All Souls Day is an annual reminder that our deceased loved ones are in the hands of God. Will Hayes, SJ reflects how this special feast day reminds us of an eternal truth: we have a God who remembers. Based on the readings for The Commemoration of All the Faithful Departed.
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On All Saints Day, the Church celebrates countless holy men and women. Ty Wahlbrink, SJ reflects how this feast—especially with the Gospel reading of the Beatitudes—reminds us Catholics that we are all called to be saints. Based on the readings for the Solemnity of All Saints.
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Everything in God’s universe is present-tense. Divine love transcends time and place. So it’s never really too late to pray for a person or to express love to that beloved soul. It’s a good message as we celebrate All Saints Day and All Souls Day this weekend.
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Sacred Space for Advent and the Christmas Season 2025–26 offers a beautifully simple way to grow in relationship with God and embrace the season of joy.
I grew up in a family notorious for not being able to make decisions. Everyone had a different opinion on what to do, and if we did agree on something, there were multiple options on how and when to do it. Going out to dinner was a major affair that stressed everyone out to the […]
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Sacred Space for Advent and the Christmas Season 2025–26 offers a beautifully simple way to grow in relationship with God and embrace the season of joy.
Editor’s note: Sacred Space: The Prayer Book 2026 suggests six steps of prayer and contemplation for exploring the daily Scripture passages: The Presence of God, Freedom, Consciousness, The Word, Conversation, and Conclusion. We’ve invited our Ignatian bloggers to explore each step in our continuing series. Consciousness “How am I today? Where am I with God? […]
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Sacred Space for Advent and the Christmas Season 2025–26 offers a beautifully simple way to grow in relationship with God and embrace the season of joy.
In culture, we are often told to “put our best foot forward.” Jose Oros, SJ reflects how God, however, does not want our best self, God wants our real self. Based on the readings for the 30th Sunday in Ordinary Time.
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Lord, thank you for all the people who have proclaimed your name throughout the past two thousand years. Many have given their lives so that today I can encounter you. I feel happy and fulfilled by my faith, knowing that you are the Messiah, the Son of God, the one awaited through the ages. You […]
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Sacred Space for Advent and the Christmas Season 2025–26 offers a beautifully simple way to grow in relationship with God and embrace the season of joy.
As the Church prays this November for those struggling with mental health, Daniel Mascarenhas, SJ draws attention to an often unseen group: slaughterhouse workers. In this reflection, he links compassion for animals with care for the human souls bearing the trauma of the meat industry.
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By Jim Manney
“No pain, no gain.” We’ve heard it a thousand times. It’s a spiritual truism: You find God in pain and suffering. You find God when you learn how much you need him. Pain, failure, and suffering are your friends and teachers. Don’t run from pain; face it, and find God in it. Leonard Cohen’s lyric […]
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Sacred Space for Advent and the Christmas Season 2025–26 offers a beautifully simple way to grow in relationship with God and embrace the season of joy.
Editor’s note: Sacred Space: The Prayer Book 2026 suggests six steps of prayer and contemplation for exploring the daily Scripture passages: The Presence of God, Freedom, Consciousness, The Word, Conversation, and Conclusion. We’ve invited our Ignatian bloggers to explore each step in our continuing series. Freedom “By God’s grace I was born to live in […]
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Sacred Space for Advent and the Christmas Season 2025–26 offers a beautifully simple way to grow in relationship with God and embrace the season of joy.
In prayer, we might ask things of God—but sometimes God will not answer how and when we might want. Greg Okumu, SJ reflects on prayer using his own experience of the 30-day silent Spiritual Exercises retreat. Based on the readings for the 29th Sunday of Ordinary Time.
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Each year my family and I enjoy going apple picking together here in New England. Yes, I know that I could just as easily buy these apples at the local orchard, and no, I don’t always know what to do with all the apples that we bring home once I’ve made apple crisp, my husband […]
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Sacred Space for Advent and the Christmas Season 2025–26 offers a beautifully simple way to grow in relationship with God and embrace the season of joy.
In response to the Jubilee Year’s call to be pilgrims of hope, the Office of Ignatian Spirituality is asking spiritual directors, “What is your hope for spiritual direction?” Joseph A. Tetlow, SJ, hopes people in spiritual direction “will discover their own call from God.” He says, “What I should feel first of all is joy. […]
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Sacred Space for Advent and the Christmas Season 2025–26 offers a beautifully simple way to grow in relationship with God and embrace the season of joy.
During this webinar, presented by Thom Rawson and Helen Foster from Moodle HQ, you will learn about the new features in Moodle 5.1 for administrators and teachers.
This webinar is part of the course 'What's New in Moodle 5.1'. You have to be enrolled in this free course to register and join the webinar.
By Gerri Leder
Editor’s note: Sacred Space: The Prayer Book suggests six steps of prayer and contemplation for exploring the daily Scripture passages: The Presence of God, Freedom, Consciousness, The Word, Conversation, and Conclusion. We’ve invited our Ignatian bloggers to explore each step in a series beginning today. The Presence of God “‘Be still, and know that I […]
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Sacred Space for Advent and the Christmas Season 2025–26 offers a beautifully simple way to grow in relationship with God and embrace the season of joy.
Plugin Translator by Brickfield is designed to harness the power of Artificial Intelligence (AI) to assist plugin translators when they are preparing language strings for Moodle plugins and Moodle Core! Simple!
This will save time for many organisations and plugin developers, in tasks such as:
This webinar, presented by Gavin Henrick, will demonstrate how it works and how you can use the freely available plugin to complete needed localisation of Moodle Core or Community Plugins.
This webinar is part of the course 'Moodle Academy webinars'. You have to be enrolled in this free course to register and join the webinar.
Our inclination might be to turn to Jesus in times of help. Kevin Lee, SJ reflects how we should also turn to Christ to share our gratitude and our joy. Based on the readings for the 28th Sunday of Ordinary Time.
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By Eric Clayton
I sit with a Jesuit friend on a pier near a fishing village overlooking the Irish Sea. The village, Howth, is a 30-minute or so drive northeast of Dublin. It’s a lovely night: cool and breezy, with the smell of salt and seaweed wafting over the ocean wall. It’s busy too. Along the pier are […]
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Sacred Space for Advent and the Christmas Season 2025–26 offers a beautifully simple way to grow in relationship with God and embrace the season of joy.
I once worked with a teacher who started every class by inviting each pupil to say something good. Students were challenged to tell a story or name a miracle. This practice formed the students: They got in the habit of noticing what was good in their lives. Before long, they could notice and name how […]
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Sacred Space for Advent and the Christmas Season 2025–26 offers a beautifully simple way to grow in relationship with God and embrace the season of joy.
Ah…ah…achoo! “Oh, no, oh, no, oh, no!” I thought frantically. “I cannot be sick, Lord. Not now!” To be fair, it was only one tiny little sneeze. I knew I should not be jumping to conclusions, but jump to conclusions I did. “God, I have a big week coming up. There is no way I […]
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Praying with Our Feet by Dr. Ansel Augustine shows how faith and social teaching, rooted in Ignatian spirituality, can be lived out in solidarity with all our brothers and sisters.