2 minSelf-Directed RetreatsReviewing and Noting Down Your Prayer ExerciseThe Review is a distinct spiritual exercise used in the Spiritual Exercises by which the pilgrim reflects on his/her own experiences of...
3 minSelf-Directed RetreatsPreparing Our Souls to Meet the Risen Christ: The Virtue of Gratitude In preparing our souls over these next 40 days to meet the Risen Christ, we are called to this season of prayer, fasting, and almsgiving,...
4 minSelf-Directed RetreatsOur Purpose and Destiny: Praying with the 1st Principle and Foundation“I am created to praise, love, and serve God.” In beginning the Spiritual Exercises, St Ignatius invites us to first pray over the 1st...
2 minThe Rosary: A Gospel Contemplation on the Life of Christ and Mary, the Mother of God “With the Rosary, the Christian people sit at the school of Mary, are led to contemplate the beauty on the face of Christ, and to...
3 minSelf-Directed RetreatsFollow Jesus Along the Way: A Self-Directed Lenten Retreat*Beginning at the conspiracy against Jesus and the anointing up Bethany, we continue on into the entry into Jerusalem, and then the...
2 minSelf-Directed RetreatsPraying with Your Blessed HistoryAt the beginning each prayer period, offering yourself to the Lord. Take, Lord, and receive all my liberty, my memory,my understanding,...
8 minSelf-Directed RetreatsThe Seven Desires:Healing in the Present from the Past for the FutureThese seven God-given human desires are written in every heart and are basic needs to our survival and flourishing. to be seen and...
9 minDiscernmentDiscernment & Decision-Making Process: Notes from St. Ignatius' Spiritual Exercises All decisions are a means to an end, but where? and with who? and for Who? In the fields of cognitive research, psychologists and...
5 minDiscernmentThe Who and What are the 'spirits' in the 14 Rules of St. Ignatius Discernment in the Spiritual Life is a supernatural-supported decision-making process of cooperating with God's grace to grow in holiness...
3 minSpiritual ExercisesHealings Through Graces Given in the Spiritual ExercisesWhat I have had the privilege to witness when one moves through the Exercises is the continuous activity of the Holy Spirit showering...
2 minReplies to QuestionsHow to Lead Others to Encounter Christ Personally Recently one of my directees, a catechist ministering in their parish RCIA's program, asked this question: How do I lead others to not...
11 minDiscernmentThe 14 Rules for Discernment of Spirits Translation from Original & Fr. Gallagher's Summary The 14 Rules for Discernment of Spirits summarized from Fr. Timothy Gallagher* Rules...
