The Spiritual Exercises ask us to look at Christ and what he stands for. We’re instructed to imagine him as a good king who brings his forces against the evil king. In today’s world, especially here in the West, we don’t think much in terms of kings and kingdoms. So this imagery can be difficult [...]
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Sometimes the Christian journey is framed in terms of making a decision, a commitment, to follow Jesus and his way. But we don’t live strictly by decisions, acts of the will. We don’t just make up our mind and do a certain thing. A deeper part of the self must be involved when it comes [...]
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There’s so much to contemplate on during this part of the Spiritual Exercises. This week we consider Jesus’ birth and presentation in the temple (for naming and circumcision), also the small family’s exile in Egypt to protect the boy’s life, and then the twelve-year-old Jesus in the temple at Jerusalem. Monday’s post explored the birth [...]
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I grew up in a religious subculture that was very certain about who God was and how God operated. Very often I heard, “God loves you and has a plan for your life!” At times this was a comforting thought—after all, wouldn’t it be nice if someone else mapped out my life for me and [...]
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This week’s Friday video is several minutes long, but for those of you intrigued by our discussion on discernment, consolation, and desolation, here is a direct translation from St. Ignatius’s “Rules for the Discernment of Spirits,” with music and images. Of course this was written in quite a different time, so the language and some [...]
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