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  • Sunday Prayer

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    In one of his best-known poems: ‘The Guest House,” Rumi uses the metaphor of the human being as a kind of ‘guest house’, which every day must accept new arrivals: joy, meanness, melancholy, and so on. Rumi’s lesson is that we should welcome and entertain all of these unexpected guests, for they all serve a…

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    A Necessary Autumn Inside Each You and I have spoken all these words, but as for the way we have to go, words are no preparation.  There is no getting ready, other than grace.  My faults have stayed hidden.  One might call that a preparation! I have one small drop of knowing in my soul.…

  • Ignatian Prayer Adventure – An Online Retreat

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    So many of us, myself included, spend our lives meeting its day-to-day challenges the best we can.  Circumstances don’t always allow for a thoughtful consideration of how we can make our lives more meaningful and fulfilling.  Sometimes a crisis precipitates a change, sometimes we just can’t keep pushing ourselves to continue doing the same job…

  • Sunday Prayer

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    THIRD HEAVEN Because the spirit, too, knows loneliness disasters happen in the universe and someone like myself, smallest of men, finds grace, a nimbus on the wall at noon. After the hurricane, I drove back home from hiding out safely inside a church. I saw downed oaks squashed across roof on roof or telephone wires;…

  • Sunday Prayer

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    The clear bead at the center changes everything.  There are no edges to my loving now. You’ve heard it said there’s a window that opens from one mind to another, but if there’s no wall, there’s no need for fitting the window, or the latch. — RUMI —

  • Ignatian Spirituality

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    Ignatian spirituality is a spirituality for everyday life. It insists that God is present in our world and active in our lives. It is a pathway to deeper prayer, good decisions guided by keen discernment, and an active life of service to others. Here, we are introduced to a daily practice adapted from Ignatius Loyola’s Spiritual Exercises. The…

  • Sunday Prayer

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    Teach Me To Listen   The following prayer was composed by John Veltri, S.J., a Canadian spiritual director and expert guide for those presenting the Spiritual Exercises. Teach me to listen, O God, to those nearest me, my family, my friends, my co-workers. Help me to be aware that no matter what words I hear,…

  • Thursday Prayer

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    Renowned classical Indian dancer Ananda Shankar Jayant was diagnosed with cancer in 2008. She tells her personal story of not only facing the disease but dancing through it, and gives a performance revealing the metaphor of strength that helped her do it.

  • Sunday Prayer

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    Listening The goose cries, and there is no way to save her. So many cheeps come from the nest by the river. If God doesn’t listen, why are we listening? Very deep water covers most of the globe. Whenever I see it, I think of St. John. There is no remedy for deep water but…