge to name for ourselves our “thin places” was a challenge I took to heart, and I have come to two conclusions. First, there are “thin places” [...]
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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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Something to think about | “Prayer is a matter of relationship. Intimacy is the basic issue, not answers to problems or resolutions ‘to be better.’ Many of life’s problems and challenges have no answers; we can only live with and through them. Problems and challenges, however, can be faced and lived through with more peace [...]
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J.J. O’Leary, SJ, says that the best thing to do is to ask: The best thing we can do to nourish a prayer life is to regularly ask God to teach us how to pray. I don’t believe there is any gift God wants to give us more than the gift of prayer. But, it [...]
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William Barry, SJ, one of my favorite spiritual writers, draws on the poetry of Franz Wright and the Twelve Steps of Alcoholics Anonymous in this superb article about faith, fear, and sanity. He says: Only God can save us from our fears and our addictions. Many of us need to hit a wall in order [...]
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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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