HomedotMagis

dotMagis

The Principle and Foundation

This post is based on Week One of An Ignatian Prayer Adventure. Fr. Joseph Tetlow, SJ, responds to the question, “What are the typical graces...

Fearless

I was 3 ½ years old when my father taught me my first Bible verse—in the King James version. Maybe he liked the sound...

Ways to Pray with the Examen This Lent

Earlier this month we suggested An Ignatian Prayer Adventure as one way to observe Lent. Start your retreat this Sunday (Feb. 19) to follow...

Making Big Decisions

In the Exercises, Ignatius describes a mode of discernment for making bigger decisions, traditionally called the election (SE 169–89). Making an election relies on...

This Is No Time to Paint

Our girls were in bed, the dishes were clean, and I had just poured myself a glass of wine. There were at least two...

The Labels We Did Not Choose

The first day I put on my new medical alert bracelet, I felt a mix of emotions. On one hand, I felt secure. The...

When Anxiety Strikes

At times, we all can worry about the future. I’m a planner, and so perhaps I am more prone to anxiety than others. If...

Reframing Our Vision

In ancient Rome, Janus was the two-faced god of beginnings and endings, but also of transitions and passages. It is therefore no surprise that...

Looking Through the Lens of Joy

I’m one of those people who prays that God will reveal a word for me to meditate on for the next year. One year,...

Journey into Hope

I started picking a word of the year a few years ago. I usually pick the word during December, and throughout January, I think...

DOTMAGIS BLOGGERS

Loretta Pehanich
123 POSTS0 COMMENTS
Marina Berzins McCoy
151 POSTS0 COMMENTS
Tim Muldoon
128 POSTS24 COMMENTS

FEATURED