I don’t have an answer to the question of why there is so much evil and pain in this world. All I can do is encourage you to speak directly to God if you have questions about God’s ways, as one friend to another, even if anger is the only emotion you can voice. The […]

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A Friendship Like No Other by William A. Barry, SJ, offers a fresh approach to becoming a friend of God.

God is always working in our lives, but sometimes we are so wrapped up in the details of life that we need a friend to notice God’s work for us. Spiritual friends are the ones who notice for us. We turn to them when we want to talk about our faith journey, relationship with God, […]

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A few weeks ago, my husband and I went for a walk with our dog at the peak weekend in our area for bird migration. We found a spot in a park known for bird migration and opened my birding phone app to listen for what birds might be in the area. To our delight, […]

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A Friendship Like No Other by William A. Barry, SJ, offers a fresh approach to becoming a friend of God.

July is almost here, so that means we’re getting ready for the 17th-annual 31 Days with St. Ignatius. This original month-long celebration of Ignatian spirituality leads up to the feast day of its namesake on July 31. We’ve put together a calendar of Ignatian articles and more for you to be inspired daily by St. […]

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A Friendship Like No Other by William A. Barry, SJ, offers a fresh approach to becoming a friend of God.

I stare at the little green shoots on our small and struggling tree and will them to grow faster. Come on, I think. The deer can still reach you there. You have to get taller, bigger, wider, anything. But, of course, that’s not how trees work. That’s not how plants grow. And that’s not how […]

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A Friendship Like No Other by William A. Barry, SJ, offers a fresh approach to becoming a friend of God.

Ever have a gut-wrenching day? Not just a hard day, but a day when you felt like there was nothing left inside of you but ache? Maybe it was the day your teenager screamed at you for the umpteenth time and slammed the door in your face. Maybe it was the day you had to […]

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The first time I ran a meeting as a leader of adults, I made a colossal mistake. It took me years, however, to understand the mistake and its implications for building my team. I remember being so nervous preparing for that first meeting. Though I had confidence in the ministerial abilities that had led me […]

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A Friendship Like No Other by William A. Barry, SJ, offers a fresh approach to becoming a friend of God.

Life has been busy. Maybe it is the season of life. My teen sons cannot yet drive but still have violin lessons and jujitsu classes they need to be driven to. And my husband and I have so much work, it is rare we are both home the same evening. In these moments of busy-ness, […]

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A few years ago, I visited the town in Ireland where my father’s ancestors lived. The cathedral there was built in the 1950s, so it’s unlikely that any of my relatives were part of its construction. Yet, when I went in, I felt immediately rooted. It was as if I could somehow feel a bunch […]

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As a preface to his declaration about the Incarnation in Philippians, St. Paul said, “The attitude you should have is the one that Christ Jesus had.” Wisdom is making peace with the unchangeable. We have the freedom to face the unavoidable with dignity, to understand the transformational value that attitude works on suffering. Viktor Frankl […]

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A Friendship Like No Other by William A. Barry, SJ, offers a fresh approach to becoming a friend of God.