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Sharing the Wisdom: What I Learned from My Grandfather About Courage and Nature

People Marina Berzins McCoy

When I was a child, my brother and I spent long summers with my grandparents on their retirement farm outside of Cornwall, Ontario. My...

Anna and the Call to Recognize What Is Possible

Something to Think About dotMagis Editor

Anna (Luke 2:22–24, 36–38) is part of the Christmas story. It’s easy to overlook her among the many characters in Luke’s infancy narrative because...

The Mystery of the Incarnation

Spiritual Exercises 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...

Invitations to More

Spirituality Rebecca Ruiz

We have arrived at that time of the year when planners like me make lists upon lists. Right now, I’ve got my final Thanksgiving...

Gratitude and the Spiritual Exercises

Spiritual Exercises Marina Berzins McCoy

Gratitude is at the heart of prayer and thus is central to Ignatian spirituality. For example, in praying the Examen, I begin with placing myself...

Standing Next to Mary

Ignatian Prayer Gretchen Crowder

I find myself wondering often about the ordinary moments in the Holy Family’s life, particularly the day-to-day moments of Mary’s life with Jesus. Perhaps...

Growing My Trust in God

Spirituality Jean Heaton

One day as I was walking down a busy sidewalk, I noticed that the crowd could be divided into two camps. There were those...

A Quiet Miracle

Spiritual Exercises Gretchen Crowder

“May you take time to celebrate the quiet miracles that seek no attention.” —John O’Donohue I recently began the Fourth Week of the Spiritual Exercises...

Doing Dishes with Our Father

Ignatian Prayer Loretta Pehanich

The Scripture verses included in the following imaginative contemplation are not exact translations but rather an invitation to readers to look up the texts...