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Prayers of St. Ignatius
Prayers by St. Ignatius
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Guidelines for the Journey
The Spiritual Exercises journey is a structured prayer experience. St. Ignatius offers some helpful advice. We are wise to listen to his...
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The Review of The Prayer Exercise
The Review is a distinct spiritual exercise used in the Spiritual Exercises by which the pilgrim reflects on his/her own experiences.
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Recommended Books
Recommended reading list for St. Ignatius, Ignatian Spirituality, Discernment and the Spiritual Exercises.
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Our Lady of the Way: Patron Saint of Pilgrims
Ignatius' veneration of Our Lady was a deep and profound part of his spirituality in his journey as a pilgrim and in the founding of the Soc
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What is Ignatian Spirituality?
Ignatian Spirituality is based upon the teachings of St. Ignatius of Loyola, the great mystic, who shared with us his methods of prayer, the
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What is Ignatian Spiritual Direction?
(Ignatian Spiritual Direction addresses) " what is in one’s daily life as one prays their way through life’s complex decisions and...
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THE EXAMEN - Daily Prayer of Reflection in 'Finding God in All Things'
The Examen a daily prayer of consciousness of ‘finding God in all things’ in growing as a Contemplative in Action . It is a prayer of gratitude, an invitation to discover God's loving action and blessings in your daily life. The Examen is a prayer of graced awareness, reflecting upon encountering God’s presence and action in our everyday lives: to see the day as it was through the eyes of Christ; to discern the Holy Spirit’s leading direction for us; and to respond to the Fa
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Ignatian Way 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...
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The 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 preludes, it contains three principal points and a colloquy. 46. Prayer In the preparatory prayer I will beg God our Lord for grace that all my intentions, actions, and operations may be directed purely to the praise and service of His Divine Majesty. 47. First Prelude T his is a mental representation of the place. Attention must be called to th
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A Daily Prayer Format for the Spiritual Exercises
The Ignatian Prayer Period format is used during The Spiritual Exercises, it is structured with a beginning, middle, and end. When...
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Ignatian 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...
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Ignatian Contemplation (Imaginative Prayer)
God speaks through our imaginations as well as through our understandings, memories, thoughts, intellect, desires, feelings, and emotions....
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Dryness in Prayer?
Study, Read, Pray Updated: 4 days ago Several of my new directees have expressed a distress in having a ‘dryness’ in their prayer life....
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Colloquy Prayer as Conversation
The Colloquy is a prayer in the form of a free-flowing heart filled conversation by speaking exactly as one friend speaks to another,...
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