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      Discernment

      Going Behind What Appears

      dotMagis Editor
      Fr. Arturo Sosa, SJ, Superior General of the Society of Jesus, says, “Discernment is to learn to go behind what appears. It’s going beyond…
      Examen

      The Examen: Prayer in Real-Time

      dotMagis Editor
      In the Examen we encounter a God who is active in our day. Fr. Mark Thibodeaux, SJ, explains that the Examen is prayer in…
      Reflections

      Continuing Friendship in the Easter Season

      Gretchen Crowder
      I have a confession to make. I tend to forget about Jesus around a week or so into the Easter season each year. It is…
      Spiritual Exercises

      Joy Leads to Our Next Steps

      dotMagis Editor
      This post is based on Week Eight of An Ignatian Prayer Adventure. In the Fourth Week of the Spiritual Exercises, we reflect on the Resurrection…
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    Loretta Pehanich

    Loretta Pehanich is a Catholic freelance writer and the author of 2022: A Book of Grace-Filled Days, Women in Conversation: Stand Up!, and Fleeting Moments: Praying When You Are Too Busy. A spiritual director since 2012, Loretta is trained in giving the Spiritual Exercises of St. Ignatius. Her involvement in ministry and parish life includes 20 years in small faith-sharing groups and Christian Life Community. Loretta gives retreats and presentations on prayer and women’s spirituality and is commissioned as an extraordinary minister of the Eucharist. She and her husband Steve have four children and 10 grandchildren.
    Ignatian Prayer

    Take, Lord, Receive, My Work and Career

    I work in an office where the pace is breakneck speed. I pray during my morning commute, but pride kicks in as I park: “See you at noon, God....
    Loretta Pehanich
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    Reflections

    Are We All Elijah?

    When Jesus raised the widow of Nain’s son (Luke 7:11–17), his Jewish listeners must’ve remembered Elijah, who raised a widow’s son during a visit to Zarephath (1 Kings 17:17–24). Life...
    Loretta Pehanich
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    Reflections

    A Fragrance of Love

    The aroma of fresh coffee sends me to bed every night as I lock the doors and my husband grinds the beans for the next morning’s automatically brewed wake-up...
    Loretta Pehanich
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    Ignatian Prayer

    The Servant’s Healing

    This story is inspired by Matthew 8:5–13, the healing of the centurion’s servant. The sickness? I never saw it coming. All of a sudden: slam. My body felt as if...
    Loretta Pehanich
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    Spiritual Exercises

    Waking Up to the Risen Jesus

    This story is inspired by the first contemplation in the Fourth Week of the Spiritual Exercises, the apparition of Christ to Mary (#218). Do you know that semiconscious state as...
    Loretta Pehanich
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    Ignatian Prayer

    Joseph’s Yokes

    In honor of the feast of St. Joseph on March 19, we share this reflection on how Joseph may have influenced Jesus’ teaching example in Matthew 11:28–30. Jesus and I...
    Loretta Pehanich
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