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Ignatian Prayer
Storing Consolations Like the Flowers
St. Ignatius offers us a key principle for how to navigate the ups and downs of life: use the gifts of consolation wisely. He counsels that in times of...
Reflections
The Continuing Gifts of the Resurrection
This spring, I have enjoyed watching the birds come to our backyard birdfeeder. After a long winter, I refilled the feeder and within a day or two, enjoyed the...
Something to Think About
Lenten Read-Along: Why Should We Have a Resting Point in Our Process of Forgiveness?
I imagine that we all have different styles for processing feelings, ranging from total avoidance to sorting through them deliberately and slowly to wanting to jump in and get...
Ignatian Prayer
Lenten Read-Along: A Prayer for New Life
Help me live into new life. Help me to unclench my tight fists. Breathe new life into my lungs, hands, feet, voice. These are just three of the petitions...
Examen
Lenten Read-Along: Examen of God’s Compassion and Mercy for Me
I begin by giving thanks for the good gifts God has given me so far.
I ask God for the gifts of insight and illumination into my own...
Poetry
Lenten Read-Along: Prayer in a Time of Anger
God of welcome, God of embrace,
As ocean waves rise and fall,
as stormy clouds gather and clear,
as moving winds blow and subside,
So, too, does my anger move me.
Be my raft...