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    The Spiritual Exercises

    By St. Ignatius of Loyola

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    In 1522, a young Knight named Ignatius de Loyola experienced a life-changing vision of the Virgin Mary and the infant Jesus while at the shrine of Our Lady of Montserrat. He was ordained a priest in 1537, and went on to co-found, alongside future Saints Francis Xavier and Peter Faber, the religious order The Society of Jesus (the Jesuits). His masterpiece, THE SPIRITUAL EXERCISES, has for nearly five centuries proved a definitive manual of mystic and monastic Christian spiritual direction. "By this name of 'Spiritual Exercises'," he writes, "is meant every way of examining one's conscience, of meditating, of contemplating, of praying vocally and mentally, and of performing other spiritual actions... of preparing and disposing the soul to rid itself of all the disordered tendencies and... to seek and find the Divine Will as to the management of one's life for the salvation of the soul." St. Ignatius of Loyola was beatified in 1609 and was canonized by Pope Gregory XV in 1622.
    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherLulu.com
    Release dateSep 22, 2010
    ISBN9780557693054

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    • 4/5
      The Exercises are a major milestone of Christian spirituality, and one of the greatest prayer guides of all time. I wouldn't recommend reading them on your own if you can avoid it, though - the book was meant as a manual to help priests instruct others and isn't really intended to be read as such.
    • 4/5
      Very interesting book - a form of Christian meditation with the focus being on the mercy of God, as well as focusing on aspects of his life and applying the most relevant parts to one's own life. Although I do not necessarily agree with everything the author says, his points about self-analysis and finding goodness still ring true to many non-Catholics.