Living in the Tensions 2: On Discernment

Last week, I talked about Living in the Tensions in terms of accepting the paradoxes of life. This week, let’s talk about living in the tensions in terms of it being a prerequisite for discernment.

St. Ignatius of Loyola has another word for living in the tensions: indifference. He said that we should be able to to hold ourselves in balance: not putting ourselves in one or the other choice or extreme. In fact, God’s will is said to be found in the tensions.

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Ang Peregrino Recommends 26: Pray As You Go

Pray As You Go
URL: http://www.pray-as-you-go.org
This post is for my mom who is one of the regular readers of this blog. Pray-as-You-Go is a really cool website for those who want to pray but do not have the time, or those who are in need of a spiritual break, religious fix or devotional energizer (whew!) [...]

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Living in the Tensions

Last week, I talked about the 20 Things I Learned in Life. I forgot to put in that list one really important lesson I have also learned. It’s good though because then it gives me a chance to talk about that topic today.

This lesson is something I learned in the Novitiate of the Society of Jesus, and it was taught to me/us by the great Fr. Benny Calpotura. He calls it “living in the tensions”. The concept is similar to Parmenides’ Golden Mean (check that out yourself in wikipedia! hehe).

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Fr. Nicolas on Fr. Arrupe

Got this really interesting article about Fr. Nicolas’ encounters with Fr. Arrupe. Fr. Nicolas is the new General of the Society of Jesus — which means that he is the head of all the Jesuits in the world. Fr. Arrupe, was a Jesuit General at the time of Vatican II–a time of great transitions and [...]

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Ang Peregrino Recommends 21: Pins of Light

Pins of Light
URL: http://frjg.multiply.com/
Fr. Johnny Go, SJ was my spiritual director back when I was a prenovice at Arvisu House. Back then, his homilies were much sought after and his masses were really popular among the college kids who would suddenly go to mass on Mondays (the day he says mass) and be absent [...]

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Jesuit Joke

A former student, Robbie Paraan, and one of the prenovices in Cebu when I was there, Eric Esteba, are entering the Jesuit Novitiate in Novaliches today. I take a break from Organize-Your-Life Fridays because of this. Here’s a joke that I dedicate to them and all my Jesuit friends.
A Jesuit, a Dominican, and a Franciscan [...]

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Bread and Fish

When I was a Jesuit and assigned to the Ateneo Christian Life Community in Ateneo de Manila, I directed a first year college student named Robbie Paraan for his first 5 day retreat. We became good friends afterwards. He eventually became OAC (Over All Coordinator/President) of the organization, graduated from college, and worked in HSBC.
In [...]

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The Bell Ringer

(Last April 12, 2008, two Jesuits were ordained to the priesthood: Frs. Xavier Olin and Nono Alfonso. This is Fr. Nono’s thanksgiving speech.)
When I am asked about my vocation story – how I discerned or heard God’s call – my simple answer is that, I heard the pealing of the bells. I remember when [...]

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Pope Benedict Visits the US

Pope Benedict XVI is visiting the US. He arrived on his birthday, April 15. From April 15-17, he will be at Washington DC, and after that, until he leaves on the 20th, he will be in New York City. This is the first pastoral visit of Benedict to the States.
I wonder when he’s going to [...]

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Online Holyweek Retreat

From www.jesuits.ph:

We are inviting you to do something different this Holy Week. Aside from the usual services, how about joining a 3-day online retreat? Called “MEETING PLACES,” the retreat is made up of three modules, one for each day starting Holy Thursday and ending on Black Saturday. You can go through the modules anytime on [...]

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