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Prioritizing Prayer

Ignatian Prayer Jurell Sison

This is a guest post by Jurell Sison, as he begins An Ignatian Prayer Adventure. To be quite honest, making time for prayer and meditation...

Art Retreat

Retreats dotMagis Editor

Atlanta-area readers may be interested in an upcoming retreat at Ignatius House Jesuit Retreat Center. Spiritual director and artist Claudia Campbell is leading a...

Holding Baby Jesus

Reflections Cara Callbeck

“And the Word became flesh and dwelt among us” (John 1:14). That one sentence took on a whole new meaning for me when I experienced...

Ignatius and the Sacraments

Spiritual Exercises Andy Otto

The Spiritual Exercises are not just a listing of meditations separated into four “weeks.” They are much more than that. They are a work...

Three Elements of Expressing Gratitude

Ignatian Prayer Andy Otto

With Thanksgiving approaching, it might be good to take the time to look at gratitude from St. Ignatius's perspective. Gratitude is often diluted—a word...

The Only True Identity

Reflections Lisa Kelly

My 84-year-old father, a former Air Force fighter pilot who traveled around the world, now spends his days mainly confined to his recliner. His...

Pope Francis on Prayer

Ignatian Prayer Tim Muldoon

America Magazine, along with La CiviltÃ Cattolica and other Jesuit publications around the world, has published an interview with Pope Francis, well worth the...

The Earthen Vessel

Ignatian Prayer Marina Berzins McCoy

Ignatian contemplation is most often associated with praying imaginatively with a scene from the Gospels, but I also find praying with particular simple images...