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The foundation of Ignatian prayer is the Daily Examen. It’s the most popular part of this website, according to the numbers we have, so we’re always looking for new helpful material about it. One of the best summaries of the Examen that I’ve seen lately is this Guided Examen. Interestingly, it comes from the Mars [...]
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Joe Koczera, SJ on happiness. Some practical advice about the Daily Examen. Jim Martin, SJ on the patron saint of troublemakers. A Jesuit joke. Share or bookmark this post:
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The fruit of the regular practice of the examen—or more broadly, the life of regular, cumulative, formative reflection—is living with greater attentiveness, greater readiness, even greater anticipation of God’s whispers. I felt it this evening, running an errand with my older daughter Grace. We searched six stores for an item she needed for a science [...]
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The daily Examen is the most familiar and widely-practiced form of Ignatian prayer. Millions of people pray it every day. Philip Shano, SJ, takes it a step further. In a recent article in Review for Religious, he discusses his experience with praying the Examen in groups. He is talking about the Examen in a religious [...]
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Blogger Cynthia Kirk proposes a way for families to use the Examen around the dinner table: 1. For what time or event today are you most grateful (thankful/happy)? (Initially, you may have to name a few things in a young child’s day to help them catch on to the practice for #1 and #2.) 2. [...]
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The basic form of Ignatian prayer is the Daily Examen. A section of this website is devoted to it. The basic idea of the Examen is to find God in the events of our daily lives. The key to it is to look at our feelings. They are usually a good indicator of where God [...]
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The goal of Ignatian discernment is to discover where God is active in our lives. Here is a simple two-step exercise to get started with it. It is adapted from a “spiritual warm-up” developed by Tim Muldoon in his book The Ignatian Workout: 1. Be quiet (turn off radios, TVs, computers, video games; close books [...]
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I just ran across a very good article on the daily Examen by Phyllis Zagano. There are many brief explanations of the Examen. This goes into some detail about it. A sample: This small prayer, the Examen of Consciousness, is the heart of the spirituality developed by St. Ignatius Loyola and his followers. If practiced [...]
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