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The Ignatian Volunteer Corps is hosting an Advent Morning of Reflection with Fr. Andy Alexander, SJ, on December 6, 2025. Register here for the online event. Fr. Andy co-founded Creighton University’s Online Ministries and is the co-author of Praying Lent: Renewing Our Lives on the Lenten Journey. If that event doesn’t meet your schedule, enjoy […]

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Sacred Space for Advent and the Christmas Season 2025–26 offers a beautifully simple way to grow in relationship with God and embrace the season of joy.

By Tim Muldoon

Editor’s note: Sacred Space: The Prayer Book 2026 suggests six steps of prayer and contemplation for exploring the daily Scripture passages: The Presence of God, Freedom, Consciousness, The Word, Conversation, and Conclusion. We’ve invited our Ignatian bloggers to explore each step in a series concluding today. Conclusion “I thank God for these moments we have […]

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Sacred Space for Advent and the Christmas Season 2025–26 offers a beautifully simple way to grow in relationship with God and embrace the season of joy.

By Vinita Hampton Wright

Now that Halloween is over, most of us are taking a collective deep breath because we know what’s coming: The Holidays. In a few short weeks, we will sit at Thanksgiving tables, and even as we clean up the dishes afterward, we’ll already be thinking ahead to Christmas feasts. If all we had to deal […]

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Sacred Space for Advent and the Christmas Season 2025–26 offers a beautifully simple way to grow in relationship with God and embrace the season of joy.

By dotMagis Editor

Advent begins November 30, 2025. Here are a few resources to keep in mind as you prepare to observe the season. The Gifts of Advent Explore the gifts of the Advent season from the ease of your e-mail inbox. Inspired by The True Gifts of Christmas by Megan Alexander, we’ll take time each day to […]

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Sacred Space for Advent and the Christmas Season 2025–26 offers a beautifully simple way to grow in relationship with God and embrace the season of joy.

By Eric Clayton

Editor’s note: Sacred Space: The Prayer Book 2026 suggests six steps of prayer and contemplation for exploring the daily Scripture passages: The Presence of God, Freedom, Consciousness, The Word, Conversation, and Conclusion. We’ve invited our Ignatian bloggers to explore each step in our continuing series. Conversation “How has God’s word moved me? Has it left […]

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Sacred Space for Advent and the Christmas Season 2025–26 offers a beautifully simple way to grow in relationship with God and embrace the season of joy.

By Melinda LeBlanc

Gratitude and hope have a powerful connection and are even inseparable. Gratitude is a perspective that acknowledges and appreciates the positive aspects of life. It embraces the good, even in adverse times. Hope is the optimistic expectation that the future holds opportunities for positive outcomes. Hope motivates us to action and brings us to work […]

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Sacred Space for Advent and the Christmas Season 2025–26 offers a beautifully simple way to grow in relationship with God and embrace the season of joy.

By Gretchen Crowder

Have you ever been afraid of using your voice as a conduit for Christ’s voice in the world? A familiar prayer by St. Teresa of Ávila says, “Christ has no body now but yours,” reminding us that our physical bodies are meant to be used to carry on Christ’s work. We are meant to use […]

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Sacred Space for Advent and the Christmas Season 2025–26 offers a beautifully simple way to grow in relationship with God and embrace the season of joy.

By Jean Heaton

Editor’s note: Sacred Space: The Prayer Book 2026 suggests six steps of prayer and contemplation for exploring the daily Scripture passages: The Presence of God, Freedom, Consciousness, The Word, Conversation, and Conclusion. We’ve invited our Ignatian bloggers to explore each step in our continuing series. The Word God speaks to each of us individually. I […]

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Sacred Space for Advent and the Christmas Season 2025–26 offers a beautifully simple way to grow in relationship with God and embrace the season of joy.

By Vinita Hampton Wright

Everything in God’s universe is present-tense. Divine love transcends time and place. So it’s never really too late to pray for a person or to express love to that beloved soul. It’s a good message as we celebrate All Saints Day and All Souls Day this weekend.

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Sacred Space for Advent and the Christmas Season 2025–26 offers a beautifully simple way to grow in relationship with God and embrace the season of joy.

By dotMagis Editor

I grew up in a family notorious for not being able to make decisions. Everyone had a different opinion on what to do, and if we did agree on something, there were multiple options on how and when to do it. Going out to dinner was a major affair that stressed everyone out to the […]

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Sacred Space for Advent and the Christmas Season 2025–26 offers a beautifully simple way to grow in relationship with God and embrace the season of joy.

