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Melinda LeBlanc

I recently began watching a TV show about passengers on an airplane who, unknowingly, disappear for five years while in flight. While they believe...

31 Days with St. Ignatius: The Ignatian Year Edition

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July is almost here, which means we’re getting ready for the 12th-annual 31 Days with St. Ignatius. This original month-long celebration of Ignatian spirituality...

Before He Was the Baptist

Loretta Pehanich

“I dare you to eat a bug.” Was John the Baptist the kind of kid who might say that? As a mom, I’m curious about...

Regeneration Through Cultivating Joy

Marina Berzins McCoy

One of my earliest childhood memories is being about two or three years old, walking along a Florida beach with my parents. My father...

Strangers and the Funny Papers

Shemaiah Gonzalez

I am thirsty. Not for water or coffee or tea but for conversation. And I’m not talking about the weather or the plague or politics. I’m...

Three Ways to Respond When Life Goes a Different Direction

Vinita Hampton Wright

After Ignatius of Loyola gave his life to God’s service, he imagined that he should go to Jerusalem to pray and do penance, make...

The Trinity and the Trumpet

Becky Eldredge

I was about to walk downstairs when I heard a beautiful sound coming from my son’s room. I paused at the top of the...

Kintsugi and the Divine Potter

Gretchen Crowder

Recently, I started the Spiritual Exercises again, and one of the first readings I reflected on was from Jeremiah. In this passage (18:1–9), God...

I Find God Whenever I Want

dotMagis Editor

The Jesuits of the Netherlands and North Belgium (Flanders) produced a 10-minute animated film about the life of St. Ignatius Loyola. In it, Ignatius...