Vinita's Books
- 2025: A Book of Grace-Filled Days
- Small Simple Ways: An Ignatian Daybook for Healthy Spiritual Living
- The Art of Spiritual Writing: How to Craft Prose That Engages and Inspires Your Readers
- Daily Inspiration for Women
- Simple Acts of Moving Forward: 60 Suggestions for Getting Unstuck
- Days of Deepening Friendship: For the Woman Who Wants Authentic Life with God
Reflections
God’s Grace and Our Efforts
I have watched myself and other people swing back and forth between two extremes of expectation when it comes to spiritual growth.
One expectation is that God will do everything...
Ignatian Prayer
When Do You Pray?
So, when do you pray? Think about that for a few moments.
Most of us pray when we feel in desperate need of help or rescue. At the apex of...
Reflections
The Way of Pilgrimage
A few months ago, I went on pilgrimage to Ireland and Scotland, to visit sites important to Celtic Christianity. I had been on pilgrimage before but had never been...
Reflections
Four Signs That You Are Merciful
God’s mercy, as Julian of Norwich put it, is “all love in love.” Mercy goes much further and deeper than taking pity on someone in need or reconciling with...
Spiritual Exercises
Free at Last?
There’s a meditation in the Spiritual Exercises of St. Ignatius called “Three Classes of People,” which is designed to help us understand our attachments. Three people are given a...
Ignatian Prayer
Three Simple Prayers for Your Day
1. Start with Openness.When you get out of bed in the morning, stand up straight and extend your arms out to your sides, palms open and facing upward. Say,...