Tag Archives: Sylvester Tan

When We Don’t Receive the Grace We Asked for

Posted on May 22, 2015 by Esther Hizsa

One more thing I want to share with you about my eight-day retreat. Following Ignatius’s example, Sylvester, my spiritual director for the week, encouraged me to ask God for the particular grace I wanted to receive from God in each … Continue reading →

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My Soul Speaks

Posted on May 8, 2015 by Esther Hizsa

Jesus kept his promise. During my eight-day retreat, he showed himself to me as I prayed with biblical stories and imagined myself as Hannah, the woman by the well, a child playing with Jesus, and the apostle Peter. “When you pray, ask … Continue reading →

Posted in Ignatian Spirituality, Prayer, Praying with the Imagination | Tagged 1 Samuel 1-2, Esther Hizsa, Guercino, Ignatian retreat, Ignatian Spirituality, John 4; 1-26, Luke 22:54-62, Matthew 18:1-5, Samaritan woman, spiritual director Burnaby, spiritual director Vancouver, Sylvester Tan, woman at the well | 8 Comments

Eight Days Alone with God

Posted on May 1, 2015 by Esther Hizsa

After a long kiss goodbye, Fred drove off. I brushed off my nervousness and unpacked my things. It didn’t take long–just clothes, knitting needles and yarn, my Bible, notebook and a copy of the Ignatian Spiritual Exercises. No computer, no other … Continue reading →