Ignatian Spirituality: Set the World Ablaze
John Predmore, S.J., is a USA East Province Jesuit and was the pastor of Jordan's English language parish. He teaches art and directs BC High's adult spiritual formation programs. Formerly a retreat director in Gloucester, Massachusetts. Ignatian Spirituality is given through guided meditations, weekend-, 8-day, and 30-day Retreats based on The Spiritual Exercises of St. Ignatius of Loyola. Ignatian Spirituality serves the contemporary world as people strive to develop a friendship with God.
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Tuesday, March 19, 2024
Spirituality: Wendell Berry from "I go among the trees and sit still" in SABBATHS
All my stirring becomes quiet
around me like circles on water.
My tasks lie in their places
where I left them, asleep like cattle.
Monday, March 18, 2024
Prayer: Celtic Prayer
Sunday, March 17, 2024
Prayer: Reinhold Niebhur
Saturday, March 16, 2024
Prayer: From the Iona Community, off the coast of Scotland
Friday, March 15, 2024
Poem: D.H. Lawrence from The Hands of God
Thursday, March 14, 2024
Spirituality: “The Cross as a Symbol of Christian Faith” by Pope Francis
Those who die with Jesus shall rise again with Jesus. The cross is the door to resurrection. Whoever struggles alongside him will triumph with him. This is the message of hope contained in Jesus’ cross, urging us to be strong …. The Christian cross … is a call to the love with which Jesus sacrificed himself to save humanity from evil and sin.
In this Lenten season, we contemplate with devotion the image of the crucifix, Jesus on the cross; this is the symbol od Christian faith, the emblem of Jesus, who died and rose for us. Let us ensure that the cross marks the stages of our Lenten journey in order to understand ever better the seriousness of sin and the value of the sacrifice by which the Savior has saved us all.
The Blessed Virgin was able to contemplate the glory of Jesus hidden in his humanness. May she help us stay with him in silent prayer, to allow ourselves to be enlightened by his presence, so as to bring a reflection of his glory to our hearts through the darkest nights.
Source: Angelus, 12 March 2017