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Four Strategies for Discernment

Discernment Vinita Hampton Wright
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....

Why I Left IT to Join the Jesuits

Discernment Brendan McManus, SJ
Editor’s note: Throughout July, we’re celebrating 31 Days with St. Ignatius, a month-long celebration of Ignatian spirituality. In addition to the calendar of Ignatian articles found here,...

Callings

Discernment Melinda LeBlanc
I recently began watching a TV show about passengers on an airplane who, unknowingly, disappear for five years while in flight. While they believe...

Three Ways to Respond When Life Goes a Different Direction

Discernment Vinita Hampton Wright
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...

Minding Our Thought Patterns

Discernment Vinita Hampton Wright
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...

What Is Worthless and What Is of Value

Discernment dotMagis Editor
St. Ignatius would say, “It is not knowing much, but realising and relishing things interiorly, that contents and satisfies the soul.” Ignatius invites us...

Leaping into Puddles

Discernment Gretchen Crowder
When was the last time you jumped into a puddle? I don’t mean walking into one, gingerly hoping your socks stay somewhat dry. I mean...

Screen Time and St. Ignatius

Discernment Shemaiah Gonzalez
It’s happened again. I have spent 30… 45… 60 minutes on social media. I’m not sure why I do it. I logged on to see how my...

Following the Spirit’s Lead in Communal Discernment

Discernment Becky Eldredge
We all suddenly paused in the middle of our meeting. I looked around and could sense that others felt what I was noticing: the...

What’s the Real Problem I Am Trying to Solve?

Discernment Gretchen Crowder
One of my most challenging classes freshman year in college was physics. I remember going through class after class being completely perplexed as the...
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