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Thomas H. Green, S.J. For the past several years, I have been a spiritual director in a major seminary. The spiritual director’s job is a unique one for which there seems to be no real training except experience. He is a curious mix: an alter ego, or other self, sharing with young people what is

from The Spiritual Exercises of St. Ignatius Loyola Edited by Martin Royackers, S.J. Contemplation means different things in different schools of spirituality. For St. Ignatius, it meant becoming personally present through the imagination to an event in the life of Christ. The goal of this type of prayer is to come to know Christ intimately

from The Spiritual Exercises of St. Ignatius Loyola Edited by Martin Royackers, S.J. 1st Point. This is to recall to mind the blessings of creation and redemption, and the special favours I have received. I will ponder with great affection how much God our Lord has done for me, and how much He has given

from The Spiritual Exercises of St. Ignatius Loyola Edited by Fr. Martin Royackers, S.J. “The first point is to give thanks to God our Lord for the gifts received.” Ignatius once said that the most abominable sin he could imagine was the sin of ingratitude. He knew that an awareness of God’s goodness and generosity

GOSPEL (Matthew 14:22-33) Immediately after feeding the crowd with the five loaves and two fish, Jesus made the disciples get into the boat and go on ahead to the other side, while he dismissed the crowds. And after he had dismissed the crowds, he went up the mountain by himself to pray. When evening came,

Armand M. Nigro, S.J. We hear a great deal about Religious crisis, don’t we? There are crises of authority and obedience, of Community life, of personal identity, of Religious poverty, etc. I am convinced that at the basis of it all is a crisis of faith. But there is no hope for improvement here unless