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The Spiritual Exercises of St. Ignatius, A Literal Translation and A Contemporary Reading. St. Louis: Institute of Jesuit Sources, 1978. ISBN 0-912422-31-9. Timothy M. Gallagher, The Discernment of Spirits: An Ignatian Guide for Everyday Life. Crossroad, 2005. George E. Ganss, S.J. The Spiritual Exercises of Saint Ignatius: A Translation and ...
Stoic spiritual practices and exercises include contemplation of death and other events that are typically thought negative, training attention to remain in the present moment (similar to some forms of Eastern meditation), daily reflection on everyday problems and possible solutions, keeping a personal journal, and so on.
[2]: 121ff The Spiritual Exercises, in 104, sum this up in a prayer that the believer may "love him more and follow him more closely". There is a considerable emphasis on the emotions in Ignatius' methods, and a call for one to be sensitive to emotional movements. [8] Self-awareness: Ignatius recommends the twice-daily examen (examination).
“Three Hours To Change Your Life” an excerpt of the book Your Best Year Yet! by Jinny S. Ditzler This document is a 35-page excerpt, including the Welcome chapter of the book and Part 1: The Principles of Best Year Yet – three hours to change your life First published by HarperCollins in 1994 and by Warner Books in 1998
In many cases, this became a daily practice of the lives of early members of the clergy and those living a monastic life, such as the hermit St. Anthony, who was said to have examined his conscience every night, while St. Basil of Caesarea, St. Augustine of Hippo, St. Bernard of Clairvaux, and founders of religious orders generally made the ...
Spiritual direction is widespread in the Catholic tradition: a person with wisdom and spiritual discernment, usually but not exclusively a priest or consecrated in general, provides counsel to a person who wishes to make a journey of faith and discovery of God's will in their life. The spiritual guide aims to discern and understand what the ...
A spiritual test, according to several religious traditions, is a life situation, provided by God, to evaluate man's individual moral character and obedience to His laws. . Spiritual tests assess one's virtue in many aspects of everyday life, individual conduct, particularly when no witnesses exist, and reflect the maturation of the character with regards to such moral imperatives as honesty ...
The first words summarize the undercurrent of The Saviors of God: "We came from an abyss of darkness; we end in an abyss of darkness: the interval of light between one and another we name life." Kazantzakis thought that there are two streams in life: the first one runs toward ascesis , synthesis , life and immortality , while the second one ...