Michael Martínez, SJ, theology teacher and campus minister at Belen Jesuit Preparatory School in Miami, FL, performs “The Wake Up Call: Jesuit Rap Response...

There Is a Longing

Ignatian Songs dotMagis Editor

Reader Mary Alice Teller suggests “There Is a Longing” as an Ignatian song to know. Watch a video of the song below, which includes...

Little Drummer Boy Rocks

Ignatian Songs dotMagis Editor

As we savor the Christmas season, here’s some musical accompaniment, in the form of a rock take on the carol “The Little Drummer Boy.” Merry...

Finding God in the Soundtrack of Life

Ignatian Songs Rebecca Ruiz

I once read that the music we listen to becomes the soundtrack of our life. I just love that sentiment! As in a movie...

Finding God in Music

Ignatian Songs Jim Manney

There’s something thoroughly Ignatian about finding God in music. St. Ignatius’s spiritual approach mostly bypasses the concepts and ideas stuffed into our heads and...

The Burning Babe

Ignatian Songs dotMagis Editor

St. Robert Southwell, SJ, wrote a poem called “The Burning Babe,” describing a vision of Christ on Christmas Day. Here the poem is set...

Best Ignatian Songs: Mercy Now

Ignatian Songs Jim Manney

I recently discovered the haunting ballad "Mercy Now" by the roots singer-songwriter Mary Gauthier. It's a lovely, heartfelt prayer: Yeah, we all could use a...

Best Ignatian Songs: Annie's Song

Ignatian Songs Jim Manney

This Best Ignatian Song comes from Kristi Gonsalves-McCabe, director of University Ministry at Regis University in Denver. She writes: I've lived in Colorado for 9 years...

Best Ignatian Songs: Holy Darkness

Ignatian Songs Jim Manney

Reader Nancy Walton-House nominates this week's Best Ignatian Song. It's a lovely piece: “Holy Darkness" by Dan Schutte, one of the St. Louis Jesuits....