We don’t often get to experience what Jesus did over the span of a few days and we should really thank God for that. During His entry into Jerusalem, the people shout “Hosanna” and lay palm branches before him. Then as He is being accused falsely before a court, possibly...

The examen prayer, in two parts, is essential to Ignatian spirituality. The general examen is done spontaneously each evening by Christians when they review their day to recollect how they were or were not acting as Christ. A yardstick for review can be the “fruit of the Spirit, … love,...

Last Sunday we heard the Father say at the Transfiguration, “This is my beloved Son. Listen to him.” What did the apostles then, and we now, so resist hearing? In Mark 8:31 and 8:34-35, we read, “He began to teach them that the Son of Man had to suffer much,...

Last Sunday we heard the Father say at the Transfiguration, “This is my beloved Son. Listen to him.” What did the apostles then, and we now, so resist hearing? In Mark 8:31 and 8:34-35, we read, “He began to teach them that the Son of Man had to suffer much,...