By dotMagis Editor Today we begin a 15th anniversary party for IgnatianSpirituality.com, and we’re celebrating with 15 Gifts to Celebrate 15 Years! Read the details here. Our celebration kicks off with your chance to win a copy of My Life with the Jedi: The Spirituality of Star Wars. We’re gifting copies to three lucky winners! Dive into an […] Click through to read the full article My Life with the Jedi Giveaway, which appeared first on Ignatian Spirituality. IgnatianSpirituality.com ® is a service of Loyola Press, a Jesuit ministry. In his final book—God’s Great Story and You—William A. Barr ..read more

By Eric Clayton In the woods of central Maryland there sits an unassuming chair. It’s big, thick, and old. It’s set in its place, with wooden legs sinking into mud and grass and stone, overlooking a trickling spring. There’s no telling how many living creatures have settled in its wooden frame over the course of time: squirrels cracking […] Click through to read the full article When the Poem Comes to Life, which appeared first on Ignatian Spirituality. IgnatianSpirituality.com ® is a service of Loyola Press, a Jesuit ministry. Many people in the Bible were in their later years before God call ..read more

By Gretchen Crowder I have a confession to make. I tend to forget about Jesus around a week or so into the Easter season each year. It is never intentional, but it happens more often than I want to admit. I think it is partially due to the fact that I tend to go all in these days […] Click through to read the full article Continuing Friendship in the Easter Season, which appeared first on Ignatian Spirituality. IgnatianSpirituality.com ® is a service of Loyola Press, a Jesuit ministry. Many people in the Bible were in their later years before God called them to the adventures for which we know ..read more

By dotMagis Editor This post is based on Week Eight of An Ignatian Prayer Adventure. In the Fourth Week of the Spiritual Exercises, we reflect on the Resurrection of Jesus and experience joy that leads us to our next steps in mission. Fr. Kevin O’Brien, SJ, explains: Joy by its nature has to be shared if it is […] Click through to read the full article Joy Leads to Our Next Steps, which appeared first on Ignatian Spirituality. IgnatianSpirituality.com ® is a service of Loyola Press, a Jesuit ministry. Whether reading as a novice or an expert in Ignatian spirituality, The Pilgrim’s Story by Bre ..read more

By Rebecca Ruiz In his book, The Ignatian Adventure, Kevin O’Brien, SJ, says that contemplation, in the Ignatian sense, “is more about feeling than thinking. Contemplation often stirs the emotions and inspires deep, God-given desires…we rely on our imaginations to place ourselves in a setting from the Gospels or in a scene proposed by Ignatius.” In a recent […] Click through to read the full article Allowing God to Work Through Ignatian Contemplation, which appeared first on Ignatian Spirituality. IgnatianSpirituality.com ® is a service of Loyola Press, a Jesuit ministry. Whether reading as a ..read more

By dotMagis Editor For all the healing and hope Jesus had brought to perhaps thousands of people, there was no sign by this time that he had transformed the culture, powers, and societal structures of his time. After he died, abandoned by all but a few disciples, there was no sign of the Church he had asked Peter […] Click through to read the full article Assuming Failure, which appeared first on Ignatian Spirituality. IgnatianSpirituality.com ® is a service of Loyola Press, a Jesuit ministry. Whether reading as a novice or an expert in Ignatian spirituality, The Pilgrim’s Story by Brendan Com ..read more

By dotMagis Editor This post is based on Week Seven of An Ignatian Prayer Adventure. In the Third Week of the Spiritual Exercises, we meditate on the Passion of Jesus and pray for the grace to accompany Jesus in his suffering. Fr. Kevin O’Brien, SJ, explains: [Jesus] was faithful to the mission of the Kingdom of God, that […] Click through to read the full article Accompaniment and Compassion, which appeared first on Ignatian Spirituality. IgnatianSpirituality.com ® is a service of Loyola Press, a Jesuit ministry. Whether reading as a novice or an expert in Ignatian spirituality, The Pilgrim’s ..read more

By dotMagis Editor What would it be like to go on a retreat given by Pope Francis? Author and papal biographer Austen Ivereigh offers the next best thing in his book, First Belong to God: On Retreat with Pope Francis. Join us for a webinar in which Ivereigh will introduce us to his book, which he has designed […] Click through to read the full article On Retreat with Pope Francis: A Webinar with Austen Ivereigh, which appeared first on Ignatian Spirituality. IgnatianSpirituality.com ® is a service of Loyola Press, a Jesuit ministry. God Is Right in Front of You, as Brian Grogan, SJ, explains i ..read more

By dotMagis Editor Enjoy this video interpretation of an excerpt from The Life of Jesus by Andrea Tornielli, and imagine what it would have been like for Mary to meet Jesus as he walked toward his Crucifixion. This is the final post for this year’s Lenten read-along. Share your thoughts about this week’s reading in the comments below. […] Click through to read the full article Jesus Meets His Mother on the Way to the Crucifixion, which appeared first on Ignatian Spirituality. IgnatianSpirituality.com ® is a service of Loyola Press, a Jesuit ministry. God Is Right in Front of You, as Brian Grog ..read more

By dotMagis Editor This post is based on Week Five of An Ignatian Prayer Adventure. Fr. Kevin O’Brien, SJ, introduces the Meditation on Two Standards from the Spiritual Exercises. He explains: Every day we make choices on one side or the other, because the battle between good and evil ultimately will be decided in the human heart. So […] Click through to read the full article Meditation on Two Standards, which appeared first on Ignatian Spirituality. IgnatianSpirituality.com ® is a service of Loyola Press, a Jesuit ministry. In a time when the Church suffered violent division and strife, one m ..read more