How strong is your competitive spirit? Garrett Gundlach, SJ, considers trophy collections and a recent cut-throat board game night. “Don’t let the perfect be the...

One Word at a Time

Ignatian Prayer Michelle Francl-Donnay

The interior of the church* looked like it had been torn from the pages of Isaiah, “I lay your pavements in carnelians, your foundations...

A Morning Offering

Ignatian Prayer Marina Berzins McCoy

While on retreat this past summer, I spent a good deal of time praying for the grace of indifference and asking for the freedom...

Finding God in Amsterdam

Ignatian Voices dotMagis Editor

Jim Corkery, SJ, is a member of the Irish Jesuit Province and teaches theology at the Pontifical Gregorian University in Rome. He recently joined...

Not Many Things But Much

Ignatian Voices dotMagis Editor

A Latin proverb adds a spiritual dimension to the point: non multa sed multum, or “not many things but much.” Jesuits didn’t coin that...

The Transfiguration

Ignatian Voices dotMagis Editor

Let us look at the Transfiguration (Mark 9:2–8) with its obvious reference to the baptism of Jesus in the Jordan (Mark 1:9). At the...

The People for Others That Inspire Me

Ignatian Voices Lisa Kelly

In 1973, Pedro Arrupe, SJ, changed my life. (I was four years old at the time, toddling around a backyard on the other side...

The Power of Silent Prayer

Ignatian Prayer Jurell Sison

For years I’ve been trying to master the art of silent prayer. Sometimes my attempts find me staring at my shoes, thinking about the...

A Belatedly Grateful Leper

Ignatian Prayer Loretta Pehanich

This story is inspired by Luke 17:11–19, the cleansing of ten lepers, and illustrates two aspects of Ignatian spirituality: imaginative prayer and gratitude. We’re camped...