Election (The Ignatian Kind)
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.
Apostleship: More than Discipleship
Being a Disciple is the first stage in the Christian life, but Christ is calling us to a deeper role: being an Apostle, one who is sent.
How would you respond to this email?
Christ is calling you to change the world, and you have a specific role. How would you respond?
De-centering Your Spiritual Life
So often we are awakened to a dialogue with God in the midst of discomfort, when we feel de-centered and off balance.
Discerning Advent – Nativity
God’s incarnation makes sacred our very decisions and even the process of discernment. Every decision we make becomes an incarnation, a little Christmas through which God enters the world.
Discerning Advent – Preparation
People had to discern John the Baptist’s message. Was he the messiah? What were the signs they saw? Discernment includes many signs, consolation and desolation, and movements from the spirits that prepare the way to a choice.
Discerning Advent – Annunciation
God illumines a light into the world through the Annunication. Mary’s yes comes in a place of freedom, hope, and not clinging. Ignatius gives us several exercises for making decisions with this kind of freedom.
Discerning Advent – Darkness
Incarnation occurs all the time, even in our decisions. We are in a whirl of confusion and feel like we’re in darkness. Advent is a time of sitting with those raw feelings and emotions because discernment begins with observation.
Going Through the Motions
Sometimes going through the motions of a ritual can draw us back to God, especially in times of dryness.
