by Jenene Francis | Apr 2, 2023 | Catholic, Ignatian Spirituality, Prayer
I’ll be honest, Palm Sunday, more precisely “Palm Sunday of the Lord’s Passion,” is my least favorite Sunday of the whole liturgical year. I resist as we fumble our way through Jesus’ entrance into Jerusalem and then are immersed in the darkest hours of his human...
by Gretchen Crowder | Mar 26, 2023 | Faith in Action, Love & Mercy
Before sitting down to write this post, I awoke to a post on Facebook by a family friend on the passing of her mom. I see these posts all the time now, it’s something about being over 40… friends start losing parents and other mentors a bit more frequently. With...
by Becky Eldredge | Mar 19, 2023 | Examen, Faith in Action, Ignatian Spirituality
Surrendering Like Joseph For over four years the idea of creating a course on Ignatian prayer sat tucked away on a long-term dream list. Every now and then, it would resurface to the forefront, but as I prayed with it God would gently tuck it away again for further...
by Jean Heaton | Mar 12, 2023 | Faith in Action, Ignatian Spirituality, Love & Mercy
Resisting Mercy: Connection is the Antidote We sat at our gate staring at the monitor. Our plane had already been delayed once. If you’d told me that southern California would get a winter storm, complete with snow, I wouldn’t have believed you. Yet here we were...
by Mary Ann Gessner | Mar 5, 2023 | Faith in Action, Ignatian Spirituality, Prayer
Does anyone else struggle with intimacy in prayer? This was not a concept or experience encouraged when I was growing up, and it has been a struggle even now after 5-ish years of immersion in Ignatian Spirituality. Ignatian Contemplation has been a great gift...
