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Suggested Books

 

About St. Ignatius

  • The Pilgrim Story: The Life and Spirituality of Saint Ignatius of Loyola. By Brendan Comerford, SJ (easy read)

  • Saint Ignatius Own Story (Autobiography). Translated by William J Young, SJ (translation)

  • A Pilgrimes Testament: Memoirs of St. Ignatius of Loyola  by  Barton Gerger, SJ (with commentary)

  • A Pilgrims's Journey: The Autobiography of Ignatius of Loyola by Joseph N. Tylenda, SJ (with commentary)

  • Personal Writings of Saint Ignatius of Loyola. Translated by Joseph Munitiz and Philip Endean

  • St. Ignatius Loyola: Letters to Women Ed. by Hugo Hahner, SJ

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On Ignatian Prayer Methods​

  • Meditation and Contemplation: An Ignatian Guide to Praying with Scripture. By Timothy Gallagher, OMV

  • An Ignatian Introduction to Prayer: Scriptural Reflections According to the Spiritual Exercises.  By Timothy Gallagher, OMV

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On The Examen

  • A Simple Life-changing Prayer: Discovering the power of Saint Ignatius Loyola Examen. By Jim Manney

  • The Examen Prayer: Ignatian Wisdom for Our Lives Today. By Timothy Gallagher OMV

  • Reimagining the Ignatian Examen. By Mark Thibodeaux, SJ

  • Awareness.  By Anthony De Mello

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On Prayer - William Barry, SJ

  • God and You: Prayer as a Personal Relationship. 

  • A Friendship like no other: Experiencing God’s amazing embrace. 

  • God’s passionate desire. 

  • Here’s my heart, here’s my hand: Living fully in friendship with God.

  • Praying the Truth: Deepening your friendship with God through Honest Prayer. 

  • Seek My Face: Prayer as a personal relationship in Scripture. 

  • Discernment In Prayer Paying Attention to Go.  

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On Ignatian Spirituality

  • What Is Ignatian Spirituality? By David Fleming, SJ

  • Ignatian Spirituality A to Z. By Jim Manney

  • Contemplatives in Action: The Jesuit way. By William Barry, SJ

  • Inner compass: Invitation to Ignatian Spirituality. By Margaret Silf

  • Eyes to see ears to hear: An introduction to Ignatian Spirituality. By David Longsdale

  • An Ignatian Spirituality Reader: Contemporary writings. George W Traub SJ editor

  • Ignatian Humanism: A Dynamic Spirituality for the 21st C. Ronald Modras

  • Ignatian Christian Life: A New Paradign. by Rosano Zas Frix De Col, SJ

  • The Ignatian Way: A Pilgrimage in the Footsteps of St. Ignatius. Jose Louis Iriberri, SJ and Chris Lowney

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On Finding God

  • Finding God in all Things:  A Companion to the Spiritual Exercises of St.  Ignatius. By William Barry, SJ

  • Finding God Again: Spirituality for Adults. by John J. Shea

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Devotions

  • Hearts on Fire: Praying with the Jesuits. by Michael Carter SJ

  • Divine Mercy: Meditation on the Interior Life. by Fr. Gabriel of St. Mary Magdalen, OCD

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On Discernment​ - Fr. Thomas Gallagher, OMV

  • The Discernment of Spirits: The Ignatian guide for everyday living. 

  • The Discernment of Spirits: The Ignatian guide for everyday living - Reader's Guide.

  • Spiritual Consolation: An Ignatian Guide for the Greater Discernment of Spirits. 

  • Setting Captives Free: Personal Reflections on Ignatian Discernment of Spirits. 

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 On Finding God's Will - Making Decisions 

  • Discerning the Will of God. An Ignatian Guide to Christian Decision Making. by Thomas Gallagher OMV

  • God's Voice Within: The Ignatian Way to Discover God's Will. by Mark Thibodeaux, SJ

  • What’s Your Decision? An Ignatian approach to decision-making. by Tim Hipskind, Sj et al

  • Living Against the Grain: How to make decisions that lead to an authentic life. by Tim Muldoon.

  • Discernment: The Art of Choosing Well Based upon Ignatian Spirituality. by Pierre Wolff

  • The Art of Discernment: Making Good Decisions in Your World of Choices. by Stefan Kiechle

  • Discernment. Reading the Signs of Daily Life. by Henri JM Nouwen

  • The Call to Discernment in Troubled Times. by Dean Brackley

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Recommended if one is considering receiving the Spiritual Exercises.

