Discerning Advent Series
A four-week series on Ignatian discernment.
Read MorePosted by andyotto | 30 Nov 2018 | Announcements
A four-week series on Ignatian discernment.
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Discerning Advent is a four-week Advent series examining Ignatian discernment and decision-making in the light of the Mystery of the Incarnation. Read, listen, and pray with each week in order as you go from Darkness to the...
Read MorePosted by andyotto | 21 Dec 2013 | Discernment
God’s incarnation makes sacred our very decisions and even the process of discernment. Every decision we make becomes an incarnation, a little Christmas through which God enters the world.
Read MorePosted by andyotto | 14 Dec 2013 | Discernment
People had to discern John the Baptist’s message. Was he the messiah? What were the signs they saw? Discernment includes many signs, consolation and desolation, and movements from the spirits that prepare the way to a choice.
Read MorePosted by andyotto | 7 Dec 2013 | Discernment
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 MorePosted by andyotto | 30 Nov 2013 | Discernment
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 MorePosted by andyotto | 26 Nov 2022 | Prayer, Scripture Reflections
Pray with the Advent gospel readings using your imagination.
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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.