When I am a good month into Lent, the newness of what I planned to do as a Lenten observance has worn off. Perhaps a month into Lent I have fallen off from doing some of the extra prayer or giving of myself that I had intended to do on Ash Wednesday. Or maybe whatever […]
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In a time when the Church suffered violent division and strife, one man peacefully modeled compassion and dialogue. Read Peter Faber by Jon M. Sweeney.
Enjoy this video interpretation of an excerpt from The Life of Jesus by Andrea Tornielli that begins, “The healing of the man born blind caused a stir in the city, primarily because of the type of miracle.” Participating in our Lenten read-along of The Life of Jesus? Share your thoughts about this week’s reading in […]
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In a time when the Church suffered violent division and strife, one man peacefully modeled compassion and dialogue. Read Peter Faber by Jon M. Sweeney.
This post is based on Week Five of An Ignatian Prayer Adventure. Fr. Kevin O’Brien, SJ, explains that the image of call is important in the Second Week of the Spiritual Exercises: In different meditations we reflect on the call of Jesus. We reflect on the call of the disciples, which we can do by […]
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In a time when the Church suffered violent division and strife, one man peacefully modeled compassion and dialogue. Read Peter Faber by Jon M. Sweeney.
It may be Lent, but I’m thinking about the baby Jesus, thanks to a picture of a friend’s grandson, Owen, asleep in his mother’s arms. God, who arrived on earth as a baby, is inviting me to be like a baby this Lent and ponder God’s care for me. Babies are so instantly lovable, vulnerable, […]
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In a time when the Church suffered violent division and strife, one man peacefully modeled compassion and dialogue. Read Peter Faber by Jon M. Sweeney.
Ponder some of the inspiring words of Pope Francis found in The Life of Jesus by Andrea Tornielli. What quotes have inspired you as you read The Life of Jesus? Participating in our Lenten read-along of The Life of Jesus? Share your thoughts about this week’s reading in the comments below. And post your thoughts, […]
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In a time when the Church suffered violent division and strife, one man peacefully modeled compassion and dialogue. Read Peter Faber by Jon M. Sweeney.
This post is based on Week Four of An Ignatian Prayer Adventure. The Second Week of the Spiritual Exercises invites us into an extended contemplation on the life of Jesus. We pray that we may become more like Jesus, and we do that by gazing on him as we explore the Gospels. We put ourselves […]
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In a time when the Church suffered violent division and strife, one man peacefully modeled compassion and dialogue. Read Peter Faber by Jon M. Sweeney.
Easter is still a few weeks away. We find ourselves muddling through the doldrums of Lent. But I want to make a bold claim: Now is the time to begin our Easter story. I have a Jesuit friend who once said to me in college, “Eric, why don’t you tell an Easter story?” I had […]
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In a time when the Church suffered violent division and strife, one man peacefully modeled compassion and dialogue. Read Peter Faber by Jon M. Sweeney.
Why does Jesus demand people not tell when he heals them? In chapter 11 of The Life of Jesus, Andrea Tornielli tells the stories of two miracles Jesus performed: the raising of Jairus’s daughter from the dead and the healing of two blind men. Both of these stories end with Jesus asking, demanding even, that […]
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In a time when the Church suffered violent division and strife, one man peacefully modeled compassion and dialogue. Read Peter Faber by Jon M. Sweeney.
This post is based on Week Three of An Ignatian Prayer Adventure. The First Week of the Spiritual Exercises is a consideration of sin and God’s mercy. In fact, as Kevin O’Brien, SJ, explains: It should probably go the other way around, where primarily it’s an experience of God’s mercy, of God’s love for us. […]
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In a time when the Church suffered violent division and strife, one man peacefully modeled compassion and dialogue. Read Peter Faber by Jon M. Sweeney.
