Marina Berzins McCoy

Marina Berzins McCoy is a professor at Boston College, where she teaches philosophy and in the BC PULSE service-learning program. She is the author of The Ignatian Guide to Forgiveness and Wounded Heroes: Vulnerability as a Virtue in Ancient Greek Philosophy. She and her husband are the parents to two young adults and live in the Boston area.
The Ignatian Guide to Forgiveness by Marina Berzins McCoy

Marina's Book

  • The Ignatian Guide to Forgiveness

The Third Method of Prayer

Ignatian prayer is not one kind of prayer; in fact, Ignatius recommends a variety of ways to pray, along with the better-known imaginative prayer. For example, Ignatius recommends conversational...

Questions Inspired by the Letters of St. Ignatius

Over the summer, I have had the time to read some of the letters of St. Ignatius and to listen to a series of short lectures on the letters...

Finding God in Baking Bread

Sometimes when I hear particular Scripture passages, I am brought back to moments earlier in my prayer life when a moment in imaginative prayer felt intensely consoling or transformative...

Discernment in Times of Injustice

Ignatian approaches to discernment are sometimes posed in terms of life choices, such as which vocation we might choose or if a particular job is more than a career...

Recognizing the Resurrection Takes Time

Easter is a season of celebration and joy. But what about times when we struggle with adversity: illness, grief, fear, or uncertainty about the future? At these moments, it...

Seven Spiritual Strategies for a Time of Pandemic

1. Pray. God is listening. I firmly believe that God is with us, as close as we are to ourselves, and even closer. When I pray, I wait for God...