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Ignatian Reflections

William Manaker S.J.

Blog Post by William Manaker S.J.

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7 July 2024

Fourteenth Sunday in Ordinary Time Jesus was not able to perform any mighty deed there, apart from curing a few sick people by laying his hands ...
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4 May 2024

Saturday of the Fifth Week of Easter In today’s Gospel, Jesus employs the image of “the world.” This “world,” as Jesus portrays it, is hostile ...
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3 May 2024

Feast of Saints Philip and James, Apostles “Amen, amen, I say to you, whoever believes in me will do the works that I do, and will do greater ...
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2 May 2024

Memorial of Saint Athanasius, Bishop and Doctor of the Church One antiphon from the Holy Thursday liturgy, Ubi caritas, states that where true ...
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1 May 2024

Wednesday of the Fifth Week of Easter Today’s Gospel reading of the vine and the branches offers us an opportunity to make a kind of ...
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30 April 2024

Tuesday of Fifth Week of Easter As one who grew up in a military family, moving from place to place around the country, I often had to take ...
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29 April 2024

Memorial of Saint Catherine of Siena, Virgin and Doctor of the Church Whoever loves me will keep my word, and my Father will love him, and we ...
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28 April 2024

Fifth Sunday of Easter A child who grows up in a loving family is likely to hear the statement that they are loved often: the statement, “I ...
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24 February 2024

Saturday of the First Week of Lent “Perfect” is a tricky word, even a dangerous one. It seems to imply a static state, a point of arrival, and ...
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23 February 2023

Friday of the First Week of Lent Almost inevitably, siblings come into conflict. Growing up, my sister and I certainly did. While the two of us ...
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