The Examen Prayer Ignatian Wisdom for Our LivesToday,9780824523671

The Examen Prayer Ignatian Wisdom for Our LivesToday

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ISBN13: 9780824523671
ISBN10: 0824523679
Format: Paperback
Pub. Date: 2006-08-01
Publisher(s): Crossroad
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Summary

This first book to introduce the examen prayer is also a rich resource for all spiritual seekers. The examen prayer is a transforming and ever-growing practice in Christian spirituality. In The Examen Prayer, Fr. Timothy Gallagher draws from real-life stories and his experience as a spiritual director to explain the core principles of the examen prayer: What is the examen and how can we begin to pray it? How can we adapt it to our individual lives? What are its fruits? Book jacket.

Table of Contents

Foreword by George Aschenbrenner, S.J. 9(6)
Acknowledgments 15(4)
Introduction 19(6)
Spiritual questions
19(2)
A practical book
21(1)
Experiencing the examen
22(3)
An Outline of the Examen 25(4)
Part One DESIRE
1. Discovering the Examen
29(13)
A journey of thirty years
29(6)
The deepest desire of the human heart
35(3)
Learning about the examen
38(4)
2. A Day with Ignatius
42(15)
A gradual growth
42(1)
The day begins
43(2)
The Mass
45(1)
A time of spiritual desolation
46(1)
The problem...
47(1)
The answer...
48(1)
Assaults...and a firm response
49(2)
"Is it really possible to live this way?"
51(6)
Part Two PRACTICE
3. First Step: Gratitude
57(11)
"The highest grace and everlasting love of Christ our Lord"
57(3)
An experience of gratitude: A day with Jean
60(3)
Confirmed in God's love: A day with Tom
63(2)
The practice of step one: Gratitude
65(3)
4. Second Step: Petition
68(7)
"It is all about something that God does"
68(1)
Asking for light and strength: A day with Ellen
69(1)
Praying for assistance: A day with Bob
70(2)
Seeking the wisdom of the Spirit: A day with Rita
72(1)
The practice of step two: Petition
72(3)
5. Third Step: Review
75(12)
What Ignatius reviews
75(3)
What we review
78(1)
A walk with the Lord: A day with Don
79(3)
An experience of discernment: A day with Susan
82(3)
The practice of step three: Review
85(2)
6. Fourth Step: Forgiveness
87(8)
Forgiveness and relationship
87(1)
Our image of God
88(1)
"Love bade me welcome"
89(2)
The practice of step four: Forgiveness
91(4)
7. Fifth Step: Renewal
95(8)
Looking to the future
95(2)
Spiritual growth: A day with Joan
97(1)
Choosing commitments: A day with Kevin
98(1)
In the midst of turmoil: A day with Elaine
99(2)
The practice of step five: Renewal
101(2)
8. Flexibility
103(10)
The examen and the individual
103(2)
In the freedom of the Spirit
105(2)
Creative fidelity
107(6)
Part Three CONDITIONS
9. The General Setting of the Examen
113(9)
The importance of the setting
113(1)
Spiritual accompaniment
114(3)
Examen and our life of prayer
117(1)
Developing the contemplative capacity
118(4)
10. The Specific Setting of the Examen
122(17)
Beginning and concluding the examen
122(4)
"Where can I pray the examen?"
126(2)
"Do I have time for the examen?"
128(4)
Journaling and the examen
132(3)
Periodic renewal in the examen
135(4)
Part Four COURAGE
11. Examen and the Courage to Love
139(9)
"I am sent to count your footprints"
139(2)
Beginnings
141(2)
The wounds of the heart
143(5)
12. Examen and Surrendering to Love
148(11)
Spiritual consolation and spiritual desolation
148(4)
Letting go
152(3)
"Love needs no cause outside itself"
155(4)
Part Five FRUIT
13. Examen and the Community
159(10)
The fruit of Ignatius's examen
159(1)
The fruit of our examen
160(3)
Discerning awareness throughout the day
163(2)
Examen and life together
165(4)
14. The Examen and Choices
169(8)
"I come to do your will"
169(3)
Progressive clarification
172(1)
Finding God in all things
173(4)
Notes 177(13)
For Further Reading 190

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