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Five Ways of Praying Through Sorrow

Becky Eldredge

It is hard not to hear our cries of sorrow and prayers of lament. Our world and all in it are groaning. I feel...

Writing Spiritual Autobiography as It Relates to the Spiritual Exercises, Part 2

Vinita Hampton Wright

In terms of the Spiritual Exercises, one critical goal of writing a spiritual autobiography is to recognize God’s action in our past: God’s presence,...

Resumé and Eulogy Virtues

Marina Berzins McCoy

Last month, I attended an online funeral held for William Barry, SJ, a well-known Jesuit spiritual director and author who recently went home to...

Perspective

Gretchen Crowder

Every year for the past few years, I have chosen a word of the year. I do not have an elaborate process for choosing...

Writing Spiritual Autobiography as It Relates to the Spiritual Exercises, Part 1

Vinita Hampton Wright

St. Ignatius understood the importance of reviewing one’s life when he built this practice into the Spiritual Exercises centuries ago. His emphasis was to...

Hope for 2021 and the Love of God

Shemaiah Gonzalez

What is your hope for 2021? Maybe it’s that life will go back to normal. Maybe your hope is to return to an “in-person” life....

Thoughts for January 1

dotMagis Editor

This is the octave day of Christmas, dedicated as a solemnity to Mary, the Holy Mother of God. The Gospel invites us to join...

I Am Yosef

Tim Muldoon

O Lord, I am Yosef. I am David's son, heir to your holy promise to make of this people a great nation. But I am small...

Connecting with Family During the Holidays

dotMagis Editor

With the pandemic disrupting so many holiday plans, our family’s generations may be separated from each other physically. But that doesn’t mean that we...