The Ignatian Adventure: Experiencing the Spiritual Exercises of St. Ignatius in Daily Life

Third, for those who have made the Exercises before, the book may serve as a helpful way to deepen some of those graces.

This book provides exercises for every day of the calendar week, but do not feel that you need to go through the days mechanically.

We keep our gaze fixed always on God’s mercy.

We engage our memory to appreciate the activity of God in our life.

we pray with a generous heart to find God in all things, to love and serve God and others in concrete ways and with great enthusiasm.

Week of Prayer #3: The Intimacy of Prayer

In making the offering, you remind yourself at the outset that you are not thinking about God but encountering God in a very real way.

The review of prayer is not homework; do not feel bound to answer each of these questions every time you journal. Instead, consider journaling as another way of praying, of going deeper to sift through the graces. Write in a style that is comfortable for you.

Our deepening personal identification with Jesus inspires us to want to be with him in his suffering and death. We spend time contemplating the Lord’s passion, which is the consummate expression of God’s faithfulness and love for