By Loretta Pehanich

Editor’s note: Sacred Space: The Prayer Book 2026 suggests six steps of prayer and contemplation for exploring the daily Scripture passages: The Presence of God, Freedom, Consciousness, The Word, Conversation, and Conclusion. We’ve invited our Ignatian bloggers to explore each step in our continuing series. Consciousness “How am I today? Where am I with God? […]

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Sacred Space for Advent and the Christmas Season 2025–26 offers a beautifully simple way to grow in relationship with God and embrace the season of joy.

By dotMagis Editor

Lord, thank you for all the people who have proclaimed your name throughout the past two thousand years. Many have given their lives so that today I can encounter you. I feel happy and fulfilled by my faith, knowing that you are the Messiah, the Son of God, the one awaited through the ages. You […]

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Sacred Space for Advent and the Christmas Season 2025–26 offers a beautifully simple way to grow in relationship with God and embrace the season of joy.

By Jim Manney

“No pain, no gain.” We’ve heard it a thousand times. It’s a spiritual truism: You find God in pain and suffering. You find God when you learn how much you need him. Pain, failure, and suffering are your friends and teachers. Don’t run from pain; face it, and find God in it. Leonard Cohen’s lyric […]

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The special edition Sacred Space: Retreats & Reflections for Daily Life is an indispensable resource for newcomers and longtime fans of Sacred Space.

By Shemaiah Gonzalez

Editor’s note: Sacred Space: The Prayer Book 2026 suggests six steps of prayer and contemplation for exploring the daily Scripture passages: The Presence of God, Freedom, Consciousness, The Word, Conversation, and Conclusion. We’ve invited our Ignatian bloggers to explore each step in our continuing series. Freedom “By God’s grace I was born to live in […]

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The special edition Sacred Space: Retreats & Reflections for Daily Life is an indispensable resource for newcomers and longtime fans of Sacred Space.

By Marina Berzins McCoy

Each year my family and I enjoy going apple picking together here in New England. Yes, I know that I could just as easily buy these apples at the local orchard, and no, I don’t always know what to do with all the apples that we bring home once I’ve made apple crisp, my husband […]

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The special edition Sacred Space: Retreats & Reflections for Daily Life is an indispensable resource for newcomers and longtime fans of Sacred Space.

By dotMagis Editor

In response to the Jubilee Year’s call to be pilgrims of hope, the Office of Ignatian Spirituality is asking spiritual directors, “What is your hope for spiritual direction?” Joseph A. Tetlow, SJ, hopes people in spiritual direction “will discover their own call from God.” He says, “What I should feel first of all is joy. […]

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Sacred Space for Advent and the Christmas Season 2025–26 offers a beautifully simple way to grow in relationship with God and embrace the season of joy.

By Gerri Leder

Editor’s note: Sacred Space: The Prayer Book suggests six steps of prayer and contemplation for exploring the daily Scripture passages: The Presence of God, Freedom, Consciousness, The Word, Conversation, and Conclusion. We’ve invited our Ignatian bloggers to explore each step in a series beginning today. The Presence of God “‘Be still, and know that I […]

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Sacred Space for Advent and the Christmas Season 2025–26 offers a beautifully simple way to grow in relationship with God and embrace the season of joy.

By Eric Clayton

I sit with a Jesuit friend on a pier near a fishing village overlooking the Irish Sea. The village, Howth, is a 30-minute or so drive northeast of Dublin. It’s a lovely night: cool and breezy, with the smell of salt and seaweed wafting over the ocean wall. It’s busy too. Along the pier are […]

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Sacred Space for Advent and the Christmas Season 2025–26 offers a beautifully simple way to grow in relationship with God and embrace the season of joy.

By dotMagis Editor

I once worked with a teacher who started every class by inviting each pupil to say something good. Students were challenged to tell a story or name a miracle. This practice formed the students: They got in the habit of noticing what was good in their lives. Before long, they could notice and name how […]

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Sacred Space for Advent and the Christmas Season 2025–26 offers a beautifully simple way to grow in relationship with God and embrace the season of joy.

By Gretchen Crowder

Ah…ah…achoo! “Oh, no, oh, no, oh, no!” I thought frantically. “I cannot be sick, Lord. Not now!” To be fair, it was only one tiny little sneeze. I knew I should not be jumping to conclusions, but jump to conclusions I did. “God, I have a big week coming up. There is no way I […]

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Praying with Our Feet by Dr. Ansel Augustine shows how faith and social teaching, rooted in Ignatian spirituality, can be lived out in solidarity with all our brothers and sisters.