Spiritual desolation is not something we ourselves can change (only God can do that), but St Ignatius offers us ways to deal with spiritual desolation when we are in the thick of it.
I have been recently exploring this call to integrated, all-of-me authenticity in an incarnated spirituality.
There is quite a bit of research done on the existence and meaning of Black Madonnas. I am interested in how this portrayal of Mary or even God as a black woman can challenge our perceptions of who God is and the way we see and interact with her.
