Imagine: A Guide to Jesuit Prayer

Imagine is proud to share the latest podcast in the America Media family: Hark! The stories behind our favorite Christmas carols. Subscribe to the entire Hark! podcast series online, on apple podcasts, or wherever you get your podcast. O Come, All Ye Faithful is a rousing, controversial and some might even say, miraculous Christmas carol! And it’s believed to have a subversive Jacobite rallying call hidden in the text. To peal back the layers of history in this song, Host Maggi Van Dorn is joined by Rev. Andrew Cameron-Mowat S.J., a Jesuit priest at St. Ignatius, Stamford Hill (London), and an accomplished organist and music director. We also hear from Dr. Kim Harris, Assistant Professor of African-American Thought and Practice at Loyola Marymount University, along with a former Choir of King’s College organ scholar, Parker Ramsey. Special thanks to the Choir of King’s College, Cambridge and the Ignatian Schola  for allowing us to play parts of their recordings of Adeste Fideles/O Come, All Ye Faithful.  To support the production of “Hark!” and to access other great Advent reflections from America Magazine staff, please subscribe at americamagazine.org/subscribe.  Related articles: Black spirituals meet the liturgy: Why I composed a Mass for Black Catholics Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Imagine the tension in the room as a known sinner walks in and starts weeping at Jesus' feet. She's a mess. Simon, the Pharisee hosting the party, is not pleased. “If this man were a prophet," he says to himself, "he would have known who and what kind of woman this is who is touching him; that she is a sinner.” Watch Jesus. How does he respond to the woman? How does he respond to Simon? "Imagine: A Guide to Jesuit Prayer" is a podcast that guides you through a form of prayer called Ignatian Contemplation, in which you use your imagination to see and interact with various scenes from Scripture. "Imagine" is made possible by our digital subscribers. To sign up, visit AmericaMagazine.org/subscribe Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

We have an exciting new podcast from America Media to share with you. It’s called “Preach: The Catholic Homilies Podcast.”  On each episode listeners will first hear an inspiring homily, especially delivered for the podcast, and then take a privileged peek into the heart and mind of the preacher in a conversation with the host, Jesuit priest and America’s associate editor, Ricardo da Silva, S.J.  Whether you’re a preacher looking for inspiration or a Catholic in the pews, who believes like Pope Francis, that Catholic homilies could use some work, I hope you’ll check out the Preach podcast! To give you a taste of the show, we’re sharing this week’s episode of Preach, featuring America’s editor in chief, Sam Sawyer, S.J.   Listen to more episodes of Preach. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

