Prayer Resources

A Long, Loving Look at My Life – A Contemplative Meditation

A new audio meditation inspired by Ignatius’ Contemplation to Attain Love, a kind of life-long Examen.

My God, my God, why have you abandoned me?

On this Good Friday, we recall Jesus’ words, “My God, my God, why have you abandoned me?” from Psalm 22, which foretells Christ’s crucifixion. The Bible just has this one line, but chances are Jesus may have been reciting the entire psalm on the cross.

Teach Us To Pray

Laura prays the Our Father in new words, in her own words.

Pointing Mercy Inward

This Year of Mercy it’s worth being merciful to ourselves.

Confession, Vulnerability, and Healing

You may often hear Christians use the word confession. “Oh, I have to go to confession.” “Let us make a confession of faith.” “Can I make a confession?” It’s something we do, yet don’t do. Confession can mean many things. We can confess our sins. We can confess our...

The Plus Sign

There is a gem in Ignatian spirituality that often goes unnoticed. It’s sometimes called the plus sign.

Buddhism & Ignatian Spirituality: Parallels

Buddhism and Ignatian spirituality have many fascinating parallels.

The Gifts of the Spirit

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 into the apostles to remind them that they were not...

The Prayer of Listening

What if when we were children we were taught how to listen in prayer, not just to “say our prayers”?

Doing Nothing Often Leads to the Very Best Something

In the 2018 film Christopher Robin, we see Winnie the Pooh and Christopher Robin standing on a bridge chatting. Christopher Robin asks Pooh what he loves doing best. "Going to see you," he replies. Christopher agrees but then says, "What I like doing best is nothing."...

Prayer is an invitation from God, inviting us into relationship with God. It gives us a chance to take part in the story of creation, have an effect on the world, be involved in its God-story, and most importantly, reflect on how we contribute. These resources hope to reveal the infinite facets of prayer, the many ways we reach God, and how God reaches into our lives: in love, with words, in silence, seeking our desires, at different times, in different places.