Shedding Light on the “Dark Night”
Debra Black
May 20, 2024
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“A spiritual dark night vs. darkness in life is differentiated by its origin.” – Debra Black
Debra Black
A cradle Catholic, Debra Black received the gift of completing the full 19th annotation of the Spiritual Exercises of St. Ignatius of Loyola in 1998 under individual direction of the Institute of the Blessed Virgin Mary. She repeated the exercises in 2001 and remained an Associate to the Loreto Sisters through 2009. In 2015 she was missioned through the Lanteri Center for Ignatian Spirituality to provide spiritual direction and lead the Ignatian Spiritual Exercises. She also is a perpetual member of the Fellowship of Catholic Scholars, former Commissioner for the city of Glendale, AZ and has decades of parish and community service. Over 40 years of professional experience includes 32 years of leadership in international higher education. Debra is mother to Sienna and resides in Bellingham, Washington.
You can follow her work at TheFaceofGraceProject.com
Thou Shalt Renew the Face of the Earth
Debra Black
May 12, 2024
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“However, for the rest of us, the Spirit’s fruits seen in our actions are preceded by a change in our perspective, a perspective that differs in its clarity and purity because our eyes now see with Love. These fruits become our attitude.” – Debra Black
The Retreat that Never Ends: Who Should Take the Ignatian Exercises?
Debra Black
May 4, 2024
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“Coupled with the meditations of the Exercises, healing takes place and self-reliance is slowly replaced with God-reliance. The enemy loses his hold on them.” – Debra Black
His Heart Breaks For Me
Debra Black
March 25, 2024
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“It is important to ‘own’ our sin. But it is also important to stand in awe of Him who in that very same moment has chosen to suffer the consequence of it.” – Debra Black
Secrets
Debra Black
February 5, 2024
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“Just as our Father kept the secret of His Son throughout history, He wants us to share with Him the deepest secrets in our heart.” – Debra Black
The Retreat that Never Ends: The Spiritual Exercises of St. Ignatius of Loyola
Debra Black
January 8, 2024
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“The spiritual life, our relationship with God, is eternal and never-ending. Similarly, the Spiritual Exercises have no ‘end’.” – Debra Black
Coming Face-to-Face With God: Using Images in Prayer
Debra Black
December 14, 2023
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“By use of our imagination, recalling images of sacred people and moments in salvation history gives us a tangible visualization to ponder in meditation.” – Debra Black
Answering the Call of Christ the King
Debra Black
November 25, 2023
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“In the meditation known as The Call of the King, Christ is beckoning us to a perfect loyalty to Him, one that is founded in and driven by love.” – Debra Black
Our Pillar of Strength
Debra Black
October 7, 2023
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“Our Lady of the Pillar, our pillar of strength, is not only patroness of Spain but of all Hispanic peoples throughout the world.” – Debra Black
Journaling: A Written Memory of Grace, Part 3
Debra Black
August 29, 2023
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“From journaling prayer, one can learn to discern God’s ‘voice’ and presence as distinguished from our own thoughts and emotions as well as those placed upon us by the enemy.” – Debra Black