My Spiritual Wanderings and Wonderings

Spirituality

  • Looking Directly at Who

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    I sat in the chapel yesterday evening. Suddenly, the sun was streaming directl in my eyes.  “I cannot look at  youk”…

  • Done in God

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    What happens is that we have a notion, or a thought, or a hankering:  career, marriage, monastery, priesthood.   It floats…

  • Why We Fast for Lent

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    While we’re fasting for Lent, I might be good to be clear that we are not trying to make ourselves holy.…

  • To Pray Better

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    Every now and again, someone asks me how “to pray better.”  I know the feeling, because dark spirits are always lurking…

  • “Indifferent to All Things”?

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    When St. Ignatius tells us (in the Principle and Foundation) to live “indifferent to all created things” it might sound like…

  • Suffer as Jesus Did?

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    The first thing to keep very clear is that Jesus did not say that we would suffer if we follow Him.…