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Discernment

Rita’s Consolation

Gerri Leder

Discernment

Pruning to Care for the Vine

Marina Berzins McCoy

Discernment

The Audacity of Desire

Jim Manney

Discernment

The Audacity of Discernment

Lisa Kelly

Counterfeit Consolation

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We need Ignatius’s first set of rules for discernment because desolation is a common experience. We need his second set because of another unwelcome...

Going Behind What Appears

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Fr. Arturo Sosa, SJ, Superior General of the Society of Jesus, says, “Discernment is to learn to go behind what appears. It’s going beyond...

Listening for God’s Voice Within: A Webinar with Fr. Mark Thibodeaux, SJ

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Lent is a time to deepen our awareness of how God is prompting us to take the next step in our walk of faith....

The Art of Discernment

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Ignatian spirituality teaches that God wants to play a role in our decisions and that through discernment we can make decisions that are aligned...

Invitation to Be Bold

Discernment Gretchen Crowder

In January 2023, the Lord invited me to hope. At the time, I faced a long journey ahead of rebuilding myself, body and soul,...

Where Is It You Don’t Want to Go?

Discernment Lisa Kelly

Consolation is sometimes painful. On the surface, we fun-seeking humans will do lots of things that are not of God to avoid feeling bad, to...

Tuning In to God’s Voice

Discernment Jean Heaton

I’d been a nervous wreck for days. In the next four weeks, I had several major projects due. Each endeavor was an opportunity for...

Starting from a Position of Freedom

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Another word for indifference is freedom. Ignatius says that to make good decisions, we must try to be free from personal preferences, societal expectations,...