8 minPrayerTHE EXAMEN - Daily Prayer of Reflection in 'Finding God in All Things' The Examen is a window of time for prayer, where we reflect upon how we encountered others in God in the everyday. It is a simple daily...
2 minSelf-Directed RetreatsReviewing and Noting Down Your Prayer ExerciseThe Review is a distinct spiritual exercise used in the Spiritual Exercises by which the pilgrim reflects on his/her own experiences of...
4 minSelf-Directed RetreatsOur Purpose and Destiny: Praying with the 1st Principle and Foundation“I am created to praise, love, and serve God.” In beginning the Spiritual Exercises, St Ignatius invites us to first pray over the 1st...
3 minSelf-Directed RetreatsFollow Jesus Along the Way: A Self-Directed Lenten Retreat*Beginning at the conspiracy against Jesus and the anointing up Bethany, we continue on into the entry into Jerusalem, and then the...
2 minSelf-Directed RetreatsPraying with Your Blessed HistoryAt the beginning each prayer period, offering yourself to the Lord. Take, Lord, and receive all my liberty, my memory,my understanding,...
3 minSpiritual ExercisesHealings Through Graces Given in the Spiritual ExercisesWhat I have had the privilege to witness when one moves through the Exercises is the continuous activity of the Holy Spirit showering...
11 minDiscernmentThe 14 Rules for Discernment of Spirits Translation from Original & Fr. Gallagher's Summary The 14 Rules for Discernment of Spirits summarized from Fr. Timothy Gallagher* Rules...
5 minDiscernmentDiscernment & The Interior LifeDiscernment as Decision Making Discernment as decision making is the process of the act of judging what is true, ought to be, and moving...
4 minSpiritual ExercisesThe First Week: The 1st Exercise This is a meditation on the first, second and third sin employing the three powers of the soul. After the preparatory prayer and two...
5 minPrayerA Daily Prayer Format for the Spiritual ExercisesThe Ignatian Prayer Period format is used during The Spiritual Exercises, it is structured with a beginning, middle, and end. When...
4 minPrayerIgnatian Ways of Praying with Scripture St. Ignatius taught different methods of praying with the scriptures using our intellect, memory, and will. He considered all of our...
2 minPrayerIGNATIAN MEDITATION ( Discursive Prayer) Listening & Discerning To The Heart Using Our Intellect Lectio Divina means holy reading. This is a method of prayer going back to...
