Sometimes we hesitate to forgive because we think it must automatically include reconciliation. These are two separate processes, and one does not always lead to the other. 1. One person can forgive; it takes two to reconcile. With God’s help, I...

This video is an ad for a Thai insurance company. But the story it tells is an example of a man who is generous, serves others, and gives without counting the cost—some of the very virtues we ask for...

Jim Manney’s latest book is an invitation to clearly see, feel, and experience God’s presence through an Ignatian lens in our daily lives. The only 365-daily reading book written explicitly from the point of view of Ignatian spirituality, An...

The Examen is always a popular subject here on dotMagis, and today we share a one-minute video produced by Jesuits that introduces the prayer form.

On a lark, I forwarded an e-mail quiz entitled “20 Things You Never Knew About Me” to several friends. With 20 questions ranging from “What was your first job?” to “If you could live anywhere on earth, where would...

St. Robert Bellarmine, noted for his intellectual prudence in the case of Galileo and the Counter-Reformation, and his great humility despite his position, is also remembered for his tenderness and devotion to the poor. He wrote, “The school of...

Rod Dreher offers a thoughtful reflection on his first read of Dante's Divine Comedy in his late 40's, discovering a wish that he'd read it much earlier in his life. It is, he says, a roadmap to false desire. What...

This past summer I have spent time in prayer, discerning how to find better balance in my busy life as a mother, wife, teacher, writer, volunteer, and all-around household manager. I can easily overextend myself, partly because I feel...

One of the first things a visitor sees when walking into Loyola University Museum of Art’s newest exhibit is two giant globes. The two wooden spheres are valuable records of the western world from 400 years ago—the only pair of...

Vinita Hampton Wright reflects on what mercy looks like in everyday life in a recent article for National Catholic Reporter. Wright realizes that mercy is about small moments in most cases. For example, mercy gives you his seat on the...