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The Relationships That Make Holidays So Difficult

We can look at several relationships and understand pretty quickly why holidays can be so difficult to survive. My Relationship to Myself End-of-year holidays beg me...

Annunciation

San Fermo Maggiore Church in Verona, Italy, features foundation stones from the fifth century, so I was quite surprised to find, tucked behind one...

Loved as I Am

For years now, I have been working on accepting and internalizing a particular truth about God: that God loves me as I am, no...

Collecting Past and Present

There’s a tiny games and hobbies shop off the highway near my house. I have to make at least one U-turn to find it....

Christmas Examen

The Christmas season invites us to embrace St. Ignatius’s invitation to savor the things that satisfy the soul. My reality during the Christmas season...

Spiritual Confidence

Christians believe that the Holy Spirit dwells within us—teaching, leading, and comforting us. And yet, sometimes we act as if this were not true. We...

An Examen in Times of Pain

The daily Examen is intended to help us notice where God is in our lives. We do this by examining the details of the...

To Individuals Who Have Experienced Loss

Fr. Kevin O’Brien, SJ, encourages those who have experienced loss with a brief video message. He says, “I encourage those who suffer loss to...

Connection with God

It often happens that our spiritual lives are not in synch with the liturgical calendar. Some years we may approach the holidays with an...

Grace Through Reconciliation

My heart feels heavy. My feet will not stay on the right path for long. Tired of stumbling, I call a Christian friend for...

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