Category: Discernment
Jesus’ Approach? Trust Over Control
While institutions often create complex rules to protect “simple” people, Jesus did the opposite: he kept the law simple while honoring human complexity. His radical approach trusted people’s capacity for growth and authentic relationship with God, offering core values rather than elaborate regulations.
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From Ego to God: Bridging Secular Wisdom and Ignatian Discernment
Human civilization’s secular struggle to choose long-term good over immediate gratification aligns with Ignatian spirituality’s emphasis on discernment and seeking the greater glory of God.
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Binding and Loosing: A Fresh Look at Jesus’ Words
Was Jesus truly giving permission to retain sins? Was his mission not all about unbinding, forgiving, and setting free?
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The Fear & Greed Index?
Fear and greed are powerful drivers in our financial lives, but the Gospel calls us to a different way of relating to money and possessions. Ignatian spirituality and Catholic social teaching can inspire us to make choices rooted in love, solidarity, and trust in God’s abundance.
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Time Rebels: Ignatian Discernment and Our Future Selves
How can we expand personal discernment into a process that considers how my choices affect generations to come? Being a ‘time rebel’ expands our view beyond the present, considering how God’s project unfolds far beyond me here and now.
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Navigating Life with God: More Than a Divine GPS
Ignatian spirituality encourages us to be active partners with God, rather than just blindly following turn-by-turn directions.
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The 5 Keys of Discernment
Use the five keys of discernment to find clarity and direction in all your decisions.
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Pope Francis on Discernment
Pope Francis’ recent catechises on discernment offers some helpful perspectives on Ignatian decision-making, including the importance of time, setbacks, desire, and self-knowledge.
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God’s Kingdom is Found Within
Jesus says the kingdom of God cannot be observed. Then what about finding God in all things?
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Conforming God to My Unfreedoms
We sometimes try to conform God to our decisions, rather than the other way around. In his Spiritual Exercises, Ignatius explains how we often make a means an end in itself. We need both internal and external freedom.
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Alma’s Way is the Ignatian Way
A new PBS Kids show speaks to the Ignatian pattern we see in the Examen.
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Feelings and Emotions: Be Curious in Prayer
Ignatius tells us that feelings are important guides in the spiritual life. How do we discern what feelings are telling us? How do we know they are leading us to God? Be curious.
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New Advent Meditation
Kids Journal
This guide will offer you a process and framework for discerning a particular decision using the approaches and prayer methods in the Ignatian tradition.
