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To Individuals Who Are Struggling to Make a Big Decision

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Fr. Kevin O’Brien, SJ, encourages those who do not know how to make a big decision to learn about Ignatian discernment. “The great thing...

Set Free

Loretta Pehanich

This story is inspired by Luke 13:10–17. Eighteen years is a lifetime. Mercilessly, the crippling spirit worked me over, a little at a time. It...

Advent Light

Marina Berzins McCoy

Advent readings often focus on the theme of light in the midst of darkness, picking up on the words of Isaiah: “The people walking...

The Relationships That Make Holidays So Difficult

Vinita Hampton Wright

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

Shemaiah Gonzalez

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

Gretchen Crowder

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

Eric Clayton

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

Becky Eldredge

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

Vinita Hampton Wright

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...