This post is based on Week One of An Ignatian Prayer Adventure.
One of the first movements of the Spiritual Exercises is an experience of God’s unconditional and faithful love for us. St. Ignatius experienced God as personally involved in his life and taught us that God invites us into relationship. He wanted the Exercises to lead people to have a direct experience of this God who is bounding in mercy and love, a God who is faithful to us.
Fr. Kevin O’Brien, SJ, introduces the First Week of the Spiritual Exercises in the video below. O’Brien is the author of The Ignatian Adventure: Experiencing the Spiritual Exercises of Saint Ignatius in Daily Life.
Thanks Fr Kevin. Indeed God is Freedom.
I’ve made the 19th Annotation using Fr. O’Brien’s book and it’s always refreshing to hear him say something about the Exercises. His book is inspiring and very powerful. I recommend it to anyone who has not done the Exercises yet.
What a gift! I feel energized by that intro to the Exercises!
THANK YOU!!!!