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On Mulling
This blog, by Fr. Si Smith, SJ, is a reflection on the spiritual readings and guide being used this month by Ignatian volunteers in all regions across the country. So there it is: a Jesuit Pope! A pope who shares with each Ignatian volunteer the same roots in the...
Give Up
When children wrestle, and one gains a hold on the other, the question might be asked, “Do you give up?” The one being held has to decide whether or not to continue struggling. During Lent, some people choose to “give up” something, in the sense of refraining from a...
The Fruit of Our Lent
This week’s gospel of the fig tree which bears no fruit but is spared another year invites us to take a moment to reflect at the midpoint of our Lenten journey. How is our Lent bearing fruit? Perhaps this Lent isn’t turning out how we hoped it would: we haven’t...
Finding God in all Things
Before I joined the Ignatian Volunteer Corps in August, the phrase “finding God in all things” was foreign to me. Even though I was raised Catholic, attended Catholic schools and taught Religious Education in my parish for many, many years, the belief that St....
Dreams Are Made of Us
I. I was a substitute physical therapist, running an hour late for my appointment across town. Due in at 8pm, I had gotten sidetracked by errands at home, only to look up at the clock as it flipped to 8:09. After texting my patient that I’d be late, I became again...
Spiritual Exercises in Time of Transition
“. . . we call spiritual exercises every way of preparing and disposing the soul to rid itself of all inordinate attachments and . . . of seeking and finding the will of God in the disposition of our life for the salvation of our soul.” Ignatius of Loyola, Spiritual...
Friendship with God
This blog, by Fr. Bill Barry, SJ, is a reflection on the spiritual readings and guide being used this month by Ignatian volunteers in all regions across the country. In Praying the Truth: Deepening Your Friendship with God through Honest Prayer (Loyola Press, 2102) I...
EMMANUEL
He tells us Rwanda is scarred Perpetrators, victims Living side by side. Reconciliation spoken Unheard in broken hearts. He tells us A victim living in pain among perpetrators Might forgive but not forget. A perpetrator living in shame among victims Might...
A Mid Winter Contemplation
“The mountains shall yield peace for the people, and the hills justice.” Psalm 72 The three ghosts of Christmas past, present and future visited Scrooge in Charles Dickens short story “A Christmas Carol.” I read this story over again this year sitting before a...