Ignatian spirituality

There's something interiorly that he does within the mystery of the cross, something that he does within his physical sufferings.

interiorly that radically transforms the nature of suffering itself and you can call it the movement of indifference which again ignatius is it's a passionate indifference it's not just a kind of emptying oneself this is in stoicism um the movement of surrender the handing over and then the entrustment of these things um it's whatever we do in the face of the cross and we have to acknowledge that and we have to be honest about that but then we have to have kind of the tool set, so to speak, coming out of whatever tradition you want, Ignatian, Carmelite, this French school, whatever it is, but we've got to have a tool set to help us kind of interiorize and love the mystery of the powerlessness of the circumstances in our life in order to allow Christ to transform the interior of our soul in the midst of that.

I find I actually preach about this at funerals a lot.

And especially if it's like a really tragic funeral, maybe a child or something.

that we need to do.

It's very Ignatian in so many ways and very concrete.

So thank you for turning me on to this book.

Yes, absolutely.

And I imagine that a lot of people who are listening now might be struggling with...

Oftentimes with these shows, we hear from family members, spouses, parents, children, siblings who are struggling with a loved one's addiction and not sure what to do, and Jean shares her own experience as well as integrating, uh, wisdom from Ignatian spirituality into the process of helping families recover from addiction.

Oh, wonderful.

That's a book that you can find also at catholicinrecovery.com.

Uh, Father John Paul Mary Zeller of EWTN will be joining us, and, um, uh, Dr. Thomas Plante, who's up at, um, uh, Santa Clara University, did a really awesome study.

Uh, he's writes for, for the Catholic Psychotherapy Association and is a psychologist himself, and did a really awesome study of people who are in treatment whose 11th step, which is sought through prayer and meditation to improve our conscious contact with God.

Uh, those, they did a study, took a control group who did that in some typical 12-step fashions, and then another group who, uh, used the Ignatian spiritual exercises, uh, as part of that 11th step work, and found that the results of those ha- the people who did the ig- Ignatian exercises, uh, had greater success, long-term success in recovery, stayed sober-

Wow

I think it was one of the things that drove me into the study of theology.

One of the things that's been super helpful to me is doing some of the Jesuit Ignatian exercises.

I remember one time going on an Ignatian retreat and just really complaining to God about some of the stuff that was going on in my own life at that point in time, feeling pretty abandoned about stuff, and, um, complaining actively like, "God, where, where are you? Like, why are you not showing up to take care of me in the middle of this situation?" And it's one of the rare times in life when I would actually say this has happened.

But I, I almost was like I could hear Jesus saying, and I know it was that because it was unexpected to me, for Jesus to actually say, "I'm really sorry.

I'm really sorry this has happened to you.

I sometimes feel like myself with God right now, like God's had to have been on at least the 500th date because it's like every morning I will wake up and I'll be like, "Ugh, this sucks." And I h- and then I'll h- and I...

And God will have to woo me all over again.

And I think in trying to make the Ignatian spiritual exercises a part of my life right now again anew- It's a little bit like God wooing me over and over again each morning in a surprising new way.

The Priory of Notre-Dame-du-Pontet celebrated its 50th anniversary on May 30th to the 31st, gathering more than 300 faithful, priests, and religious for a weekend of thanksgiving in the presence of SSPX Superior General Father Davide Pagliarani.

Founded in 1976, Le Pontet holds a special place in the Society's history as the first headquarters of its French district and later as an important center for Ignatian retreats.

The Jubilee brought together many of those connected with the Priory's five decades of apostolate.

Father Alain Delagno, who has served as Prior since 1986, recounted its history, while Father Pagliarani addressed the faithful and preached at Sunday's Solemn Mass.