What is Ignatian spirituality?
An overview of five important contributions of the Ignatian spiritual tradition.
Read Moreby andyotto | Feb 8, 2021 | Ignatian Basics | 0
An overview of five important contributions of the Ignatian spiritual tradition.
Read Moreby andyotto | Mar 2, 2020 | Ignatian Basics, Scripture Reflections | 1
The evil spirit uses the tactics of riches, honour, and pride to control us. Jesus has a different way.
Read Moreby andyotto | Nov 11, 2019 | Ignatian Basics, The Tough Questions | 2
It’s much broader and deeper than you think.
Read Moreby andyotto | Oct 14, 2019 | Discernment, Ignatian Basics | 1
Consolation and desolation are key to discerning God’s movement in your life, but these terms are easily misunderstood.
Read Moreby andyotto | Mar 4, 2019 | Awareness, Discernment, Ignatian Basics | 3
Ignatian spirituality can be summed up in the few paragraphs at the beginning of the Exercises: sharing life with God and responding in gratitude to God’s gifts in freedom.
Read Moreby andyotto | Jan 7, 2019 | Ignatian Basics, The Tough Questions | 7
Ignatius says our purpose is to praise, reverence, and serve God. But this sounds like a rather selfish God.
Read Moreby andyotto | Jul 23, 2018 | Awareness, God In All Things, Ignatian Basics, Prayer | 6
It is human nature to engage memory in bettering ourselves. Memory is an integral part of Ignatian spirituality and a primary way God speaks to us.
Read Moreby andyotto | Jun 11, 2018 | Discernment, Ignatian Basics | 4
How do we know the voice of God from the voice of the evil one? This is the first part of a three-part series on Ignatius’ Rules for the Discernment of Spirits.
Read Moreby andyotto | Nov 1, 2016 | Discernment, Ignatian Basics | 4
Why do we treat important decisions like products, as if we’re “buying” an “add-on” for our life? True Christian discernment ought to be about “selling” and casting off false masks.
Read Moreby andyotto | May 2, 2016 | God In All Things, Ignatian Basics, Prayer | 5
Christ is calling you to change the world, and you have a specific role. How would you respond?
Read Moreby andyotto | Apr 18, 2016 | Awareness, Discernment, Ignatian Basics, Prayer, Spiritual Practices | 2
Each day our desires come face to face with challenges, and the mess of feelings in the middle doesn’t make the spiritual life any easier. Yet these three things are important to pay attention to.
Read Moreby andyotto | Jan 12, 2015 | Ignatian Basics, Prayer, Spiritual Practices | 2
You can’t know Ignatian spirituality without a knowing the importance of the Spiritual Exercises. But what are they?
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