Becky's Books
Reflections
Overcoming Our Temptations
What is a temptation, really? We make feeble attempts with ardent effort to overcome our temptations during Lent, but what is it we are really trying to overcome?
We are...
Retreats
The Pope and Retreat
Reflecting on Pope Benedict's resignation, what's interesting to me is that the pope's last day comes shortly after his annual Lenten retreat. What perfect timing! I am reminded of...
Ignatian Prayer
Preparation for Lent
St. Ignatius throughout the Spiritual Exercises suggests that we prepare ourselves before we enter into the specific exercise. He suggests preparing the night before: “After retiring, just before falling...
Reflections
Quiet Nothingness
There are times in our prayer lives that we feel God is absent, or we struggle to feel or hear God in prayer. Those dry periods of prayer are...
Reflections
Litany of Gratitude for Ignatian Tools
There is that old adage that says, “When God closes one door, God opens another one.” When my husband and I were overwhelmed with the closing of a door...
Spiritual Exercises
What the Spiritual Exercises Taught Me about the Incarnation
The Incarnation gets me deep down in my core and it stirs intense emotions within me of awe, joy, and gratitude that occasionally bring tears to my eyes. I...