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Drawing Near to Our Lady

dotMagis Editor

Fr. Primitivo Viray Jr, SJ, Provincial of the Philippine Province, shares a reflection on Mary in this Ignatian Year. Here’s an excerpt from “Mary,...

Flying Houses

Loretta Pehanich

My patronal feast, Our Lady of Loreto on December 10, was elevated on liturgical calendars in 2019. I love this title for Mary, even...

Advent Began Early This Year

Melinda LeBlanc

I sometimes have trouble focusing on the season of Advent and its message of hope. No matter how well-intentioned I am to keep the...

Giving Myself Permission to Make Adjustments in Ignatian Contemplation

Gretchen Crowder

I have always considered myself terrible at Ignatian contemplation. That’s a form of prayer that invites one to place oneself in a scene from...

The Mystery of the Incarnation

Loretta Pehanich

In the Spiritual Exercises of St. Ignatius Loyola, retreatants imagine the mystery of the Incarnation. They take time to picture the Trinity looking over...

Carrying the Cancer Cross

Lisa Kelly

During a Mass for the Anointing of the Sick, the priest referred to the famous Caravaggio painting The Calling of St. Matthew. In it,...

Quiet Lives

Shemaiah Gonzalez

One evening, after the children are asleep and the porch light has been switched on and my husband and I can hear the hum...

Sacred Time

Tim Muldoon

This weekend the Church begins its observance of Advent. He is coming! I marvel at the way the Church has, over its history, sought to...

Invitations to More

Rebecca Ruiz

We have arrived at that time of the year when planners like me make lists upon lists. Right now, I’ve got my final Thanksgiving...

Be Opened

Loretta Pehanich

This story is inspired by Mark 7:31–37. The first words I ever heard were, “Be opened.” On the surface, those words seemed obvious. However, they unleashed...

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