Formation Resources
Here you can find our archives of formation teaching, activities, practices and meditations. Browse below or search to find resources to use on your own or with a group.
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Ignatian Meditation
This classical spiritual discipline, based on the Spiritual Exercises of Ignatius of Loyola, invites us to enter a gospel passage imaginatively, with all our senses, to find ourselves address by Jesus who asks: What do you want me to do for you? Our meditation text is in Mark 10.
Welcoming Prayer
The Welcoming Prayer is a meditation inviting us to become present to explore our experiences, without judgement or shame, and invite God to be in them with us. This prayer helps us let go of thoughts and feelings which support our programs for happiness - power and control, affection and esteem, and safety and security - which become compulsive and prevent the will from being open and present to what God is inviting. The three steps of the prayer are focus, welcome, and let go.
This meditation, recorded by Mindy Durias, runs for about 16 minutes and will introduce and guide you through this practice.