About a year ago I got the idea of putting together a collection of short readings of inspiring and enlightening material from the Ignatian tradition. My bosses said “do it,” and “presto” here it is. Charged with Grandeur: The Book of Ignatian Inspiration has just been published. The title comes from the first line of [...]
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Sunday is the feast of St. Ignatius Loyola. To mark the day, Loyola Press will give away a copy of Paul Coutinho’s book An Ignatian Pathway to one lucky dotMagis reader. To enter for your chance to win, please leave a comment on this post before end of day Sunday, July 31. The winner will [...]
Something to think about | The question to be constantly asked in decision-making is “what do I really want?” Deep down, that’s what God wants too. God wants what is best for us. This isn’t something repugnant, or burdensome, or sad, or difficult. The way of life that God desires for us is the way [...]
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At the America magazine blog, Valerie Schultz lists the top ten reasons to stay Catholic. A couple are whimsical (#5: We put on an excellent funeral); all of them are thoughtful. Valerie’s post reminded me to mention a fine book that Loyola Press has recently published–Why Stay Catholic? by Michael Leach. Publisher’s Weekly interviewed him [...]
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Paul Coutinho, SJ, has just published a new book. It’s called An Ignatian Pathway: Experiencing the Mystical Dimension of the Spiritual Exercises. Coutinho is an Indian Jesuit who has been teaching at St. Louis University for several years. He brings an Eastern sensibility to his reflections on the Spiritual Exercises. He’s different, provocative, always probing [...]
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At America’s “In All Things” blog, Bill Van Ornum invites reflection and opinions about C.S. Lewis’s fable The Screwtape Letters. He points out the parallels between the circumstances today (war in Libya) and the time when Lewis wrote the book (World War II). Van Ornum comments that Lewis “refers several times in Screwtape to the [...]
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I have a friend whose family members hang onto grudges and slights. They are people who remember everything ever done to them, against them – and by whom. They just can’t let of the wrong that has been done to them and they carry it with them every day. “Refusing to forgive someone who has [...]
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One day at Loyola Press I was given a manuscript to read and asked to give an opinion. Nothing unusual about that — but I was completely enthralled. (Now that’s unusual.) I read the whole thing in about three hours. It was one of the most artfully written, interesting, and entertaining manuscripts I’d ever read. [...]
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I try to live in sync with the liturgical year because doing so provides a glorious framework for daily living. I mention this because revising my book, Come to the Table: A Passover Seder for Parish Use during Advent felt downright weird. But an author needs to do what an author needs to do, so [...]
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