Matt Emerson raises some interesting questions about involving others in the discernment process. When it comes to Christ, to being his disciple, we very well...

Why Ask Why?

Reflections Lisa Kelly

“Why, God? Why?” I sit at the funeral of a friend who died unexpectedly of a heart attack. Alive one day, gone the next. “Why,...

Contemplation to Attain the Love of God

Spiritual Exercises dotMagis Editor

The final meditation of the Spiritual Exercises is the Contemplation to Attain the Love of God. Today, let yourself be guided through this contemplation...

The Examen Helps One Blogger Sleep Better

Examen dotMagis Editor

Blogger Tsh Oxenreider says of her experience praying with the Examen: “But when I make the time for an Examen, I find myself sleeping...

Except That of Knowing That I Do Your Will

Discernment Jim Manney

In celebration of our fifth anniversary, we’ve invited our dotMagis bloggers to reflect on the individual lines of St. Ignatius’s Prayer for Generosity. This is...

To Labor and Not to Seek Reward

Reflections Marina Berzins McCoy

In celebration of our fifth anniversary, we’ve invited our dotMagis bloggers to reflect on the individual lines of St. Ignatius’s Prayer for Generosity. The Prayer...

To Toil and Not to Seek for Rest

Reflections Cara Callbeck

In celebration of our fifth anniversary, we’ve invited our dotMagis bloggers to reflect on the individual lines of St. Ignatius’s Prayer for Generosity. Any runner...

To Fight and Not to Heed the Wounds

Discernment Tim Muldoon

In celebration of our fifth anniversary, we’ve invited our dotMagis bloggers to reflect on the individual lines of St. Ignatius’s Prayer for Generosity. In his...