The Greatest Gifts: An Ignatian Journey Through Advent
What are we going to get God for Christmas? Let’s explore the four gifts of Advent, their Ignatian connections, and how they become gifts for God.
Read Moreby andyotto | Dec 11, 2023 | Spiritual Practices | 0
What are we going to get God for Christmas? Let’s explore the four gifts of Advent, their Ignatian connections, and how they become gifts for God.
Read Moreby andyotto | Jan 25, 2021 | Mercy, Scripture Reflections | 0
We have put too much stock in human governments and institutions. The archetypal pattern found in scripture shows that human kingdoms always fail and God is always trying to draw us back to our original goodness.
Read Moreby andyotto | Mar 19, 2018 | The Tough Questions | 5
Ignatian spirituality says that God shares the deep desires of our heart, but what if they never come to fruition?
Read Moreby guest | Dec 21, 2016 | Essays, Guest Posts | 5
The darkness of Winter Solstice reminds us that we’ll soon be met with reassuring light.
Read Moreby andyotto | Dec 7, 2013 | Discernment | 1
God illumines a light into the world through the Annunciation. Mary’s yes comes in a place of freedom, hope, and not clinging. Ignatius gives us several exercises for making decisions with this kind of freedom.
Read Moreby andyotto | Nov 30, 2013 | Discernment | 2
Incarnation occurs all the time, even in our decisions. We are in a whirl of confusion and feel like we’re in darkness. Advent is a time of sitting with those raw feelings and emotions because discernment begins with observation.
Read Moreby andyotto | Jan 14, 2013 | The Lighter Side | 3
Justin Bieber’s new fragrance line emphasises longings and false hopes.
Read Moreby guest | Oct 11, 2012 | Guest Posts | 3
I’ve never posted about controversial issues on here. Instead I seek to provide a window into a God who dwells in all creation, in the extraordinary events of our life, and in the mundane. But finding God in all things...
Read Moreby andyotto | May 25, 2012 | Awareness, Discernment, God In All Things, Spiritual Practices | 0
Here is an excerpt from a piece I wrote on the Gifts of the Holy Spirit for Pentecost (this Sunday). You’ll find the full article (link below) has an Ignatian slant. “On Pentecost Sunday, God breathed the Holy Spirit...
Read Moreby andyotto | Apr 8, 2012 | Awareness, God In All Things | 5
“He is not here; for he has been raised.” (Matthew 28:6) Today is the day hope came...
Read Moreby andyotto | Apr 2, 2012 | God In All Things, Prayer, The Tough Questions | 0
A year ago I was working as a chaplain at Georgetown University Hospital. It forced me to grapple...
Read Moreby andyotto | Mar 9, 2012 | God In All Things, Prayer, Spiritual Practices | 0
Italian-born priest Fr Romano Guardini felt the Spiritual Exercises had an anti-liturgical bias. Indeed, Jesuits have been seen as anti-liturgical, or at least careless about the liturgy. In truth, the treasury of the Society of...
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This guide will offer you a process and framework for discerning a particular decision using the approaches and prayer methods in the Ignatian tradition.