Meditating with Ignatius of Loyola, 1: Contemplative Reading of Scripture 106

Meditating with Ignatius Loyola, 1, Contemplative Reading of Scripture 106 This book presents the record of a prayer experience of the Spiritual Exercises of Ignatius of Loyola. In this volume, we treat the Prelude and Week One of the Spiritual Exercises. Volume 2 treats Week Two of the Spiritual Exercises. Volume 3 treats Weeks Three and Four of the Spiritual Exercises. This book aims to aid in meditation the reader in the various selections from Scripture suggested in the Spiritual Exercises. In no way does it replace the role of a spiritual director, but simply supplements the guidance that a director may offer. For some making the Exercises, meditation on Scripture may be a new experience. This book illustrates the richness of the different readings chosen for the Prelude, and Week One of the Exercises. All meditating with the Spiritual Exercises of St. Ignatius involves an intensely personal encounter between the individual and God. As such, the Spiritual Exercises encourage silent listening to “the still, small voice” of God (1 Kings 19:12) within as they offer personal guidance and encouragement on the road to transformation in Christ. All this happens within a specific structure wherein God speaks again and again to the soul, meeting that soul at its individual stage of spiritual growth. The Spiritual Exercises provide what is personally needed at a particular time for ever greater spiritual maturity. It is clear, therefore, all meditating with the Spiritual Exercises involves a unique experience that not only reveals something of the unfathomable mystery of God but also affords an important degree of self-knowledge as we grow in wisdom and love.All royalties for this book go to the Carmelite Sisters in Armstrong, BC. Read more