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Five Tips for Beating Loneliness from St. Ignatius

Rebecca Ruiz

A recent study revealed an epidemic of loneliness in America. Loneliness and social isolation isn’t limited to America, though; it’s a global scourge that...

Reviewing the Feelings of Our Day

dotMagis Editor

Reviewing the events of our day, either to thank God or to know our sins, is familiar enough. Reviewing the feelings that those events...

Dancing

Mary Ellen Smajo

Pentecost I watch Your branches dance, bathed in morning sun, and wonder at the work of Spirit’s breath between the leaves; what You have begun You will fulfill, and we who wait so...

Living Out the Beatitudes, Part Two

Marina Berzins McCoy

In Pope Francis’s recent apostolic exhortation, Gaudete et Exsultate (Rejoice and Be Glad), he reflects on the Beatitudes as a guide for how we...

God Is Trying to Catch Our Attention

Vinita Hampton Wright

We know that much of prayer is simply paying attention. A prayerful person learns how to tune in, more and more, to the details...

The Cheer-Ups File

Loretta Pehanich

This is the last stop for the Make Today Matter blog hop, in which bloggers have been reflecting on the habits in Chris Lowney’s...

Living Out the Beatitudes, Part One

Marina Berzins McCoy

Pope Francis recently released an apostolic exhortation, Gaudete et Exsultate (Rejoice and Be Glad). The document is rich in reflections, such as one on...

Ancient Roots of Spiritual Exercises

Tim Muldoon

The French philosopher Pierre Hadot has studied the origins of spiritual exercises among Greek philosophers. There seems to be a straight line from Hellenistic...