Lent is a time to deepen our awareness of how God is prompting us to take the next step in our walk of faith. Join Fr. Mark Thibodeaux, SJ, for a webinar in which he’ll reveal how we can use Ignatian discernment to listen to God’s voice within us. We’ll explore trusting our own thoughts, […]
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In a time when the Church suffered violent division and strife, one man peacefully modeled compassion and dialogue. Read Peter Faber by Jon M. Sweeney.
Keep your place while you read The Life of Jesus with free bookmarks. The bookmarks highlight quotes from the book by Andrea Tornielli. Other uses for the bookmarks: Use the back of the bookmarks as a place to do some journaling as you read or to draw art inspired by the chapters. Share the bookmarks […]
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In a time when the Church suffered violent division and strife, one man peacefully modeled compassion and dialogue. Read Peter Faber by Jon M. Sweeney.
This post is based on Week Two of An Ignatian Prayer Adventure. One of the gifts of the Spiritual Exercises is that the retreatant learns about the art and practice of discernment. One of the concrete ways that we practice discernment is through the daily Examen, a practice which helps us be sensitive to our […]
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In a time when the Church suffered violent division and strife, one man peacefully modeled compassion and dialogue. Read Peter Faber by Jon M. Sweeney.
Imagine one of the Apostles sharing part of his story. I’ve always liked to go to Jesus’ mother for conversation. People sometimes ask me why I speak to Mary instead of starting with Jesus. I ask them if they have ever asked someone to pray for them or with them. They aways tell me they […]
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In The Ignatian Guide to Forgiveness, Marina Berzins McCoy delves into the principles of Ignatian spirituality and uses gentle honesty to lay out 10 steps toward forgiveness.
Welcome to the Lenten read-along of The Life of Jesus! As we read the first chapters of Andrea Tornielli’s book, consider these questions: Describe an experience from your life in which “time seemed to halt” because of an encounter with the “unidentifiable and indefinable.” Think of a time you abandoned yourself and decided to trust […]
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In The Ignatian Guide to Forgiveness, Marina Berzins McCoy delves into the principles of Ignatian spirituality and uses gentle honesty to lay out 10 steps toward forgiveness.
This post is based on Week One of An Ignatian Prayer Adventure. One of the first movements of the Spiritual Exercises is an experience of God’s unconditional and faithful love for us. St. Ignatius experienced God as personally involved in his life and taught us that God invites us into relationship. He wanted the Exercises […]
IgnatianSpirituality.com ® is a service of Loyola Press, a Jesuit ministry.
In The Ignatian Guide to Forgiveness, Marina Berzins McCoy delves into the principles of Ignatian spirituality and uses gentle honesty to lay out 10 steps toward forgiveness.
When we think about the season of Lent, we often consider practices of fasting, prayer, and increased almsgiving. The Catechism says that although fasting is intended as an act of penance (#1434), there are also times in the Gospels when Jesus tells us not to be somber or to make a big display out of […]
The high point of our tour through Morocco was always meant to be the camel ride in the desert. The trip was designed that way; it was a big, country-wide loop. We began in the Moroccan port city of Tangier, having arrived from Spain by way of the Strait of Gibraltar. Our tour set out […]
Sometimes it’s easier to invite God into the bad moments than the good ones. I’ve noticed I tend to my friendship with God more intently—this friendship I may have neglected for a time—when stuff has completely fallen apart. Two weeks into January every year, my family celebrates most of our milestones. My boys’ birthdays are […]
Lent is a time for entering more deeply into the profound mysteries of Christ’s life. One of the ways we do this is through direct and daily contact with the Gospels. Join Andrea Tornielli and Sr. Bernadette Reis, FSP, for a prayerful webinar in which they’ll invite us to nourish ourselves with the Word of […]
In an episode of Pop-Up Prayer, Fr. Andy Alexander, SJ, explains that “Lent is a journey that is about what God wants to give us, and it’s a journey in freedom. It’s a journey in intimacy and relationship.” Fr. Alexander is the Director of the Collaborative Ministries Office and Online Ministries at Creighton University and […]