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How to Amend and Transform Our Automatic Behaviors "For I do not do what I want, but I do the very thing I hate.” (Rom 7:15) Have you ever felt like St. Paul and said to yourself: "I keep doing what I do not want, and not what I want to do"? Is there a part of you that you just can't seem to change those automatic responses? Do you desire to grow in holiness, yet just find yourself stuck in a habit? This post is about how we can help ourselves, through the Lord's grace, to b

"Finally, brothers, whatever is true, whatever is honorable, whatever is just, whatever is pure, whatever is lovely, whatever is gracious, if there is any excellence and if there is anything worthy of praise, think about these things." Philippians 4:8 The Grace of Gratitude In the Spiritual Exercises of St. Ignatius, he reminds us that the first sin Pride comes from not being grateful. All things we have are gifts from God who is our Creator. Pride comes from not living in t

Discernment as Decision Making Discernment as decision-making is the process of the act of judging what is true, ought to be, and moving past our limited perceptions using prudence with a reasonable assessment of all the factors. As a Christian decision-making involves much more. We are to use the foundation principles within the Catholic social teachings: dignity, solidarity, subsidiarity, charity, and justice and to use discernment in following God’s will. Discernment with

The Review is a distinct spiritual exercise used in the Spiritual Exercises by which the pilgrim reflects on his/her own experiences.

Recommended reading list for St. Ignatius, Ignatian Spirituality, Discernment and the Spiritual Exercises.

St. Ignatius taught different methods of praying with the scriptures using our intellect, memory, and will. He considered all of our...

Study, Read, Pray Updated: 4 days ago Several of my new directees have expressed a distress in having a ‘dryness’ in their prayer life....