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Find Your Inner Iggy in the Second Half of Life (Part 4 of 4)
During August, I’ll focus on how Ignatian principles of spiritual growth are quite fitting for those of us in the second half of life. “Find Your Inner Iggy” is the title of a promotion Loyola Press...
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Social Media Words and Action
St. Ignatius believed that love should be demonstrated more through deeds than through words. Yet it’s so easy to use words—and now we can put them out there instantly via Facebook or other social...
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Faith and Action
True faith goes much deeper than mental agreement or abstract ideas. Faith involves what we think as well as what we believe and how we feel. Faith is a whole-person matter, which means that it must...
View ArticleFriday’s Reflection: Beliefs and Actions
What does it take for our beliefs to affect our actions? When does a thought become a motivation? When does an idea generate emotion and passion? http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QLdS1SWXzds
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Four Signs that You Are Merciful
God’s mercy, as Julian of Norwich put it in Monday’s quote, is “all love in love.” Mercy goes much further and deeper than taking on pity on someone in need or reconciling with someone who has asked...
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You’re Gonna Have to Serve Somebody
One of the Spiritual Exercises’ key meditations is the Two Standards. We are asked to imagine a vast battlefield with Christ’s forces in one place, Satan’s in another, both asking for our allegiance....
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What Tempts Me?
The Two Standards meditation has Satan tempting people through riches, honor, and pride. Christ asks us to seek poverty, obscurity, and humility. In general, these two sets of values hold true. Our...
View ArticleWho Would You Follow? A Guided Reflection
Take some time to contemplate on this reflection based on the meditation on the Two Standards. //www.youtube.com/watch?v=BElp_uppNtM
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Gratitude and Generosity
The concept of gratitude is grounded in the larger idea of Divine love and intention. I believe that, ultimately, I exist because God has set in motion human life, including my life. The Divine will...
View ArticleWhen Passions Converge
When various passions come together, this is what can happen! To learn more, read A Muralist Brightens a Block and Unites a Neighborhood.
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