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      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…
      Reflections

      Assuming Failure

      dotMagis Editor
      For all the healing and hope Jesus had brought to perhaps thousands of people, there was no sign by this time that he had…
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    Rebecca Ruiz

    https://amdg1.wordpress.com/
    Rebecca Ruiz holds a B.A. from the College of the Holy Cross and an M.A. from Tufts University. She has been trained as an Ignatian spiritual director through Fairfield University’s four-year formation program. Rebecca served in refugee resettlement for nearly 15 years and has also worked as an ethnomusicologist, composer, and writer. She and her husband have two sons and live at the foothills of the Blue Ridge Mountains in Virginia. She strives, as St. Ignatius taught, to see God in all things and do “all things for the greater glory of God.”
    Something to Think About

    A Blanket Surprise

    This year, as Advent began, I wasn’t feeling ready. I just couldn’t get into the spirit of Advent. I talked with my spiritual director about it. We troubleshooted. I had...
    Rebecca Ruiz
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    Ignatian Prayer

    Nine Fallacies About Prayer and the Spiritual Life That St. Ignatius Debunks

    Sometimes we make assumptions about prayer and the spiritual life that impede our attempts to connect with God. Often, these fallacies take root in the subconscious, and we do...
    Rebecca Ruiz
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    Reflections

    Unique and Unrepeatable Autumn

    In his autobiography, St. Ignatius Loyola recounts how “the greatest consolation he used to receive was to look at the sky and the stars, which he did often and...
    Rebecca Ruiz
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    Ignatian Prayer

    Both Essential Characters

    I have a love-hate relationship with the month of August. I love the start of the new school year and the smell of fresh crayons and new books. I...
    Rebecca Ruiz
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    Ignatian Prayer

    Five Ways to Follow St. Ignatius’s Example to See All Things New in Christ

    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 dotMagis this month will...
    Rebecca Ruiz
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    Reflections

    Longing for Home

    As I was washing the dishes this morning, the song “How Are Things in Glocca Morra?” (sung by Kate Baldwin) came up on my playlist. This song, from the...
    Rebecca Ruiz
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