The other night I had some down time. I was plugged-in: I channel-flipped between the Tigers-Yankees playoff game and the presidential debate, texted with...

Distractions in Prayer

Ignatian Prayer Becky Eldredge

Becky Eldredge and Paul Brian Campbell, SJ, sat down this summer for a conversation about Ignatian spirituality. In this video on distractions in prayer,...

How Indifferent Are You?

Ignatian Prayer Jim Manney

Ignatius really means it when he says that we need to be "indifferent to all created things." In his Principle and Foundation at the...

Why Go to Church?

Ignatian Prayer Tim Muldoon

In this age when more and more people describe themselves as spiritual but not religious, it is helpful to recall Ignatius's understanding of the...

Prayer Lessons in Spin Class

Ignatian Prayer Jim Manney

Michael Rossmann, SJ, took up spinning to keep in shape during the winter. He lists 11 lessons he relearned while he rode his stationary...

Best Ignatian Songs: We Are Alive

Ignatian Songs Jim Manney

My kids know I'm a big Bruce Springsteen fan, so I was pleased when my daughter Laura gave me his latest album, "Wrecking Ball." ...

Taking Offense

Ignatian Voices Jim Manney

I tend to get angry when I encounter acrimony and incivility in discourse among Catholics. Fr. Jim Martin, who has seen more of it...

The Contemplation on Divine Love

Ignatian Prayer dotMagis Editor

The final contemplation of the Spiritual Exercises of St. Ignatius is the Contemplation on Divine Love, or the Contemplation on the Love of God....

Good Friday Reflection

Ignatian Prayer Vinita Hampton Wright

A few years ago, I wrote this poem on Good Friday, as I worked around the house and tried to consider Christ's Passion. I...

Help My Hurting Heart

Ignatian Prayer Vinita Hampton Wright

Consider Lent a time for tending wounds. Consider Holy Week a container for your pain, your heartbreak, your disappointment, your anxiety, your grief. Consider these days...

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