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    Marina Berzins McCoy

    Marina Berzins McCoy is a professor at Boston College, where she teaches philosophy and in the BC PULSE service learning program. She is the author of The Ignatian Guide to Forgiveness and Wounded Heroes: Vulnerability as a Virtue in Ancient Greek Philosophy. She and her husband are the parents to two young adults and live in the Boston area.

    Experiencing Easter

    I can think of many instances when the Easter season has liturgically fit with my life: times when there was new life as I anticipated the birth of a...

    A Patient Lent

    When March rolls around in New England, I eagerly look forward to the arrival of spring and new plant life, only to discover that, same as last year, meteorological...

    The Magi and Contemplation

    When the magi see the star and come to visit the Christ Child, they see the baby and fall down and worship God’s presence there. When I have prayed...

    Three Characteristics of Advent Waiting

    Advent is a time of waiting. But not all kinds of waiting are alike. In Advent, we wait in a special way. 1. Advent waiting is expectant.Many years ago, when...

    Time in Silence

    For the past several months, I have been building in one monthly retreat day into my calendar, on the advice of a spiritual director. I had been complaining that...

    Five Easy Ways to Build Prayer into Your Day

    Too busy to pray? Here are five easy ways to build a little prayer into the day. Try a “mini Examen” just before lunch, dinner, or going to sleep....