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The Great Commandment

Spiritual Exercises Mary Ann Gessner
St. Ignatius begins the Spiritual Exercises with the essential principle that God’s love is unconditional. Adding two words, “for me,” made it intensely personal....

The Mystery of the Incarnation

Spiritual Exercises Loretta Pehanich
In the Spiritual Exercises of St. Ignatius Loyola, retreatants imagine the mystery of the Incarnation. They take time to picture the Trinity looking over...

Gratitude and the Spiritual Exercises

Spiritual Exercises Marina Berzins McCoy
Gratitude is at the heart of prayer and thus is central to Ignatian spirituality. For example, in praying the Examen, I begin with placing myself...

A Quiet Miracle

Spiritual Exercises Gretchen Crowder
“May you take time to celebrate the quiet miracles that seek no attention.” —John O’Donohue I recently began the Fourth Week of the Spiritual Exercises...

Autumn Panic

Spiritual Exercises Mary Ann Gessner
I was a city kid until I moved to rural Vermont in 1979, where even now there are more trees than people. The northeast...

The Two Standards and Letting Go

Spiritual Exercises Jean Heaton
This post is based on Week Five of An Ignatian Prayer Adventure. It was the last day of a recovery retreat when my partner, Sister...

Noticing My Stumbling Blocks

Spiritual Exercises Jean Heaton
This post is based on Week Three of An Ignatian Prayer Adventure. For five years I volunteered at the county jail, where I took a...

Writing Spiritual Autobiography as It Relates to the Spiritual Exercises, Part 2

Spiritual Exercises Vinita Hampton Wright
In terms of the Spiritual Exercises, one critical goal of writing a spiritual autobiography is to recognize God’s action in our past: God’s presence,...

Perspective

Spiritual Exercises Gretchen Crowder
Every year for the past few years, I have chosen a word of the year. I do not have an elaborate process for choosing...

Writing Spiritual Autobiography as It Relates to the Spiritual Exercises, Part 1

Spiritual Exercises Vinita Hampton Wright
St. Ignatius understood the importance of reviewing one’s life when he built this practice into the Spiritual Exercises centuries ago. His emphasis was to...
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