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Shemaiah Gonzalez

Shemaiah Gonzalez is a freelance writer working on a biography on Catholic writer Brian Doyle for Liturgical Press. To read more of her work, visit shemaiahgonzalez.com. Follow here on Twitter: @shemaiahng.

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Rapper, actor and director Ice Cube, photographed in 1998 (AP/Lennox McLendon)

Ice Cube's 'Good Day' taught me how to pray the Examen

Perspective: Through the Prayer of Examen, you become aware that your life is a gift, your day filled with gifts from God. Isn't this what Ice Cube, rapping in "It Was a Good Day," taught my generation years ago?

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