Resources & Reflections
Space to reflect, listen, and go deeper.
Explore reflections, spiritual practices, and resources for deepening your faith and nurturing your relationship with God.
Resources for the Journey
Spiritual growth often happens slowly in the questions we carry, the practices we return to, and the wisdom we encounter along the way.
This space will continue to grow with reflections, practices, and resources for the spiritual journey.
Fall in Love
TO PRAY
Nothing is more practical than finding God than falling in Love in a quite absolute, final way. What you are in love with, what seizes your imagination, will affect everything. It will decide what will get you out of bed in the morning, what you do with your evenings, how you spend your weekends, what you read, whom you know, what breaks your heart, and what amazes you with joy and gratitude. Fall in Love, stay in love, and it will decide everything.
Often attributed to Pedro Arrupe, SJ
Books We Recommend
Browse our collection of recommended books and resources to support prayer, reflection, discernment, and spiritual growth.
Franciscan Spirituality & Prayer
A guided journal featuring Franciscan wisdom from St. Francis, St. Clare, and others, offering space for prayer, reflection, and personal journaling.
A collection of prayers, blessings, poems, and reflections for nurturing spiritual growth and bringing prayer into the seasons and experiences of everyday life.
A Franciscan prayer resource centered on the Tau Cross and the spirituality of St. Francis, offering a simple invitation to prayer, peace, and reflection.
By Authors from the Ignatian Center
This book contains all the materials you need to pray the Ignatian Exercises over nine months under the guidance of an Ignatian director.
A prayer journey to experience God’s love and experience the Ignatian structure of prayer. Pray with this book to prepare for the Ignatian Exercises.
This book is an Ignatian Advent and Christmas coloring book that invites an adult and a child to enter into a scripture story, coloring, discussing, and praying together.
A book of Ignatian influenced guided retreats by one of The Ignatian Center’s Ignatian Directors.
Prayer Books
A beautiful collection of Ignatian prayers.
This small book is an excellent introduction to the Examen and offers many guided specific examens.
A collection of short Ignatian writings that could be reflected on or shared in a group setting.
Biography
The best biography of Ignatius.
Ignatian Discernment
An excellent introduction to Ignatian Discernment as well as more detailed information about consolation and desolation.
For studying the Exercises
Reference book containing the Exercises as Ignatius wrote them. On one side of the page are Ignatius' words; a contemporary translation is on the other.
Start Here
If you are new to spiritual direction or exploring where you might begin, these pages offer a helpful starting point.
Areas of Reflection
Future reflections and resources will explore the following themes:
Scripture & Reflection
Reflections on Scripture and the ways God's Word can illuminate the questions and experiences of everyday life.
Franciscan Spirituality
Exploring simplicity, presence, creation, compassion, gratitude, peace, and joy through a Franciscan lens.
Ignatian Spirituality & Discernment
Practices and reflections inspired by Ignatian spirituality for prayer, discernment, and recognizing the movements of the Spirit.
Saints & Spiritual Wisdom
Stories, teachings, and resources from voices that have shaped Christian spiritual life and formation.
More to Come
New reflections, spiritual practices, and resources will be added here over time.