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Can I Really Tell God How I Feel?

I was talking with a friend the other day, and she said, “I am so sad and angry and disappointed that I just can’t...

Five Steps to Transform Negativity Through Prayer

St. Ignatius, who initially knew life as a vain soldier and courtier, was able to turn his superficial life around by attending to his...

Listening as a Spiritual Practice

“Try to increase the amount of listening you do each day,” suggests Spiritual Practices for the Brain author Anne Kertz Kernion in this brief...

The Continuing Gifts of the Resurrection

This spring, I have enjoyed watching the birds come to our backyard birdfeeder. After a long winter, I refilled the feeder and within a...

Looking Back on Prayer

We can look back on prayer in more than one way. Judge what is most helpful for you at this time. Prayer at Different Life...

Our Neighbor

Someone we love is dying. Our neighbor is near 90. Her body has been slowing down for a while now. We are not surprised,...

His Face in My Mirror

This story is inspired by Luke 7:36–50 and John 12:1–8. I bought that expensive perfumed oil for myself. I don’t think I’m wealthy, but I...

Blessed Be the Upsetter of Hearts

We share this excerpt in honor of St. Peter Faber’s birthday, April 13. “Desire what is essential and original,” Faber writes in Memoriale. This sentence...

The Posture of Accompaniment

I keep posted in my office a note from my husband that includes two phrases: “It’s not about you. Accompany them.” I first discovered this...

Consoling Love

This post is based on Week Eight of An Ignatian Prayer Adventure. In the movie, Steel Magnolias, a famous scene takes place in a cemetery...

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