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We Don’t Hope Alone

Loretta Pehanich

“I hope it rains tomorrow.” “I hope they like me.” “I hope there’s cheesecake for dessert.” Before reading Pope Francis’s thoughts in his book, On Hope, I...

Blessed Are Those in the Crowd

Lisa Kelly

This post is based on Week Six of An Ignatian Prayer Adventure. For all of my life as I have heard the Beatitudes read, my...

Comfort in Old Things

Eric Clayton

I draw comfort from old things. An ancient tree, twisted and gnarled, reaching for the sky. A humble hillside chapel, its stones from a...

Christian Hope

dotMagis Editor

“This is what Christian hope is: having the certainty that I am walking toward something that is, not something that I hope may be....

The Call to Co-Labor

Lisa Kelly

This post is based on Week Five of An Ignatian Prayer Adventure. This faith thing takes labor, actual work. I can’t think, pray, study, reason,...

Prayers and Practices for Spring: Awakening Movement

Vinita Hampton Wright

I once led a retreat on the Jersey shore. This particular weekend the sun came out bright and the temperature rose, and during our...

On Hope Coloring Page

dotMagis Editor

“Prayer leads us forward in hope.” Download a coloring page featuring this quote from On Hope by Pope Francis. You may wish to use the...

Where Desperation Ends

Lisa Kelly

This post is based on Week Four of An Ignatian Prayer Adventure. Parenthood: there is no greater joy or desperation. A parent is fully responsible,...