Discernment, Prayer and the Spiritual Exercises

This is how I feel about the light of faith. With faith the world is cast into a different light. We experience things differently and this in turn draws us closer to God.

What is considered a weed, worth little in our flower gardens, was first bright yellow, then closed up again before reopening to this majestic perfection. Look closely. Each blossom is perfectly white, artistically formed, like a magic wand, ready...

It was an interesting question: the focus was about times of strife such as family illness and bereavement, but some people also referred to the sense of wonder in God's creation. Some of the atheists were respectful, but others were not. I began to...