by Vinita Wright | Jan 22, 2023 | Discernment, Faith in Action, Ignatian Spirituality
How I long for people to understand how their gifts are woven through everything. My gifts work within my personality, my history, my experiences. Your gifts work within your desires and loves. This is the way God created us. On the one hand, gifts are natural and...
by Liz Aceves | Jan 15, 2023 | Discernment, Faith in Action, Ignatian Spirituality
The idea of God giving gifts to anyone seemed so foreign to me. I believed God’s gifts were reserved for priests, nuns, saints, and laypeople who devoted their lives to God’s mission. A few weeks ago, I was at Sunday mass at my parish, and Fr. Andrew gave his sermon...
by Gretchen Crowder | Dec 18, 2022 | Faith in Action, Hope, Ignatian Spirituality
There have been many times I have imagined myself as Mary in a scene from the Gospels. I have imagined almost every feeling she must have had navigating being the Mother of God. I have viscerally felt her fear, anxiety, joy, and, most of all, deep, lasting love for...
by Jean Heaton | Dec 4, 2022 | Faith in Action, Ignatian Spirituality, Love & Mercy
I volunteered at the county jail for 5 years. The first time that I was buzzed through those heavy steel doors, I prayed for God to show me how to help the women who lived beyond them. The women sat in a small room, each sporting the same uniform, emblazoned with DOC...
by Mary Ann Gessner | Oct 16, 2022 | Discernment, Faith in Action, Ignatian Spirituality, Prayer
These past weeks have all been about the search for the “what.” What is God asking of me? St. Ignatius gave us a simple process to know what to do next with our lives. His First Mode of Discernment was to ask questions, get facts to consider, and ask for the grace...
by Kristen Schenk | Sep 25, 2022 | Discernment, Faith in Action, Ignatian Spirituality, Prayer
In his great wisdom, St. Ignatius gave us realistic, practical, applicable tools that we can use when we’re faced with dilemmas and decisions. When we feel stuck in a spiritual rut or when we’re feeling called to something beyond what we can envision in this moment,...
