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Blessed Be the Upsetter of Hearts

dotMagis Editor

We share this excerpt in honor of St. Peter Faber’s birthday, April 13. “Desire what is essential and original,” Faber writes in Memoriale. This sentence...

The Posture of Accompaniment

Becky Eldredge

I keep posted in my office a note from my husband that includes two phrases: “It’s not about you. Accompany them.” I first discovered this...

Consoling Love

Jean Heaton

This post is based on Week Eight of An Ignatian Prayer Adventure. In the movie, Steel Magnolias, a famous scene takes place in a cemetery...

One Egg at a Time

Gretchen Crowder

I can still see him: a little boy, barely over one year old, sitting on the lawn in his plaid green overalls surrounded by...

The Anima Christi on Good Friday

dotMagis Editor

Marina Berzins McCoy writes in her post, The Anima Christi During Holy Week: Jesus’ wounds also serve as a resting place for us. “Within your...

The Courage to Accompany Those Who Suffer

Jean Heaton

This post is based on Week Seven of An Ignatian Prayer Adventure. Every year, when I read the Scripture passages that recall the Crucifixion of...

Five Ways to Get the Most Out of Lent Before It’s Gone

Rebecca Ruiz

The general consensus is that it’s been difficult to engage with Lent this year, because the entire year has felt like a never-ending Lent....

Lenten Read-Along: Why Should We Have a Resting Point in Our Process of Forgiveness?

Marina Berzins McCoy

I imagine that we all have different styles for processing feelings, ranging from total avoidance to sorting through them deliberately and slowly to wanting...