  • Letting God Come Close: An Approach to the Ignatian Spiritual Exercises. by William Barry, SJ

 

The Spiritual Exercises of St. Ignatius Loyola (English translations from the original text 

(used by directors in giving one-on-one Spiritual Exercises in the 30 day or 30 weeks [19th Annot.])

  • The Spiritual Exercises by St. Ignatius of Loyola by transl. Puhl

  • The Spiritual Exercises by St. Ignatius of Loyola - A Translation and Commentary by George Ganss, SJ

  • The Spiritual Exercises by St. Ignatius of Loyola with Commentary by Joseph A. Tetlow, SJ

  • The Spiritual Exercises a Literal Translation & Contemporary Reading. by David Fleming, SJ

  • Ignatian Collection. Word on Fire Ministries

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The 19 Annotation of the Spiritual Exercises of St. Ignatius Loyola 

(text used by the director in giving the Spiritual Exercises with weekly spiritual direction sessions)

  • The Ignatian Adventure. by Kevin O’Brien, SJ 

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18th Annotation of the Spiritual Exercises of St. Ignatius for Self-Directed Retreats

(can be used alone or in a parish group setting, in one-on-one weekly spiritual direction sessions)

  • 30 Days - Ascending with Ignatius: An At-Home Retreat (Book and YouTube Videos)  by Mark. Thibodeaux, SJ

  • 8 weeks - Meeting Christ in Prayer: An 8-week life-enriching experience based upon the spiritual exercises of Saint Ignatius. By Mary Ann McLaughlin et al

  • 12 weeks -Finding Christ in the World: A twelve-week Ignatian Retreat in Everyday Life. By Joseph Tetlow, SJ and Carol Atwell Ackels

  • 34 weeks - Retreat in the Real World: A Self-Guided Ignatian Experience.  By Andy Alexander, SJ et al.

  • 50 weeks - The Gift of Spiritual Intimacy: Following the Spiritual Exercises of St. Ignatius. By Monty Williams, SJ

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18th Annotation: Directed Retreats based upon the Spiritual Exercises-Karen Shields Wright​​

(can be used alone or in a parish group setting, in one-on-one weekly spiritual direction sessions)

  • The A 6-week Contemplative Retreat. (A download, email for password)

  •  The 10 Week Ignatian Encounter. (A download, email for password)

  • A Step 11 Retreat for those of the Big Book.  (A download, email for password)

 

These books and workbooks below are in the Ignatian Tradition for Self-Directed Retreats ​

(designed to be used alone or in a parish group setting)

  • An Invitation to Love:  A Personal Retreat on the Great Commandment. By William Barry, SJ

  • An Ignatian Pathway: Experiencing The Mystical Dimension of the Spiritual Exercises. Paul Coutinho, SJ

  • The Strangest Way: Walking the Christain Path. Bishop Robert Barron

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  • An 8-day Ignatian Retreat: For priests, religious, deacons, and lay ministers. By Thomas Rauch SJ

  • 40 weeks: An Ignatian Path to Christ with Sacred Story Prayer. By William Watson, SJ

  • A12-Step Approach to the Spiritual Exercises of Saint Ignatius. By Jim Harbaugh, SJ

  • Moment by Moment: A Retreat in Everyday Life. By Carol Ann Smith, SHCI and Eugene Merz, SJ

  • Untold Blessings: Three Paths to Holiness by Bishop Robert Barron

  • Cannonball Moments: Telling YOur Story, Deepening Your Faith by Eric Clayton

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Ignatian Reflections for 365 Days of the Year

(designed to be used alone)

  • Thoughts of St. Ignatius Loyola for Every Day of the Year. by Patrick Ryan, SJ

  • Ignatian Book of Days. by Jim Manney

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Books by Fr. Jacques Philippe

  • Interior Freedom. 

  • In the School of the Holy Spirit

  • Time for God

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The Marian Devotions

  • The Glorious of Mary. By Saint Alphonsus De Liguori

  • True Devotion to Mary. By St. Louis de Montfort

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The Carmelite Tradition

  • The Practice of the Presence of God: The Way of Perfection. By Brother Laurence and Teresa of Avila

  • The Interior Castle by St. Teresa of Avila

  • St. John of the Cross 

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Contemplative Contemporary Tradition​

Thomas Merton

  • The Inner Experience: Notes on Contemplation. 

  • Seeds of Contemplation. 

  • The Ascent to Truth. 

  • The Seven-story Mountain. 

  • The essential writings of Thomas Merton: Spiritual master. Ed. by Laurence Cunningham

 

Henri JM Nouwen

  • Out of solitude: three meditations on the Christian life. 

  • The Wounded Healer. 

  • Behold the beauty of the Lord: Praying with icons. 

 

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