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What the Examen Has in Common with Sports Commentary

Denise Gorss

As I was writing the Olympics post, it struck me that the Examen prayer has much in common with sports commentary. One version of the...

The Challenges of Life

dotMagis Editor

When we are in transition, depending on how serious the breakdown is, we may feel as though almost every aspect of life has been...

Being People for Others

Vinita Hampton Wright

St. Ignatius Loyola understood that, even when we strive to do glorious deeds, often the motivation is selfish. Or at least it’s self-focused. In...

Positive Intent

dotMagis Editor

Educator Laura Thomas was at a meeting in which they started by outlining expectations. One caught her by surprise: “Assume positive intent.” I was drawn...

Catching the Soap

Byron Van Alstyne

Chances to see the good or find the promise of hope emerge in sometimes very subtle ways. Too often those opportunities are suppressed or...

Are We All Elijah?

Loretta Pehanich

When Jesus raised the widow of Nain’s son (Luke 7:11–17), his Jewish listeners must’ve remembered Elijah, who raised a widow’s son during a visit...

Kevin O’Brien, SJ, on Adapting the Spiritual Exercises

dotMagis Editor

America magazine interviewed Kevin O’Brien, SJ, about his mission and ministry work at Georgetown University. The author of The Ignatian Adventure, O’Brien began a...

Veterans Retreat

dotMagis Editor

White House Jesuit Retreat in St. Louis hosted an Ignatian retreat for veterans last month. As reported on the Jesuits’ website: “St. Ignatius himself was...