Blog Post by Richard Nichols S.J.
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14 March 2023
14 March 2023 Tuesday of the Third Week of Lent There was a prayer in the Old Testament: “O Lord, do not deliver us up forever, or make void ...
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13 March 2023
13 March 2023 Monday of the Third Week of Lent St. Ignatius Loyola wanted poverty to be a profound characteristic of the newly founded Society ...
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12 March 2023
12 March 2023 Third Sunday of Lent These days, the Catholic Church asks her faithful to fast for only two days per year. That’s not very much ...
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7 January 2023
7 January 2023 Christmas Weekday Saint Ignatius has his retreatants ask God for certain gifts at particular moments of the retreat. His ...
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6 January 2023
6 January 2023 Christmas Weekday Beware of being overly passive in the spiritual life. “Whoever possesses (ὁ ἔχων, qui habet) the Son has life; ...
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5 January 2023
5 January 2023 Memorial of Saint John Neumann, Bishop According to the Spiritual Exercises of St. Ignatius Loyola, love consists in a mutual ...
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4 January 2023
4 January 2023 Memorial of Saint Elizabeth Ann Seton, Religious According to the first epistle of John, chapter 3, the Son of God was revealed ...
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3 January 2023
3 January 2023 Christmas Weekday “When God appears we shall be like him, for we shall see him as he is” (1 John 3:2). The things that we see ...
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2 January 2023
2 January 2023 Memorial of Saints Basil the Great and Gregory Nazianzen, Bishops and Doctors of the Church “Who is the liar? Whoever denies ...
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1 January 2023
1 January 2023 The Octave Day of Christmas Solemnity of the Blessed Virgin Mary, the Mother of God Jewish priests, according to the sixth ...
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