Father Mark Thibodeaux, S.J. Mark Thibodeaux, S.J., is a Jesuit priest, spiritual writer, spiritual director and master of novices at St. Stanislaus Kostka Jesuit novitiate in Grand Coteau, Louisiana.

(RNS) — The question isn’t whether a machine can pray, but whether we still know how to listen for the Spirit. (RNS) — I was recently invited to join an online webinar titled “AI & the Future of ...

Discernment is a gift and because it is one, there exists power. The Bible tells us in the book of Corinthians that discernment is the ability to understand or know something through the spirit. This ...

In Pope Francis recent interview with America magazine he frequently references “discernment.” Though many are aware of what he means by this, those who have never been exposed to Ignatian ...

Given my long affiliation with Jesuit institutions I’ve read quite a bit on Ignatian spirituality, much of it quite good, but I thought these excerpts from an essay by David Lonsdale (included in An ...

(ThyBlackMan.com) Sounds a little spooky doesn’t it? I suppose with Halloween just passing, this might be an interesting topic. When we hear this phrase, we might conjure up ideas of good and evil and ...

This feature is only available to members. Join now for full online access. When we discern that people are not going on spiritually and allow the discernment to turn to criticism, we block our way to ...

Good decision making isn’t a home run every time. Becoming wise requires patience and living in the tension of the unknown.