Reflections
Finding God in Sunshine
Winter has been dark in the Pacific Northwest. One begins to get the feeling that the sun has forgotten to rise in the morning or the morning before this...
Reflections
Small Changes for a Big Year: Choose Silence
Editor’s note: This week we’ve invited our dotMagis bloggers to reflect on small changes for a big year.
What if a new year wasn’t about more, but less?
We make our...
Ignatian Prayer
To Give and Not to Count the Cost
We’ve invited our dotMagis bloggers to reflect on the individual lines of the Prayer for Generosity, attributed to St. Ignatius.
My heart always sinks at the line in the Prayer...
Reflections
Sharing a Moment with a Stranger on Vacation
Entering Westminster Abbey on vacation with my 10-year-old son, I overheard a man with an American accent ask, “Can we take photos?”
“No, sorry, sir,” the docent apologized.
I remembered being...
Reflections
Four Hidden Places I’ve Found God
Editor’s note: Celebrate the 10th anniversary of IgnatianSpirituality.com with us. For 10 weeks, we’ll be “Counting the Gifts of Ignatian Spirituality” by bringing you special content on our website and special...
Spirituality
Lamentation: The Weight of Grief
Niccolò dell’Arca’s Mourning over the Dead Christ, often simply called Lamentation, moves us into the depths of Good Friday’s grief. (See a video of this piece of art below...