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Silence

Tim Muldoon

The most basic spiritual practice is learning silence. Practicing silence is an act of faith precisely because one cannot know for certain that anything...

Gabriel Is Surprised

Jim Manney

Fr. Jim Martin, SJ, notes something unusual in a Renaissance depiction of the Annunciation: Mary is surprised, but the angel Gabriel seems to be...

Waiting

Tim Muldoon

Advent is the season when we remind ourselves of what we are waiting for, keeping at bay the voices which tell us that our...

Releasing Our Captives

Jim Manney

I like Phil Fox's Rose's column on practical spirituality on BustedHalo.com. Recently he wrote an article about the Examen in which he quoted this...

Prayer on the Run

Vinita Hampton Wright

I can pray as I bake this pie peeling the apples rolling the dough sprinkling the sugar making it right. This is my work of love, Lord. Bless the ones...

The Pronoun “God”

Tim Muldoon

The word "God" is a pronoun whose antecedent we do not know. When we are struck by beauty, when it lays claim to our attention...

Saving the World

dotMagis Editor

Something to think about | Much of the reflection in the Exercises is geared to an effort to share the vision of Jesus and...

How to Have Fun When All Around You Are Getting Grumpy

Vinita Hampton Wright

Put on as background music, A Chipmunk Christmas. Put out a plate of cookies in the middle of the day. Make up at least one gag...

Advent Is My Favorite Season

Meredith Gould

Forget childlike excitement on the night before Christmas, this adult is way more enthusiastic about celebrating four weeks of Advent. Advent is my favorite season,...