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Counting the Year’s Gifts

Happy New Year! Before we jump into the new year of dotMagis posts, let’s reflect on all the gifts of Ignatian spirituality. In the spring and summer of 2019,...

An Examen of Quiet

Give thanks. Thank the Lord for all that you see and hear. And then thank the Lord for moments of quiet, brief though many may be. Thank the Lord for...

The Familiarity of Advent

During Advent we are surrounded by the familiar: the decor, the prayers, the devotional practices, and simply the rhythm of the days leading up to Christmas. But paradoxically, all...

Seeing Abundance

Shemaiah Gonzalez writes for LoyolaPress.com: My friend Sara shared that in her family, it is the eldest person present who gives a blessing before the meal. It is a bittersweet...

Why Is It So Hard to Believe?

Author and blogger Becky Eldredge asks some thoughtful questions in response to the 3-Minute Retreat: Received with Thanksgiving: How many times have we heard phrases such as “We are created...

Small Simple Ways to Open Mind, Heart, and Spirit

Join Vinita Hampton Wright for an online Advent retreat this December here at IgnatianSpirituality.com. Our retreat theme is “Small Simple Ways to Open Mind, Heart, and Spirit.” Vinita introduces the...