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The Purpose of Ignatian Repetition

Spiritual Exercises dotMagis Editor

Howard Gray, SJ, explains why much of the prayer in the Spiritual Exercises is repetition—multiple meditations on the same subjects or Scripture passages. The repetitions...

Who Is This Jesus of Nazareth?

Something to Think About dotMagis Editor

Brian Prugh reflects on Titian’s Ecce Homo (“Behold, the man”) in a Dappled Things post that gives much to contemplate this Holy Week. The...

Science and the Star of Bethlehem

Jesuit/Ignatian Ministries dotMagis Editor

Br. Guy Consolmagno, SJ, the director of the Vatican Observatory, addresses the question “Can science explain the mystery of the Star of Bethlehem?” in...

How to Recognize Jesus

Reflections Vinita Hampton Wright

How to recognize Jesus: Listen to whatever clues you’re given. For instance, angels told the shepherds to look in a certain town and a certain...

Everyone Experiences God

Something to Think About Vinita Hampton Wright

I can say, with no reservations, that everyone experiences God. We might not all use the same language for the experience. We might not...

A Spirituality of Orality

Something to Think About Tim Muldoon

Nearly 25 years ago, the Jesuit scholar of language Walter J. Ong wrote a seminal work on the difference between spoken and written language, and how...

Touching the Stars

Reflections Michelle Francl-Donnay

Bob Macke, SJ, the curator of the Vatican Observatory’s meteorite collection, is rooting around in a drawer. He pulls out a plastic bag with...

Sunday Link for 31 Days with St. Ignatius

Web Community dotMagis Editor

It’s day 10 of our 31-day journey of Ignatian spirituality. Today we consider God as Mystery, God as Neighbor by Jurell Sison. If you’ve joined us a few days...