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Category Archives: Ignatian
Strong Demons
If we believe in the Light, we have to believe too in the Dark. St. Ignatius taught about discerning Spirits in his Spiritual Exercises. I personally do not like to think much about this, but from time to time I … Continue reading
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Tagged #Demons, dailyreadings#
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Erasing the Margins
Fr. Gregory Boyle SJ, founder of Homeboy Industries, delivered the 2015 Sol Kannee Lecture on Peace ad Justice today. The emotional and enlightening words had the audience on their feet at the end and in or near tears at various … Continue reading
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Tagged #amazinggrace, #courage, #Fr.GregBoyle, #WoundedHealers
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Slow Work of God
This morning I had the opportunity to hear some inspiring words for the path I am on. Jesuit Fr. Gregory Boyle founded HomeBoy and HomeGirl Industries 27 years ago in Los Angeles to create a kinship between rival gang members … Continue reading
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Tagged #amazinggrace, #Blessed, #courage, #Fr.GregoryBoyle, #healinghope, #prisonministry, #SlowWorkofGod
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Feast of Francis
Fourteen months ago I arrived here at the Basilica of San Francesco in Assisi, Italy at sunset. To say I fell in love with it upon sight is a bit of an understatement. I stood looking at it, marveling at … Continue reading
Mindfulness Matters
I am participating in the 31-Day Mindfulness Summit that started October 1. The ironic thing is that I multi-task as I listen. Yeah….I know. Sad, isn’t it? The world can be filled with the best of intentions that never come … Continue reading
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Holy Guardian Angels
O God, who in your unfathomable providence are pleased to send your holy Angels to guard us, hear our supplication as we cry to you, that we may always be defended by their protection and rejoice eternally in their company. … Continue reading
Posted in #BibleStories, #CancerSurvivor, #Consolation, #Miracles, #prayer, Catholic, Christian, Faith, Ignatian, Spirituality
Tagged #amazinggrace, #Angelsaroundus, #Blessed, #cancer, #courage, #EntertainingAngels, #Examen, #Faith, #FeastDays, #GenerousGiver, #Godhasthis, #Godinallthings
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Still Standing
Dodging the slings and arrows of those around us can be frustrating. In Numbers 11, Joshua, who is one of the chosen men by Moses, comes like a kid on the playground to his teacher, when he hears the news … Continue reading
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Tagged #amazinggrace, #Blessed, #courage, #Do whateverhetellsyou, #Sundayreadings
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Protection for the Righteous
The readings are challenging today. Wisdom 2 has the godless saying: Let us lie in wait for the righteous one who makes life inconvenient to us and opposes our actions…let us test what will happen at the end of his … Continue reading
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Love Stays True
I was on retreat this weekend with Malcolm Guite, a British poet, Anglican priest, professor, author, scholar, and singer-songwriter. He looks like a character out of the classics he studies–you might expect to run into someone such as him in … Continue reading
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Tagged #FeastDays, #Godhasthis, #HolyCross, #MalcolmGuite, #Poetry, #StationsoftheCross, dailyreadings#
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God in all things 