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Washing Feet

My parish did something different with the foot washing ceremony last Holy Thursday.  Instead of the priest washing the feet of twelve parishioners (often...

How to Survive Desolation

What's the most important key to surviving desolation?  I vote for patience.  This author says it's  "sufficient grace," quoting Ignatius: A person who is in...

Pay Attention!

When I was in grade school, I was a daydreamer. I could get lost in the view out of the classroom window, in the...

Ignatian Decision Making

I'm proud to announce the publication of What's Your Decision? How to Make Choices with Confidence and Clarity.  This is a book about using...

Virtue and the Spiritual Exercises

There's long been a discussion among spiritual directors about the purpose of the Spiritual Exercises. Is the goal to help people make important decisions,...

O'Malley on the Spiritual Exercises

John O'Malley, SJ, is the featured speaker in the first of a series of videos on the Spiritual Exercises produced by Georgetown University.  The...

Waiting in the Dark

My sister and her husband, who live in Oregon, had their inaugural bike ride of the season yesterday. She wrote that the sun was...

Pray with Jesuits for Lent

Ash Wednesday was only yesterday, so it's not too late to start a Lenten prayer program.  We suggested several last week.  Here are two...

Spiritual Exercises for the Young

Nathan Stone, SJ, makes a strong case for giving the Spiritual Exercises to young people.  He thinks that veteran spiritual directors are too  cautious...

The most beautiful thing in the world

...is a child sleeping.  I am sometimes awed by just the feeling that rises up in me when beholding one of my daughters asleep;...

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