Theresa Wang, a campus minister from Taiwan, was considering quitting her school when a T-shirt slogan caught her attention. Shortly afterwards she went on a retreat where she experienced the love of God. Check out the video below with Wang explaining her cannonball moment. The English translation is available when the subtitles are enabled. This … Read more
Editor’s note: Throughout July we are celebrating 31 days with St. Ignatius, a month-long celebration of Ignatian spirituality. In addition to the calendar of Ignatian articles available here, this month’s posts will examine dotMagi’s cannonball moments – moments that changed the course of a life, just as a cannonball hit the life of St. Ignatius … Read more
Editor’s note: Throughout July we are celebrating 31 days with St. Ignatius, a month-long celebration of Ignatian spirituality. In addition to the calendar of Ignatian articles found here, this month’s posts on dotMagis will explore cannonball moments – moments that changed the course of a life, like a cannonball hit the course of the life … Read more
The Ignatian Year has a theme song, “La Herida” or “The Wound”. Composed by Cristóbal Fones, SJ, with texts by José María Rodríguez Olaizola, SJ, the song was translated into English and French by Phillip Hurley, SJ and Pierre Bélanger, SJ. In English the refrain reads: “At the end of our days we / will … Read more
The mystery of the Incarnation overcomes the problem of distance. Without the Incarnation, without the full Incarnation of God’s Word, God will never be more than an abstraction. One cannot come close to an abstraction. You cannot experience intimacy with an idea. But through the Incarnation we can fall in love with a person and … Read more
Author Barbara Lee’s new book, Answering God’s Call: A Scripture-Based Journey for Older Adults, focuses on listening to God’s call in the later years of life. Barbara says, “All of the people mentioned in this book are examples of God-centered responses to the challenges older adults face in our time.” Barbara spoke to Mary McGinnity … Read more
I recently started watching a television program about passengers on an airplane who unknowingly disappear in flight for five years. While they believe only a few minutes have passed, their friends and families have been without them for five years. (It’s a bizarre series, but I think it’s my escape from the gravity of local … Read more
In St. Ignatius’ second rules of judgment – the rules relating to more subtle judgment, what we might call advanced judgment – he addresses in rules 5 and 6 how we can respond to our own thought processes. Ignatius’ experience Ignatius had experience with it. During his many months in Manresa, he was plagued with … Read more
July is almost here, which means we are preparing for the 12-year 31 days with St. Ignatius. This original month-long celebration of Ignatian spirituality leads to the feast day of its namesake on July 31st. We have put together a calendar of Ignatian articles and more so you can find daily inspiration for the story … Read more
One of my earliest childhood memories is that I was around two or three years old and walking down a Florida beach with my parents. My father showed me a starfish that had washed up on the beach. He explained to me that if he lost one of his arms, it could regenerate over time. … Read more