by Adam | Dec 15, 2023 | Help, Prayer, The Field Guide
A nightly examen is a way to recount our actions throughout the day and acknowledge where we chose to respond to God’s grace and where we chose otherwise. St. Ignatius of Loyola thought that the examen was “a gift that came directly from God, and that God wanted it to...
by Adam | Dec 15, 2023 | Help, Prayer, The Field Guide
The first moments of the day can help to direct its entire course. Begin each day with God so that we can live in his presence. This easiest way to do this is by making a morning offering. Here are some examples of prayers that we can use to make a morning offering....
by Adam | Dec 15, 2023 | Help, Prayer, The Field Guide
First of all, you might wonder why you should pray a holy hour. The famous philosopher, Blaise Pascal, once said there was nothing we fear more than silence. We try to fill all our time with noise or distraction. Yet silence directed to God is what we need most. The...
by Fr. Boniface Hicks | Dec 12, 2023 | Formation, Our Team Picks, Prayer
When Jesus was in the Garden of Gethsemane and began entering into His Passion, he asked his Apostles to keep watch for one hour. That was their first holy hour. Based on Jesus’s words to them after their first holy hour, we could say that they had room to grow,...
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