Vinita's Books
Discernment
Four Strategies for Discernment
In the Spiritual Exercises of St. Ignatius, there are various “rules for the discernment of spirits”—what we would simply call principles of wise discernment. Included in these rules are...
St. Ignatius Loyola
St. Ignatius and Community
We think of Ignatius alone in his cave in Manresa, doing spiritual battle and learning to discern God’s direction for him. Ignatius was at times overcome by guilt over...
Something to Think About
Three Ways to Recharge in the Summertime
We can rest and recreate during the summer months, but how about going a step further? How do we recharge ourselves for the months to come? How can we...
Discernment
Three Ways to Respond When Life Goes a Different Direction
After Ignatius of Loyola gave his life to God’s service, he imagined that he should go to Jerusalem to pray and do penance, make pilgrimage to the sites of...
Discernment
Minding Our Thought Patterns
In St. Ignatius’s second set of rules for discernment—the rules pertaining to more subtle discernment, what we might call advanced discernment—he addresses, in rules 5 and 6, how we...
St. Ignatius Loyola
Ignatius at University: Finding His Tribe
Each of us grows up and goes searching for our tribe. Our tribe is the group of people with whom we most easily relate. I could call this “community,”...