Episodes
Enter into the mystery of this Advent's gospel readings using imaginative prayer.
Published 12/17/22
Published 12/17/22
Enter into the mystery of this Advent's gospel readings using imaginative prayer.
Published 12/10/22
Enter into the mystery of this Advent's gospel readings using imaginative prayer.
Published 12/03/22
Enter into the mystery of this Advent's gospel readings using imaginative prayer.
Published 11/26/22
Enter the interior "library of your soul". Through the metaphor of a library, explore the stacks and discover the titles and genres that have shaped who you are. This guided meditation offers prompts for you to explore in your imagination, to simply see what is there. And perhaps you'll bump into someone you know who will show you something you hadn't seen before.
Published 10/19/22
Being a parent means living in the tension of joy and challenge. This Examen invites you to pray with your role as a parent, the challenges, joys, burdens, and moments of love.
Published 02/15/22
Being a parent means living in the tension of joy and challenge. This Examen invites you to pray with your role as a parent, the challenges, joys, burdens, and moments of love.
Published 02/15/22
God’s incarnation makes sacred our very decisions and even the process of discernment. Every decision we make becomes an incarnation, a little Christmas through which God enters the world.
Published 12/18/21
People had to discern John the Baptist's message. Was he the messiah? What were the signs they saw? Discernment includes many signs, consolation and desolation, and movements from the spirits that prepare the way to a choice.
Published 12/11/21
God illumines a light into the world through the Annunciation. Mary’s yes comes in a place of freedom, hope, and not clinging. Ignatius gives us several exercises for making decisions with this kind of freedom.
Published 12/04/21
Discerning Advent is a four-week Advent series examining Ignatian discernment and decision-making in the light of the Mystery of the Incarnation. Incarnation occurs all the time, even in our decisions. We are in a whirl of confusion and feel like we’re in darkness. Advent is a time of sitting with those raw feelings and emotions because discernment begins with observation.
Published 11/29/21
The human experience includes pain, discomfort, and negative emotions and thoughts. How do we deal with these uninvited guests? This meditation invites us to reframe these guests as visitors we welcome.
Published 10/04/21
The human experience includes pain, discomfort, and negative emotions and thoughts. How do we deal with these uninvited guests? This meditation invites us to reframe these guests as visitors we welcome.
Published 10/04/21
St. Ignatius believed that our memory was a gift from God. This meditation invites you to explore and relive a specific moment within a significant memory. This is a way to begin to engage your imagination through your own story.
Published 07/20/21
This is a version of the Morning Examen without music. It is to be prayed in the morning, assessing your desires, feelings, and possible challenges as you face a new day.
Published 05/29/21
A 7-minute audio Examen similar to the Evening Examen but without music. Thanks to Vanessa VLOKE from Singapore who voiced this Examen.
Published 05/12/21
This version of the Examen is to be prayed in the morning, assessing your desires, feelings, and possible challenges as you face a new day.
Published 02/08/21
To be prayed at the close of the day, this Examen gives you the chance to reflect on how God was at your side during the day.
Published 02/08/21
A 7-minute audio Examen similar to the Evening Examen but without music.
Published 02/08/21
Pray this examen any time of day. It takes just two minutes, so now you have no excuse to pray!
Published 02/08/21
An Examen on the blessing of family and our role in it. Pray alone or with your family.
Published 02/08/21
An Examen on how God has taken and blessed us, loved us in brokenness, and given us to the world.
Published 02/08/21
Saint Ignatius often recommends that before prayer we ask God for “what I want and desire”. This two-part daily audio meditation will help you ask yourself, “What is the grace I seek?” Morning and Before Bed tracks are meant to bookend your day.
Published 02/08/21
Part 2 of The Grace I Seek meditation. Be sure you have prayed the Morning segment at the beginning of your day before praying this one before you go to sleep.
Published 02/08/21