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Writer Catherine Anne Sullivan presented a webinar on Ignatian journaling through Ignatian Young Adult Ministries. The advice is helpful for beginning journal writers of all ages, however. Sullivan suggests two centering questions to address in writing: What is one good thing I can thank God for today? What is one hard thing I can invite […]

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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.

Every December 25th reminds us of a crucial eternal truth: God is always with us. No matter the circumstances we might find ourselves in, the humble nativity reminds us that Jesus is always there. Based on the readings for the Nativity of the Lord.

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By dotMagis Editor

Because Jesus was born, and God humbled himself, became human, and dwelt among us, everything changed. Because of how God arrived—in a simple stable—we know where to look for God. The Jesuit mystic Pierre Teilhard de Chardin wrote, “By virtue of Creation, and still more the Incarnation, nothing here below is profane for those who […]

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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.

By dotMagis Editor

Fr. James Hanvey, SJ, the Secretary for the Service of Faith of the Society of Jesus, introduces Pope Leo XIV’s first apostolic exhortation, Dilexi Te, as a contemplative document. He says: Dilexi Te speaks directly to the Society of Jesus, not only because it has very publicly over many years made the option for the […]

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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.

One of the biggest challenges in Joe’s ministry as a Jesuit also proved to bear incredible spiritual fruit. It taught him the importance of waiting for God to come to our rescue, and the importance of celebrating when He does.

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Choosing love is sometimes easy. Other times, we must labor to choose to love. Greg Okumu, SJ reflects that the invitation on this last Sunday of Advent is to choose to love—because God does. Based on the readings for the Fourth Sunday of Advent.

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By Theresa Brotherton

I have a chronic illness. It is a scary path that I wouldn’t choose for anyone. People often comment about what a busy and outgoing person I used to be, and although I am not so busy in the world anymore, I am still me. From a world view, I guess it seems as if […]

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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.

By Marina Berzins McCoy

It’s Advent, and the season is full of expectation and hope. I love the regular appearances of light on the streets in the darkness. Light is consoling, and there are many other moments where we find “light”: celebrations with family, visits with friends, and happy moments of choosing a card or a gift for a […]

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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.

What does it mean to embrace radical hope in God during Advent? Brennan Dour, SJ, reflects on the Advent meditations of Fr. Alfred Delp, SJ, who discovered this season’s profound spiritual invitation to trust in God while awaiting execution in a Nazi prison cell.

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By Loretta Pehanich

I found it: a small plaque on a stone edifice alerts passersby that this was the house of Isabel Roser. Some 500 years after she lived there the stone structure still stands across the plaza from Santa Maria del Mar Church in Barcelona, where Ignatius of Loyola prayed, preached, and begged for support. I wanted […]

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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.

On the Third Sunday of Advent, Catholics celebrate Gaudete—or “rejoice”—Sunday. Even though Jesus is not born yet, Kevin Lee, SJ reflects how this Sunday invites us to see the ways that God is already breaking into the world. Based on the readings for the Third Sunday of Advent.

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By Barbara Lee

Two of the most common challenges in the spiritual life are trust and patience. We say that we trust, but we give in to anxiety. We pray to discern the right course of action, but we want answers now. How do we break those habits? It has sometimes been said that the opposite of faith […]

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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.

By Eric Clayton

I manage to roll out of bed just a tad earlier than normal. I stumble down the stairs, collapse into a great, leathery chair, and pull out my pile of spiritual reading. I close my eyes, take in a deep breath, bless myself, and… I hear the scampering feet of my two little girls as […]

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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.

By Melinda LeBlanc

I’ve been enjoying watching the family of bluebirds in my yard. I watched the parents’ courtship, the nest building, the egg laying, and the hatching and fledging. I was fascinated with how the parents brought food back to the nest, where they were met by open-mouthed baby birds fully prepared to accept what was given […]

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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.

In the season of Advent, we prepare for God to come into our world. Will Hayes, SJ reflects how God coming into a world as the child Jesus means we have a God who wants to come into our arms and into our lives. Bases on the readings for the Second Sunday of Advent.

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By Gretchen Crowder

What is the best gift you have ever received? This question is a favorite icebreaker question, and I am always stumped when I try to answer it. As most icebreakers involve quick thinking, I usually give a superficial answer that, upon further reflection, is not actually a true one. The things that always come to […]

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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.

By Becky Eldredge

One of my grandmother’s favorite expressions was, “One of the things you can always count on in life is change.” There were many times as a teen or young adult when I did not appreciate her words, especially if they came right after I shared my struggle with change. After listening to my moaning and […]

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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.

By Jean Heaton

When I was young, each autumn I waited anxiously for the Sears Christmas catalog to arrive in the mailbox. Three to six hundred glossy pages, the famous Wish Book held almost everything a child could dream of. My friends and I would sprawl on the floor, pencils in hand, circling and starring items that seemed […]

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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.

Time is at a premium for many in December. Ty Wahlbrink, SJ extends an invitation to practice patient awaiting this Advent to look for the ways God is breaking into the world. Based on the readings for the First Sunday of Advent.

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By Vivian Amu

Advent is a sacred season of preparing space for Christ to come into our lives. Yet in life’s busyness, sometimes I find it difficult to embrace fully the spiritual depth of Advent. Ignatian spirituality offers a contemplative and transformative way to deepen our experience of Advent. The first week of Advent begins with a message […]

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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.