Tag: suffering
Finding God in the Gulag: Discovering Freedom in Captivity
by andyotto | Apr 29, 2024 | Essays, The Lighter Side, The Tough Questions | 0
Walter Ciszek, a Jesuit priest, endured solitary confinement and harsh conditions in Soviet prisons for 23 years. His trust in God’s will and his commitment to living a life of love helped him find hope and inner peace.
Read MoreWALL-E is an Easter Story
by andyotto | Apr 1, 2024 | Essays, God In All Things | 0
In a world marked by darkness and despair, this unlikely tale of a lonely robot reminds us of the resilience of life and the transformative power of love.
Read MoreSuffering and God’s Loving Accompaniment
by andyotto | Jun 19, 2023 | The Tough Questions | 0
What’s is God’s role in suffering? It might be helpful to see God as a parent who accompanies their child in pain.
Read MoreDrinking the Cup that the Father Gave Me
by guest | May 3, 2018 | Essays, Guest Posts | 0
Melissa finds comfort in the cross, which appears all around her.
Read MoreWounds That Heal
by guest | Apr 23, 2018 | Essays, Guest Posts | 6
Rosa’s greyhounds teach her to accept her woundedness and God’s desire for her to heal.
Read MoreCan God share my desires and not fulfil them?
by andyotto | Mar 19, 2018 | The Tough Questions | 5
Ignatian spirituality says that God shares the deep desires of our heart, but what if they never come to fruition?
Read MoreThe Problem of Pain
by andyotto | Aug 15, 2016 | The Tough Questions | 8
How can one find God in the tremendous grief and loneliness of pain and suffering? “Spirituality is always eventually about what you do with your pain,” says Richard Rohr.
Read MoreA Lenten Challenge from Buddhism
by guest | Feb 18, 2016 | Essays, Spiritual Practices | 7
Buddhism’s Lenten challenge for us.
Read MoreParis and the Unimaginable: Listening in Silence to the God of Life
“Perhaps we are being called to remain with these suffering people, in silence, with no words, allowing the spirit of the God of abundant life to move within each of us.”
Read MoreGod the Discomforter
by guest | Jul 23, 2015 | Prayer, The Tough Questions | 1
What bothers you? Discomforts you? In the suffering and pain of the world, God is pushing us to action.
Read MoreGod in the Greyhounds
by guest | Jun 25, 2015 | Awareness, God In All Things, Guest Posts | 4
Looking at the generally simple life of animals can bring us humans down to earth.
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This guide will offer you a process and framework for discerning a particular decision using the approaches and prayer methods in the Ignatian tradition.