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Five Easy Ways to Build Prayer into Your Day

Marina Berzins McCoy

Too busy to pray? Here are five easy ways to build a little prayer into the day. Try a “mini Examen” just before lunch,...

An Anxious Person’s Prayer

Vinita Hampton Wright

How can I pray when I’m anxious? That is, how is it possible to pray when anxiety fills my person? How might I go...

The Crumpled Ribbon and a Moment of Grace

Gretchen Crowder

A sweaty little kindergartener came running towards me from the playground one afternoon. When he got close, I noticed he had something crumpled tightly...

Yo-Ho! Yo-Ho! Ignatian Life for Me

Loretta Pehanich

“Let us give thanks for the great treasure of Ignatian spirituality.” Fr. David Ayotte, SJ, led us in prayer, but I didn’t hear the rest...

Prayer for Humility

dotMagis Editor

Let me have too deep a sense of humor ever to be proud. Let me know my absurdity before I act absurdly. Let me realize that...

God's Intimate Presence

dotMagis Editor

Prayer is a matter of relationship. Intimacy is the basic issue, not answers to problems or resolutions “to be better.” Many of life’s problems...

Wisdom Story Examen

Vinita Hampton Wright

We are quite accustomed to hearing wisdom sayings, such as those found in the book of Proverbs or what we look for in a...

Better Than Your Best?

Jim Manney

Magis is one of the more mysterious Ignatian terms. It’s a Latin word meaning “the greater, the excellent, the best.” It’s associated with restless striving to...