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The Call of the King is a meditation in the Spiritual Exercises that invites us to join Christ in his work of healing the world. Christ is a king leading an army, but he’s a leader who works alongside his troops. He says, “I want to overcome all diseases, all poverty, all ignorance, all oppression [...]
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Something to think about | The purpose of the Exercises is both freedom from inordinate attachment and union with God and God’s way. . . Facing “disordered affections” and “ordering one’s life with God at the center” are two sides of the reality, much like a coin. The energy absorbed in compulsive, obsessive, disordered, fixated [...]
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During this week of Pentecost I have been thinking about the Church as an institution, a community launched by Christ and gifted with the Holy Spirit. Our beginning, we profess, is through God’s own activity, and our continuing life is through grace. This was certainly Ignatius’ understanding, a point underscored by Michael Buckley in a [...]
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Chris Lowney is a former Jesuit, former J.P. Morgan investment banker, and currently full-time speaker and author. He recently gave a talk at Fordham with the provocative title: “Could St. Ignatius Loyola’s Spiritual Exercises Have Spared Us the 2008 Wall Street Crash?” Probably not, said Lowney, but the values of the Exercises could have helped [...]
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Two Jesuit astronomers talk about “Asteroids, Stars, and the Love of God” on NPR. Richard Blake, SJ, on his vocation. (“I knew I wanted to be a priest maybe four or five years after I was ordained.”) Brian O’Leary, SJ, on the search for meaning from an Ignatian perspective. Find God at Other6 (if you [...]
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There’s long been a discussion among spiritual directors about the purpose of the Spiritual Exercises. Is the goal to help people make important decisions, or help them grow in the spiritual life more broadly. Both of, course. It’s a false choice. But there’s a third way to view the Exercises–as a spiritual program that helps [...]
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The Spiritual Exercises are “a crash program for centering our hearts on God,” said Anthony de Mello, the famed Jesuit psychotherapist and spiritual director who died in 1987. De Mello said this in 1975 in a series of talks on the Exercises that he gave to small group of Jesuit spiritual directors. These talks were [...]
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John O’Malley, SJ, is the featured speaker in the first of a series of videos on the Spiritual Exercises produced by Georgetown University. The series looks at the dynamics of the Exercises and examines new ways that they are being given. Other speakers in the star-studded lineup include Jesuits George Aschenbrenner, John Padberg, and William [...]
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Ash Wednesday was only yesterday, so it’s not too late to start a Lenten prayer program. We suggested several last week. Here are two more–both from Jesuits. The Spiritual Exercises blog offers a daily program of prayer and reflection based on the Spiritual Exercises. It’s a collaborative effort of four Jesuits. The reflections are meant [...]
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Nathan Stone, SJ, makes a strong case for giving the Spiritual Exercises to young people. He thinks that veteran spiritual directors are too cautious if they regard the Exercises as experiences for older, settled people. Some might think it safer to postpone the Exercises. Yes, it is, because commitment is always a risk. But then, [...]
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