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Finding God in What Is Tender and Small This Season

Marina Berzins McCoy

In Advent, we await the second coming of Christ, and we also welcome the ways that God breaks into our lives again and again....

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...