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Reflections
My Bravest Prayer
In August of 2010, I put my then 21-year-old son into a drug and alcohol rehabilitation center for the first time. Our family immediately began a six-week series of...
Reflections
Consoling Love
This post is based on Week Eight of An Ignatian Prayer Adventure.
In the movie, Steel Magnolias, a famous scene takes place in a cemetery where the mother M’Lynn is...
Reflections
The Courage to Accompany Those Who Suffer
This post is based on Week Seven of An Ignatian Prayer Adventure.
Every year, when I read the Scripture passages that recall the Crucifixion of Christ, apprehension begins to creep...
Ignatian Prayer
How Does He Treat His Mother?
This post is based on Week Six of An Ignatian Prayer Adventure.
John 2:1–11 details the events that occurred at the wedding feast at Cana. I remember reading this story...
Spiritual Exercises
The Two Standards and Letting Go
This post is based on Week Five of An Ignatian Prayer Adventure.
It was the last day of a recovery retreat when my partner, Sister Mary Michael, pulled me aside...
Ignatian Prayer
Getting to Know Jesus at the Heart Level
This post is based on Week Four of An Ignatian Prayer Adventure.
When my husband and I first married, we moved over 500 miles away from our families in Kentucky...