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Apple Picking and Discernment

Marina Berzins McCoy

Each year my family and I enjoy going apple picking together here in New England. Yes, I know that I could just as easily...

Fr. Tetlow’s Hope for Spiritual Direction

dotMagis Editor

In response to the Jubilee Year’s call to be pilgrims of hope, the Office of Ignatian Spirituality is asking spiritual directors, “What is your...

In Search of Stillness

Gerri Leder

Editor’s note: Sacred Space: The Prayer Book suggests six steps of prayer and contemplation for exploring the daily Scripture passages: The Presence of God,...

The Man Who Untangles Seagulls

Eric Clayton

I sit with a Jesuit friend on a pier near a fishing village overlooking the Irish Sea. The village, Howth, is a 30-minute or...

Something Good

dotMagis Editor

I once worked with a teacher who started every class by inviting each pupil to say something good. Students were challenged to tell a...

Sneezing and Being Beautifully Human

Gretchen Crowder

Ah…ah…achoo! “Oh, no, oh, no, oh, no!” I thought frantically. “I cannot be sick, Lord. Not now!” To be fair, it was only one tiny little...

Resisting Grace

Vinita Hampton Wright

Here’s a helpful question to ask from time to time: Am I resisting God’s grace? Now, why would anyone do that? Resist the grace received...

Fragility and Gratefulness

dotMagis Editor

After a leg injury while walking the Ignatian Camino, Brendan McManus, SJ, struggled to be grateful and find God in the experience. He writes: Ignatius...