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Examen

View from the Mountain: The Examen

Brendan McManus, SJ

Reflections

What I Think About When I Don’t Have to Think

Jim Manney

Reflections

The Gift of a Grandmother’s Love

Brendan McManus, SJ

Reflections

Love Lives in the Details

Vinita Hampton Wright

Wading into the Ocean

Discernment Marina Berzins McCoy

Ignatian spirituality often focuses on being attentive to the nature of our own desires, especially in discernment. Ignatius discovered that following God’s will is...

Summer R.E.S.T.

Reflections Becky Eldredge

We count “sleeps” in our house to mark the time left until an anticipated event occurs. There are officially five “sleeps” left in the...

John 15 and the Contemplation to Attain Divine Love

Spiritual Exercises dotMagis Editor

Michael Sparough, SJ, offers a homily on the Contemplation to Attain Divine Love in response to John 15:9–17, which includes Jesus’ command to his...

Resting Body, Busy Mind

Reflections Vinita Hampton Wright

One of the primary reasons we do not rest well is that our minds keep chattering away at us. Minds are built for processing...

Technology and Community

Reflections Maureen McCann Waldron

When my mother was dying, the family gathered around her bed as she was anointed. Four of the five of us children were there....

The Paradox of Christian Freedom

Discernment Andy Otto

Jesus came to set us free. From what? The kind of freedom Ignatian spirituality preaches is freedom from the attachments, fears, and blockades that...