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Come, Holy Spirit!
“Come, Holy Spirit!”
Acts 2:1-4 (2:4) – May 31, 2020
My parents grew up in the 1920’s and 1930’s. That was the golden age of radio. When I was young, my mother used to tell me about radio serials she used to follow. Serials like the Lone Ranger, Little Orphan Annie, Buck Rogers, and the Cinnamon Bear. I know many people all across the country followed these programs closely every week, and…
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Dynamic Spirit Power!
“Dynamic Spirit Power!”
Acts 2:2-4 – June 9, 2019
Have you ever been outside in hurricane-force winds? Either you, or a loved one you know and who is very dear to you? How about a massive storm that has huge bolts of lightning, and loud cracks of thunder? Can you imagine God’s mighty power displayed, for everyone to see and hear and feel?Anyone who has ever been caught in such a powerful storm…
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Can I Pray This Way?
Can I Pray This Way?
Matterofprayer: A Year of Everyday Prayers – Thursday, May 23, 2019
Can I Pray This Way?
What a question! As I consider praying in the Ignatian way, I remember the times I vividly experienced this way of prayer. Contemplative, imaginative, experiential prayer. But—will it work for me, this time?
I must admit up front: I am afraid. I am afraid that nothing will happen, this time. I am afraid of…
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Spiritual Imagination and Prayer
Spiritual Imagination and Prayer
Matterofprayer: A Year of Everyday Prayers – Saturday, May 18, 2019
Spiritual Imagination and Prayer
As I go through this book, I repeatedly find Ignatian prayer can be freeing, liberating, and exciting. Yes, I have read through books on Ignatian prayer before. (Including the Spiritual Exercises, the book that started it all.) Yet, I cannot get it cemented in my head that Ignatian prayer is…
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Contemplate, Imagine and Pray
Contemplate, Imagine and Pray
Matterofprayer: A Year of Everyday Prayers – Tuesday, April 16, 2019
Contemplate, Imagine and Pray
When I think about Ignatian prayer, the first thing that comes to mind is using my imagination. My “imagining cap” is never very far away, and I find imagining is often a fairly easy thing for me to do—to think and to pray in a way that invites imagination.
As Father Gallagher describes Ignatian…
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Truths in Scripture
Matterofprayer: A Year of Everyday Prayers – Monday, March 18, 2019
Truths in Scripture
I want to be more faithful to prayer and meditation. That’s why I have chosen this book for my Lenten prayer meditation, Meditation and Contemplation: An Ignatian Guide to Praying with Scripture. Father Gallagher lays things out in a clear, matter-of-fact manner, even though this kind of prayer can be quiet,…
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Happy, Faith-filled Prayer
Matterofprayer: A Year of Everyday Prayers – Friday, March 8, 2019
Happy, Faith-filled Prayer
What a wonderful experience, to have happy, faith-filled prayer! That is what St. Ignatius intends for us to have, as we enter into the part of his prayer practice called meditation.
As Father Gallagher mentions M. and his prayer experience with the passage of the Good Shepherd (John 10:1-18), “he tells…
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Prayer: God Moves Us
Prayer: God Moves Us
Matterofprayer: A Year of Everyday Prayers – Tuesday, February 26, 2019
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Prayer: God Moves Us
Prayer can be so intimate, so up-close-and-personal.
So many accounts of times when people felt utterly awestruck, as with M. while he read John 10, where Jesus talks about Himself as the Good Shepherd. “It was a beautiful time of prayer, an intimate time. There was so much in the words; it’s so…
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Prayer: Vibrant Experience
Matterofprayer: A Year of Everyday Prayers – Saturday, February 23, 2019
Prayer: Vibrant Experience
Another person recounted his experience with prayer. Father Gallagher mentions how M. had begun his journey with Christianity eight years before the writing of this book. Except—M. very much wanted to experience God. His prayers were unsatisfying, as was his reading of Scripture. Then, he was…
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Prayer: Tears and Anguish
Prayer: Tears and Anguish
Matterofprayer: A Year of Everyday Prayers – Saturday, February 16, 2019
Prayer: Tears and Anguish
Father Gallagher did not shy away from presenting strong, deep emotions in this book. In the very first chapter, the very first personal story he brings to us relate some of these gut-wrenching emotions.
We hear more from K., a woman who suffered from a stroke some years ago. She had entered into a…
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Prayer: Comfort of God
Prayer: Comfort of God
Matterofprayer: A Year of Everyday Prayers – Saturday, February 9, 2019
Prayer: Comfort of God
We are introduced to Ignatian prayer immediately, in this first chapter: Ignatian prayer and the effects it can have, internally What a powerful introduction it is, too.
A woman, K., relates about a time of spiritual retreat, and how during one of her times of prayer she was moved to pray with and…
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Prayer: Rest in God
Prayer: Rest in God
Matterofprayer: A Year of Everyday Prayers – Tuesday, February 5, 2019
Prayer: Rest in God
The quote at the beginning of the first chapter, “What I Wish and Desire,” is from St. Anselm. He mentions “Make a little time for God and rest in Him.” [1]I came to a full stop when I read those words. Both phrases. First and foremost, I need to make a little time for God regularly. I need to make this…
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Prayer: Meditation and Contemplation
Prayer: Meditation and Contemplation
Matterofprayer: A Year of Everyday Prayers – Thursday, January 31, 2019
Prayer: Meditation and Contemplation
Praying with Scripture can be moving, inspiring, soul-shaking, or heart-piercing. Sometimes, several of these at once or in succession.
I’m not saying that St. Ignatius had a corner on this praying-with-Scripture thing, but he certainly was able to guide people into the practice. That’s…
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Love Prayer with Scripture
Love Prayer with Scripture
Matterofprayer: A Year of Everyday Prayers – Thursday, January 24, 2019
Love Prayer with Scripture
I love praying in the Ignatian way. Some of the most meaningful and memorable times of prayer I have had in recent years have been while praying using St. Ignatius’ suggestions of imagery and guidance with Scripture.
However—I do not pray in this way often enough. Why is it that I do not? (This is…
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World of Imagination in Prayer
World of Imagination in Prayer
Matterofprayer: A Year of Everyday Prayers – Thursday, January 17, 2019
World of Imagination in Prayer
I love to imagine things. Ever since I was a little girl, I’ve had an extremely active imagination. (Some might say an overactive imagination.) Perhaps that is why I love using Ignatian prayer. Using my senses and using my brain together in prayer seem to be a marvelous combination. Maybe not…
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Two Building Blocks of Prayer
Two Building Blocks of Prayer
Matterofprayer: A Year of Everyday Prayers – Sunday, January 13, 2019
Two Building Blocks of Prayer
I have found another book on prayer. In keeping with my ecumenical teaching and training, I’ve chosen a book by a Catholic priest, Father Timothy Gallagher, OMV. This book on prayer is subtitled “An Ignatian Guide to Praying with Scripture.”
I love Ignatian prayer. I love reading and pondering…
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Star Light, Star Bright
Star Light, Star Bright
“Star Light, Star Bright”
Matthew 2:1-12 (2:2) – January 6, 2019
Have you ever been far away from the city at night—perhaps downstate Illinois, or the upper peninsula of Michigan, or in the Rocky Mountains—and looked up to see the sky filled with stars? I just was in rural Indiana a few nights ago. The night was clear and crisp, and I saw more lovely stars than I had seen for a number of years. T…
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