America Media is excited to introduce a new podcast called IMAGINE: A Guide to Jesuit Prayer. In this series, we will introduce you to a form of prayer called Ignatian Contemplation, in which you use your imagination to interact with various scenes from Scripture. In this preview, we'll talk about Ignatian Contemplation and what you can expect from this series. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Welcome to Imagine: A Guide to Jesuit Prayer from America Media, a Jesuit Ministry. In this podcast, I’ll guide you through a form of prayer called Ignatian Contemplation, in which you use your imagination to see and interact with various scenes from Scripture. In this episode, we join Jesus at the Jordan river, where we'll witness John the Baptist speaking to the crowd and baptizing Jesus. The following passages can help you reflect further on the baptism of Jesus: Matthew 3: 1-17 Mark 1: 1-11 Luke 3: 1-22 John 1: 15-34 Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Welcome to Imagine: A Guide to Jesuit Prayer from America Media, a Jesuit Ministry. In this podcast, we'll guide you through a form of prayer called Ignatian Contemplation, in which you use your imagination to see and interact with various scenes from Scripture. In this episode, we witness Jesus calling his first disciples, specifically, the story of Peter and the miraculous catch of fish. The following passage can help you reflect further on this episode: Luke 5: 1-11 Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Welcome to Imagine: A Guide to Jesuit Prayer from America Media, a Jesuit Ministry. This podcast will guide you through a form of prayer called Ignatian Contemplation, in which you use your imagination to see and interact with various scenes from Scripture. In this episode, we will focus on the story of Jesus feeding the 5000 with 5 loaves and 2 fish, which can be found in all 4 Gospel accounts. Matthew 14: 13-21 Mark 6: 30-44 Luke 9: 10-17 John 6: 1-15 Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Welcome to Imagine: A Guide to Jesuit Prayer from America Media, a Jesuit Ministry. This podcast will guide you through a form of prayer called Ignatian Contemplation, in which you use your imagination to see and interact with various scenes from Scripture. In this episode, we witness Jesus walking on water. Today's episode will focus on the version of this story found in the Gospel of Matthew, in which Peter walks to Jesus on the water. Jesus walking on water can be found in these passages: Matthew 14: 22-33 Mark 6: 45-52 John 6: 16-21 Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Welcome to Imagine: A Guide to Jesuit Prayer from America Media, a Jesuit Ministry. This podcast will guide you through a form of prayer called Ignatian Contemplation, in which you use your imagination to see and interact with various scenes from Scripture. In this episode, we witness Jesus raising his friend Lazarus from the dead.  This account comes from John 11: 1-44 Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Welcome to Imagine: A Guide to Jesuit Prayer from America Media, a Jesuit Ministry. This podcast will guide you through a form of prayer called Ignatian Contemplation, in which you use your imagination to see and interact with various scenes from Scripture. In this episode, we witness Jesus' entrance into Jerusalem, where a crowd greets him by laying cloaks and palm branches before him.  Matthew 21: 1-11 Mark 11: 1-11 Luke 19: 28-40 John 12: 12-19 Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Welcome to Imagine: A Guide to Jesuit Prayer from America Media, a Jesuit Ministry. This podcast will guide you through a form of prayer called Ignatian Contemplation, in which you use your imagination to see and interact with various scenes from Scripture. In this episode, we'll join Jesus and the disciples at the Last Supper. Today's episode is based on the followed scripture passages: Matthew 26: 20-30 Mark 14: 17-26 Luke 22: 14-23 John 13: 1-38 Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Welcome to Imagine: A Guide to Jesuit Prayer from America Media, a Jesuit Ministry. This podcast will guide you through a form of prayer called Ignatian Contemplation, in which you use your imagination to see and interact with various scenes from Scripture. In this episode, we walk with Jesus as he carries his cross. Since there are so many details in the Gospels between the Last Supper and Jesus' crucifixion, we will focus on just a few moments between his trial with Pilate and his death on the cross. Scripture: Matthew 27 Mark 15 Luke 23 John 19 Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Welcome to Imagine: A Guide to Jesuit Prayer from America Media, a Jesuit Ministry. This podcast will guide you through a form of prayer called Ignatian Contemplation, in which you use your imagination to see and interact with various scenes from Scripture. In this episode, we spend time at the tomb of Jesus. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Welcome to Imagine: A Guide to Jesuit Prayer from America Media, a Jesuit Ministry. This podcast will guide you through a form of prayer called Ignatian Contemplation, in which you use your imagination to see and interact with various scenes from Scripture. In this episode, we follow Mary of Magdala to find the empty tomb of Jesus. Today's episode focuses on the account found in John 20: 1-18 Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

What would it be like to witness the Incarnation from God’s point of view? This first episode of the Advent/Christmas season of Imagine focuses on a unique contemplation from the Spiritual Exercises of St. Ignatius of Loyola, the founder of the Jesuits. Pull back and meditate on all of creation while witnessing the great love of God who enters into human history at a decisive moment in response to humanity's longing. This sets the stage for the rest of the Advent and Christmas seasons, which will take us from the Annunciation to the birth of Jesus. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

“Hail Mary, the Lord is with you.” In this episode in the Advent/Christmas season of Imagine, we witness the Annunciation, as Gabriel announces the birth of Jesus to Mary and awaits her response. For more Advent content from America Media, click here. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

“Blessed are you who believed that what was spoken to you by the Lord would be fulfilled.” In this episode, we witness the Visitation, when Mary travels to see her relative Elizabeth. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

“Joseph too went up from Galilee from the town of Nazareth to Judea, to the city of David that is called Bethlehem, because he was of the house and family of David, to be enrolled with Mary, his betrothed, who was with child.” Travel with Mary and Joseph on the long and rough journey to Bethlehem. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

“She gave birth to her firstborn son. She wrapped him in swaddling clothes and laid him in a manger, because there was no room for them in the inn.” - Luke 2:1-5 Accompany Mary and Joseph to Bethlehem and witness the birth of Jesus. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

“When the angels went away from them to heaven, the shepherds said to one another, ‘Let us go, then, to Bethlehem to see this thing that has taken place, which the Lord has made known to us.’” Angels announce the birth of Jesus to the poor and lowly shepherds of the region. Join them to visit the newborn Jesus. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices