Brendan’s Books
Reflections
Journey of a Modern Prodigal
This post is based on Week Three of An Ignatian Prayer Adventure.
The image of life as a journey of exile and return home has always appealed to me. Like...
Examen
View from the Mountain: The Examen
This post is based on Week Two of An Ignatian Prayer Adventure.
There is a dramatic conical mountain on the west coast of Ireland called Croagh Patrick, where St. Patrick...
Reflections
The Gift of a Grandmother’s Love
This post is based on Week One of An Ignatian Prayer Adventure.
There’s something special about a grandmother’s love. My mother was incredibly busy with a full-time teaching job and...
Reflections
Keeping Hope Alive in the Recuperation Journey
Editor’s note: Throughout July, we’re hosting 31 Days with St. Ignatius, a month-long celebration of Ignatian spirituality. In addition to the calendar of Ignatian articles found here, posts on...
Discernment
Why I Left IT to Join the Jesuits
Editor’s note: Throughout July, we’re celebrating 31 Days with St. Ignatius, a month-long celebration of Ignatian spirituality. In addition to the calendar of Ignatian articles found here, posts on dotMagis this month will explore...
Ignatian Prayer
Five Steps to Transform Negativity Through Prayer
St. Ignatius, who initially knew life as a vain soldier and courtier, was able to turn his superficial life around by attending to his inner life of thoughts, desires,...