Tag: forgiveness
The Spiritual Neuroscience of Revenge: Choosing Freedom Over Retaliation
Neuroscience research reveals that revenge activates the same reward circuits in our brains as addictive drugs, keeping us trapped in what Ignatian spirituality calls the “false self.” Faith-based practices like prayer and meditation literally rewire the brain for mercy over retaliation, offering a path to the spiritual freedom that comes when we choose forgiveness over the ego’s demand for revenge.
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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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Forgiveness is a Means to Freedom
Forgiveness is a way that God seeks to lift the burdens from us that prevent us from the freedom to love and live fully.
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You’re Loved Just the Way You Are
Mister Rogers did the work of Jesus, sharing God’s love by reminding us that we are inherently loved just the way we are.
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Cultivate Your Faith: Reconciliation
Reconciliation is all about old things passing away. This is the second talk in our series, Cultivate Your Faith.
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Love Doesn’t Make Sense
The way Jesus radically loves doesn’t make sense if you use the criteria of this world.
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Forgiveness, A Neglected But Vital Virtue
“The truth is that forgiveness is deeply embedded within love. Without forgiveness, there can be no love.”
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White As Snow
God, cleanse me, and I shall be made whiter than snow.
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Channels of God’s Love, Not Dispensers
The story of the prodigal son reminds us that grace doesn’t come cheap, and that reconciliation is God’s initiative.
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Confession, Vulnerability, and Healing
You may often hear Christians use the word confession. “Oh, I have to go to confession.” “Let us make a confession of faith.” “Can I make a confession?” It’s something we do, yet don’t do. Confession can mean many things. We can...
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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.
