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Fr. Ignatius John Schweitzer: Rosary-Colored Glasses and the Hidden, Eucharistic Wisdom of God – Brown Pelican Society of Lousiana

Fr. Ignatius John Schweitzer: Rosary-Colored Glasses and the Hidden, Eucharistic Wisdom of God

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By Fr. Ignatius John Schweitzer, OP, Catholic Exchange, Nov. 26, 2025

Fr. Ignatius John Schweitzer, OP recently coauthored a book on St. Elizabeth with Julie Enzler and Dr. Anthony Lilles that is available through Sophia Press, Named for Glory: St. Elizabeth of the Trinity’s Identity and Mission. Fr. Ignatius is a professor and the director of spiritual formation at St. Joseph’s Seminary in Yonkers, New York. He is also the provincial promoter of the Lay Dominicans. His YouTube channel, Dominican House of Prayer, may be located here.

Editor’s Note: For more on Eucharistic theology, check out Fr. Ignatius’ new book, co-authored with Fr. Jesse Maingot, OP and with Dan Burke, How to Be His: A 33-Day Dedication to Our Eucharistic Jesus, available from Sophia Institute Press.

Lord, help me to see what you see. Help me to see things how you see them. Help me to love what you love and hate what you hate. Attune my mind and heart to yours so that my heart may beat with your heart. May the hidden designs of your heart echo through my heart. May your Eucharistic hiddenness and Eucharistic outpouring train me to see and feel your humble, gentle ways and say “yes!”

Fr. Ignatius John Schweitzer, OP headshotImagine if we saw things how God sees them. How differently we would respond to people in our life if we saw them like God sees them, with His Fatherly heart of love! How differently we would respond to difficult events and situations in our lives if we saw them like God sees them, as part of the unfolding of His beautiful plan.

Wisdom as Intimacy

To ask to see what God sees is to pray for wisdom. Solomon could have asked for anything, and the Lord praises him for asking for wisdom. Among the Church Fathers and Medieval theologians too, wisdom was held in the highest esteem. Why is this? Because wisdom means a familiar intimacy with God and His ways. ….

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