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Everyone involved with the Jesuit Retreat Center of Los Altos believes that retreats change lives is what happens here. There are many...
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cngo49
Jun 8, 20222 min read
Strength
I recently was having a spiritual focused conversation with someone who asked me where I got my strength from? I had been reflecting to...
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cngo49
Jun 2, 20221 min read
Born Sleeping on May 14
The doctors scratched their heads. This was improbable. Week after week the lovely young woman and her devoted husband arrived at the...
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cngo49
May 25, 20222 min read
The Pandemic Opened New Possibilities
As with many organizations, the pandemic forced the Jesuit Retreat Center of Los Altos to change how we served God. I would like to...
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cngo49
May 18, 20222 min read
A shoe, a cat and opportunities galore
Angela Zavala, our top flight Retreat Manager, came into my office the other day and asked if I was aware that I was missing a shoe. I...
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cngo49
May 11, 20223 min read
Oceans run deep in the Los Altos Mountains.
I arrived at the retreat full of anxiety. Not knowing what to expect from this Sacred Sorrows Retreat. I had not heard of, nor attended a...
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cngo49
May 4, 20223 min read
Ask and You Shall Receive
I wanted to write today about one of the simple yet powerful lessons that Jesus taught us. In the Gospel of Matthew (Chapter 7:7 - 8), in...
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cngo49
Apr 27, 20221 min read
The Roses are BACK
When the Loyola Gardens were renovated several years back, the ancient rose bushes were removed. Many retreatants have been very...
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cngo49
Apr 20, 20222 min read
The Chosen
It looks like America magazine and I are on the same wavelength this week. A month ago we were invited to deepen our spiritual practices...
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cngo49
Apr 13, 20222 min read
Join the Jesuit Retreat Center for the next 100 years
It’s amazing that in a few short years, there will be a centennial celebration for the Jesuit Retreat Center. Think about it. A billiards...
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cngo49
Apr 6, 20223 min read
Calling All Angels
I’ve been thinking a lot about angels lately. This is mainly due to the fact that in a recent spiritual direction conversation we were...
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cngo49
Mar 30, 20222 min read
Quiet Time : Summer in the Retreat Center
Fr. Robert Fabing, SJ, who has lived at the Jesuit Retreat Center for almost 50 years, loves to remind us that the Retreat Center exists...
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cngo49
Mar 23, 20221 min read
God and Gardening
Fr. John Auther, SJ is a Jesuit for 42 years and a priest for almost 30 years. In his pastoral ministry he has devoted a good deal of...
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cngo49
Mar 16, 20223 min read
Simple Words
Throughout my lifetime, when I have faced difficult times, I have found that my prayer gets distilled down to very simple words. I am not...
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cngo49
Mar 9, 20221 min read
VISIO DIVINA
In last week’s blog, Fr. John Auther encouraged us to make time for “spiritual viewing” as a way to uplift, challenge and instruct our...
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cngo49
Mar 2, 20222 min read
A New Spiritual Discipline: Spiritual Viewing?
When I joined the novitiate more than forty years ago, our schedule each day held one half hour of spiritual reading. It made perfect...
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cngo49
Feb 23, 20223 min read
A Wild Hope for Lent
When it comes to Lent, which begins March 2nd, we have so many resources to enhance our journey to the cross and resurrection! Most of...
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cngo49
Feb 16, 20222 min read
Agape, Lent, and Laudato Si
In the 2nd reading from Jan 29th, we were challenged with a revolutionary concept of agape love. Paul’s description in I Corinthians 13,...
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cngo49
Feb 9, 20224 min read
It's Never Too Early to Think About Lent
There it is…that four letter word…LENT. Yes, it’s a different kind of four letter word than we are accustomed to thinking of, yet still...
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cngo49
Feb 2, 20222 min read
The Ignatian Approach to 'Devotion'
One can easily argue that the term ‘consolation’ describes the heart of Ignatius’ spiritual experience of God. In The Spiritual...
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