Imagine Advent
Pray with the Advent gospel readings using your imagination.
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Category: Prayer
Seeing the Whole
It’s important to look at a piece of the jigsaw puzzle, but we must also know its context. In the spiritual life we must widen our gaze and see more of the whole picture.
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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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Ignatian Contemplation: Praying with Your Imagination
Think you don’t have an imagination? Here’s why Ignatius felt imagination was so important to our prayer. Also, try our new Memory Recollection audio meditation.
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The Ministry of Remembering
It feels good to be remembered. Ignatius saw the memory as a gift, one that draws us into a deeper union with God.
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Friend and Master: Two Images of Divine Companionship
Ignatius uses two images for our relationship with God: a friendship and a master-servant relationship. Both of these however are really about a deep intimacy and companionship.
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And He Is Named – An Audio Meditation
Pray with the four names for Christ from Isaiah 9:6 in this new audio meditation: Wonderful Counselor, Mighty God, Everlasting Father, Prince of Peace.
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How can I trust that I’m not ‘making up’ my prayer experience?
When we pray using our imagination we might worry that the content of our prayer is not of God, but of our own makings. Here are a few ways you can discern the “voice” in your prayer.
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Having a Mutual Relationship with God
Sometimes we fall into a one-sided relationship with God. We ask for, take, obey, and do what we can so God keeps loving us. That’s not a relationship based on genuine love.
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What Do You Expect of Prayer?
Perseverance and indifference in prayer may seem in conflict, but prayer is an expression of desire followed by a trust in God.
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Beloved – An Audio Meditation
An audio meditation on your belovedness. You are loved. Period.
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Building a Prayer Habit
Most of us want to commit to daily prayer, but many find it hard to maintain it as a habit. Here are some things to consider if it’s a challenge for you.
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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.
