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Ignatian Prayer
Lenten Read-Along: The Lost Sheep Imaginative Reflection
Pray with an Ignatian contemplation on the Parable of the Lost Sheep from Luke 15:4–7. This exercise is inspired by Step Two in The Ignatian Guide to Forgiveness.
The exercise...
Reflections
Lenten Read-Along: Where Do We Begin with Forgiveness?
Forgiveness can be complicated. I can think of times in my life when I wanted to forgive, but I felt “stuck” in something that stood in the way. For...
Discernment
Resumé and Eulogy Virtues
Last month, I attended an online funeral held for William Barry, SJ, a well-known Jesuit spiritual director and author who recently went home to God. The eulogist, Bill Russell,...
Ignatian Prayer
Mary, Mona Lisa, and Seeing Through the Icons
When I was 16 years old, I saw da Vinci’s Mona Lisa for the first time. Sort of. I was on a high school exchange trip to France for...
Reflections
From a Mountain of Trash to Beauty
This morning, my husband, John, and I took a lap around the paved loop that tops a city park not far from where we live. From its high vantage...
Spirituality
Elements of Hope
What might an Ignatian approach to hope look like, especially in days that may feel turbulent? Ignatian hope is at root a Christian hope: Christians affirm in the Creed...