Examen
The Ta-Da in To-Do
I am a list-maker. My phone holds lists that vary from items to get at different stores to gifts or recipes for the holidays to project tasks. These are...
Ignatian Prayer
Taking Anger to Prayer
I read a Facebook post that said, “I am so angry at God today. This is the sixth day in a row I have sat at my sister’s bedside,...
Discernment
The Audacity of Discernment
Editor’s note: Throughout July, we’re hosting 31 Days with St. Ignatius, a month-long celebration of Ignatian spirituality. In addition to the calendar of Ignatian articles found here, posts on...
Reflections
Hope and the Common Good
There is a scene in the movie The Shawshank Redemption in which the two main characters, both prisoners in the 1950s, debate about hope. One says that hope is...
Discernment
Where Is It You Don’t Want to Go?
Consolation is sometimes painful.
On the surface, we fun-seeking humans will do lots of things that are not of God to avoid feeling bad, to avoid the aches of the...
Ignatian Prayer
Driving with Jesus
I often drive with Jesus in the passenger seat, and we have a colloquy. At times I imagine Christ somewhat sarcastically calling me out on my complaints. “Really? You...