If asked to describe the concept of doubt, I think of descriptors like foggy, paralyzed, and uncertain. I see rooms full of shadow, with secrets hidden in every corner. The very notion of doubt, to me, evokes a stagnancy, a sense of turning inward, a crumpling up and doubling over and shrinking into myself. I […]

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Editor’s note: We conclude our series exploring each of the steps of the Examen. We’re using the Examen version from Jim Manney’s book, A Simple, Life-Changing Prayer. Find the full series here. 5. Look toward the day to come. In the last step of the Examen, we look toward the day to come. This is […]

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My love of nature began when I was a young child nurtured through the witness of my parents’ respect and awe of creation in our own backyard. Avid gardeners, they spent their free time designing and creating beautiful gardens, flowerbeds, and sanctuary nature nooks in our backyard that magnified the natural beauty of the Louisiana […]

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My three-year-old grandson called me last week, excited to share with me an important lesson he had finally learned. The same boy who had multiple “time out” sessions for refusing to say, “Sorry,” when he had done something wrong blurted out, “Sitti, if you say, ‘I’m sorry’ right away, the problem stays very small, but […]

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Editor’s note: We continue our series exploring each of the steps of the Examen. We’re using the Examen version from Jim Manney’s book, A Simple, Life-Changing Prayer. We’ll look at a different step each week. 4. Face your shortcomings. The Examen is a prayer of attentiveness. Prayer, like any action that we limited, finite, fallible […]

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As we approach All Saints Day, we highlight a few resources designed to challenge and entertain. Quiz: Which Saintly Dreamer Are You? Take a fun online quiz to learn which saintly dreamer you are. The quiz is inspired by A Catechism of the Strange: Stigmata, Relics, and the Miracles That Shape the Soul by W. […]

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Have you ever felt lost, bewildered, or off-course in your journey through life? The classic literary expression of lostness is Dante’s, at the beginning of The Divine Comedy. Midway upon the journey of our life I found myself within a forest dark, For the straightforward pathway had been lost. Who hasn’t felt this way? Perhaps […]

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Explore the universe with astronomer Guy J. Consolmagno, SJ, in A Jesuit’s Guide to the Stars.

Editor’s note: We continue our series exploring each of the steps of the Examen. We’re using the Examen version from Jim Manney’s book, A Simple, Life-Changing Prayer. We’ll look at a different step each week. 3. Review the day. In all my years of Catholic education, no one ever told me prayer could be getting […]

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I step off my bike into a hole in the grass. Down I go; it is as simple as that. Everything happens in slow motion: the fall, the break as I reach out with my left arm, the visit to urgent care followed by the nine-day wait for surgery, and eight weeks of recovery. There […]

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I grew up in a house that was well over a hundred years old. This house had a series of cast-iron radiators to keep it warm. During the winter months, the furnace would kick in and the heat and pressure would move the warmed water through the pipes and heat the house (when the furnace […]

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