I love the daily Examen. It’s a simple, life-changing prayer, and I’m always interested in the ways people adapt it to suit their own styles. Here’s one from the blogger Catholic Sensibility:
- Exit the day and get ready.
- The simplest prayer I can muster along the lines of “God, let me see.” The fewer words the better.
- I imagine a timeline and scan the events of the last several hours, from where I left off last time.
- My attention is drawn to one or two times, and I spend more time there pondering if my behavior was “of Christ/not of Christ.”
- Silent reflection.
- Gratitude.
As one of the comments to this blog post says, “One of the Jesuit rules is that the rules should get you to God – so change them if necessary.”