Lisa’s Book
St. Ignatius Loyola
What Would Ignatius Think About Social Media?
With all our technology we truly have the capacity to live our lives in almost constant contact with others virtually anywhere. So really, I don't ever have to say...
Discernment
A 24-Hour Life and Death Discernment
“We have two options. We can do our best to keep the disease at bay and just treat side effects, leaving you days or weeks to live, or we...
Ignatian Prayer
Embracing the Suscipe
I used to be scared of the Suscipe. I would say the prayer, but my inner voice would be saying, “Please don’t ask that of me.” The Suscipe is...
Spiritual Exercises
Three Types of People Revisited
In the Spiritual Exercises there is a meditation on “three types of people.” I think we are misled, though, by Ignatius naming these people as static “types” rather than...
Reflections
Carrying the Cancer Cross
During a Mass for the Anointing of the Sick, the priest referred to the famous Caravaggio painting The Calling of St. Matthew. In it, Matthew sits at a table,...
Reflections
Fitting In or Standing Out
I no longer recognized myself in the mirror. I am a 52-year-old woman, and I am completely bald. Cancer treatment does that. I had to learn how to use...