Teach Me to Serve You as You Deserve
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.
How does...
The Faith of a Child and the Wisdom of Her Mother
Every week at Mass, we sit in front of a family with three small children. There are not a lot of children that go...
Ordinary Miracles
A couple Sundays ago at church, the priest was giving a captivating homily. In it he had mentioned his ill mother, who had just...
Finding God in the Chemistry Lab
I remember standing in an organometallic chemistry laboratory in Cape Town, South Africa. I was dressed in a white lab coat and safety glasses...
Approaching the Cross
Pope Francis gave us all some homework during his weekly catechesis on April 16, just as we headed into the Triduum. Pope Francis challenged...
Loving People Who Annoy Us
I commute about two hours most weekdays, so I’ve had a lot of experiences on the road. I’m generally a calm driver, but I’m...
When All That’s Left Is an Empty Tomb
Last week my spiritual director left me with a loaded question: “What are you going to do when all that’s left is an empty...
Pope Francis and My Granddaughter Know Courage Leads to Love
In celebration of the release of Pope Francis’s book, The Church of Mercy, several of our dotMagis bloggers will be sharing reflections this month...
Mercy-ing
“The Word became flesh and dwelt among us.”
—John 1:14One way the Word becomes flesh and moves among us is through the particular words we—with...
Four Ways to Avoid Gossip
In celebration of the release of Pope Francis’s book, The Church of Mercy, several of our dotMagis bloggers will be sharing reflections based on...
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