Morning Praise – Day 2

Pilgrimage with Ignatius

Ignatian Theme: Contemplative in Action
Slide No. Script

Slide 1 Invite the community into a prayerful disposition as we

begin the morning praise. (See sample script or you can
make your own.)
- Sit in your chair, upright but comfortable, with your
back supported. Let your body relax (without
slouching), with your feet on the floor in front of you
and your hands at rest on your thighs or joined in
your lap.
- Loving God, as we begin this day we pause to rest in
you.  Quiet our minds that they may be still, fill our
hearts that we may abide in love and trust.  Christ, as
a light illumine and guide me.  Christ, as a shield
overshadow me.  Christ under me; Christ over me;
Christ beside me on my left and my right.

Slide 2 Introduce the Ignatian Theme as our Prayer for today’s

morning praise.
- Father Ignatius received from God the singular grace
to enjoy freely the contemplation of the Trinity and
the rest in it. Undoubtedly, with Ignatius maturing
much in his devotion to the Triune God, it was not
difficult for some Jesuits who had frequent contacts
with him to observe his “habitual awareness of God
and his continual prayer in the midst of goings and
comings.”
Slide 3 Preparatory Prayer (This prayer helps us to put ourselves at
God's disposal. Saint Ignatius describes this 'Preparatory
prayer' as asking for 'the grace that all my intentions, actions
and operations may be directed purely to the praise and
service of the Divine Majesty.' (SpEx 46)
- Let us be aware that we are in God’s loving embrace.
In the name of the Father and of the Son and of the
Holy Spirit. Amen. (Pray for the grace shown in the
slide.)
Slide 4 Some input about the Ignatian Theme. (While the slide is
 being shown you can read this points in a prayerful manner.)
- The term “contemplative in action” has been
attributed to Jerome Nadal, who coined this
expression to describe Ignatius’ peculiar manner of
praying or his most unusual quality or state of being
of profound communion with God.
Slide 5 Some input about the Ignatian Theme. (While the slide is
being shown you can read this points in a prayerful manner.)
- Behind this ideal of “contemplative in action” is this
prayer-action dichotomy which prevailed for many
centuries prior to Ignatius. Ignatius challenged this
view convinced that we can realize genuine union
with God not only in and through formal prayer but
also in and through our loving action. Given with this
new understanding of prayer, Father Ignatius insisted
that we can both pray (contemplate God) and love
(serve the neighbor in need) at the same time.
Slide 6 Some input about the Ignatian Theme. (While the slide is
being shown you can read this points in a prayerful manner.)
- Like ‘seeking God in everything,’ being a
“contemplative even in action” entails friendship
with God. With this friendship guiding virtually
everything in us, an increasing habitual sensitivity to
God and his grace cannot but emerge. Like a mother
constantly mindful of her child, a “contemplative
even in action” cannot but be regardful of God’s
presence and activity in her life, no matter what
he/she may be doing.
Slide 7-8 Invite the community to listen attentively and be open to
what God is saying through reading the selected scriptural
text. You can choose someone from the community to read
the text being shown in the slide.

Slide 9 Invite the community to take time to pause and ponder on

these following reflection points and bring them into prayer.
Slide 10 After the scriptural reading, a selected song will be played as
part of our prayer. After the song, we can end the morning
praise by praying the Glory be.
- Glory be…
- Holy Mary, pray for us.
- St. Ignatius of Loyola, pray for us.
- Let us love and serve in all things, for the greater
glory of God.
Slide 11 End slide.