Prayer Resources

Learning How to Rest

Your instructor for this lesson on rest: Jesus.

Let’s Pause

How can we find rest in the restlessness? How can we reclaim the true meaning of the Sabbath.

Your Own Spiritual Exercises

You don’t have to be Saint Ignatius to create your own spiritual exercises. The story of Ignatius and his notebook in Manresa and steps on how to keep your own.

Serving With Only What You Have

When one simple practice of service can bring joy and lead you to your becoming.

The Ignatian Way: Contemplative in Action

How can you be a contemplative in action? Rest and reflection! A reflection on Mark 6:30-34 using the Ignatian method of stopping, resting, reflecting, and then going back to work. It’s a must in any faith life.

If It Doesn’t Work, Don’t Use It

Don’t get caught up with one prayer method or another. Use what works for you and don’t use what doesn’t.

Music, Photographs, and Stained Glass: Methods of Prayer

Using music, photography, and gazing at stained glass as methods of prayer and tapping into the divine.

The Weeds and the Wheat: Mindfulness and Non-Resistance

Whenever we bring suffering or negative feelings into our consciousness, we give it less power over us. When we take a mindful, contemplative, and non-resistance stance like Jesus, we discover a new kind of freedom.

Can I call God a friend?

We should have respect and reverence for God, but can we call God a friend? Yes! And here’s why…

God in Nothing

Discover the power of Nothing. Darkness and emptiness is not an absence of God but rather an inviting space for God to fill.

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.