by Charlotte Phillips | Dec 30, 2020 | Hope, Ignatian Spirituality, Love & Mercy
November 20, 2020 marked the one-year anniversary of my Dad’s unexpected death following complications from a routine surgery. On the eve of this first anniversary my mind started to drift back to the forty-eight or so hours leading up to his death. Oh, how I wish I...
by Stephanie Clouatre Davis | Dec 27, 2020 | Hope, Ignatian Spirituality, Love & Mercy
*Yes, we ARE finally entering a new year! In the crisp winter air with the warm sun shining down on us, we celebrated Mass outside. We were standing outside, some of us in the grass and some in the rich dark mud of South Louisiana. In an instant all was calm and...
by Faye Coorpender | Dec 23, 2020 | Hope, Ignatian Spirituality, Love & Mercy
Jesus said to his disciples: Blessed are the eyes that see what you see. For I say to you, many prophets and kings desired to see what you see, but did not see it, and to hear what you hear, but did not hear it (Lk 10:23-24). Jesus is speaking of prophets and kings of...
by Jenene Francis | Dec 20, 2020 | Hope, Ignatian Spirituality, Love & Mercy
Every year as Christmas stories are retold, I’m drawn to the nativity, deepening themes that surfaced before. Preparing for this Into the Deep contribution, I returned to Luke’s gospel (2:1-20) for a bit of lectio divina. Then the shepherds returned… stopped...
by Melinda LeBlanc | Dec 16, 2020 | Hope, Ignatian Spirituality, Love & Mercy
Oh what now? Who could be knocking on my door at this time of night? There is truly no rest for the weary, I thought. I’ve had a long, hard day, preparing and renting my rooms to those who are traveling for the census. I remember how glad I was to rent the last...
by Beth Knobbe | Dec 13, 2020 | Hope, Ignatian Spirituality, Love & Mercy
For many years, I spent a portion of December on mission trips to Nicaragua. Even now, Advent conjures up images of a rural mountain village, where very few decorations are needed to announce God’s arrival. We once visited a local family, who invited us to share a...
