Not everything is bad news in public discourse
The
examination of conscience is a useful exercise, that short period of
reflection and prayer when we ask God to reveal to us the lights and
shadows, graces and sins in our lives. The prayer was a favorite of St.
Ignatius Loyola, so much so that he is reputed to have said that even if
a Jesuit misses every other prayer obligation on a given day, he should
never skip the examination. I wish I could say I have never missed it,
mainly because I find the examination, or Examen, as Ignatius called his
version, incredibly valuable. This column, in fact, is one of its
fruits.
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