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My Silly Hat

3 months ago

By Eric Clayton

I own a peculiar baseball cap that I wear all the time. It’s a black hat, simple in appearance, save for the goofy-looking pinkish blob prominently featured above the rim. The blob is smiling, tongue out, with its big googly eyes wide and staring and happy. The blob has a name; it’s Morph. And Morph […]

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In God’s Voice Within, Mark E. Thibodeaux, SJ, shows us how to use Ignatian discernment to understand that the most trustworthy wisdom of all comes not from outside sources, but from God working through us.

Eric Clayton

Consenting to God Meeting Us

3 months 1 week ago

By dotMagis Editor

We could all use some tips when it comes to prayer, especially during these challenging times. In this episode of Pop-Up Prayer, Elsy Arévalo, Instructor and Assistant Director of the Center for Religion and Spirituality at Loyola Marymount University, explains that prayer is not about us reaching out to God as if we have to […]

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In God’s Voice Within, Mark E. Thibodeaux, SJ, shows us how to use Ignatian discernment to understand that the most trustworthy wisdom of all comes not from outside sources, but from God working through us.

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Printer Frustration

3 months 1 week ago

By Gretchen Crowder

I don’t remember much about the movie Office Space except the iconic scene in which three employees take out their frustrations on the office printer. Fed up with the repeated error message “PC LOAD LETTER” among other office things, the colleagues take the printer for a ride and destroy it with bats in a field. […]

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In God’s Voice Within, Mark E. Thibodeaux, SJ, shows us how to use Ignatian discernment to understand that the most trustworthy wisdom of all comes not from outside sources, but from God working through us.

Gretchen Crowder

Kindness Eggs

3 months 1 week ago

By Shemaiah Gonzalez

My 16-year-old son and I stood shielding our eyes from the sun on an unusually hot afternoon at a four-track train station in Kent, England. We were looking for my friend, a vicar in the Church of England, who was to pick us up from the station. The vicar was hosting us at his vicarage […]

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A Friendship Like No Other by William A. Barry, SJ, offers a fresh approach to becoming a friend of God.

Shemaiah Gonzalez

To-Do List vs. Prayer List

3 months 2 weeks ago

By Jane Knuth

Dean, my husband, asked me if my prayer list wasn’t just another to-do list, and I said, “Of course not. At least, I hope not. Well…no. I’m sure it can’t be. The irony would be extreme.” You see, my everyday to-do lists are what keep me focused on getting things done. They also give me […]

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A Friendship Like No Other by William A. Barry, SJ, offers a fresh approach to becoming a friend of God.

Jane Knuth

Jesus at the Hospital

3 months 2 weeks ago

By Melinda LeBlanc

Sometimes God surprises me in less-than-ideal situations. In the midst of hospital oxygen cannulas, monitors, and nurse call buttons, God revealed to me that God is present in my suffering and desires to bless me with hope. My husband and I were on our way home from a medical test when we got a call […]

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A Friendship Like No Other by William A. Barry, SJ, offers a fresh approach to becoming a friend of God.

Melinda LeBlanc

Prayer in the Wake of Violence

3 months 2 weeks ago

By dotMagis Editor

Prayer for Minneapolis Recognizing that the children are with God, we at Loyola Press, in solidarity with the suffering people of Minneapolis, pray: For the parents and families in their grief. For care and healing for surviving classmates, teachers, and administrators. For those prone to violence, that they be stopped before they act, seek help […]

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In Small Simple Ways: An Ignatian Daybook for Healthy Spiritual Living, author, editor, and retreat leader Vinita Hampton Wright offers her trademark compassion and encouragement to lift readers up and help propel them forward.

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Retreat Opportunities with Loyola Press Authors

3 months 2 weeks ago

By dotMagis Editor

Two Loyola Press authors will lead weekend retreats at the Jesuit Retreat Center of Los Altos (California) in the coming months. Consider these opportunities to learn from experienced and inspiring speakers in a peaceful and prayerful setting. Br. Guy Consolmagno, SJ, author of A Jesuit’s Guide to the Stars, will lead a retreat titled “Is […]

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In Small Simple Ways: An Ignatian Daybook for Healthy Spiritual Living, author, editor, and retreat leader Vinita Hampton Wright offers her trademark compassion and encouragement to lift readers up and help propel them forward.

dotMagis Editor

Ongoing Conversation with the Lord

3 months 3 weeks ago

By dotMagis Editor

In an episode of Pop-Up Prayer, Dr. Ansel Augustine talks about the need to see prayer as both an ongoing conversation with the Lord and something for which we need to carve out time. Augustine is the author of Praying with Our Feet: Encountering God in the Margins.

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In Small Simple Ways: An Ignatian Daybook for Healthy Spiritual Living, author, editor, and retreat leader Vinita Hampton Wright offers her trademark compassion and encouragement to lift readers up and help propel them forward.

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