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Our only desire and our one choice should be this:
I want and I choose
what better leads to
God’s deepening life in me.
~St. Ignatius of Loyola
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Week Two Prayer Aids
Please click on the links listed below for helpful materials to enhance your prayer:
Ignatian way of praying
with God as if with a friend
Ignatian awareness
of the movements of one’s spirit
Ignatian way of reviewing one’s day in order to find God in all things
some ways to think about forgiveness
The Spirituality of Imperfection
continued notes from
an insightful book
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How to Begin Prayer
St. Ignatius recommends that one’s period of prayer begin by: 1) having a specific time/place for my prayer; 2) call to mind that I am in God’s presence and that the Lord wants to listen and converse with me; and 3) pray for a generous spirit during my prayer period.
His prayer for generosity is:
Lord, teach me
to be generous, teach me to serve you
as you deserve,
to give and not
to count the cost,
to fight and not
to heed the wounds,
to toil and not
to seek for rest,
to labor and not
to ask for any reward,
except to know it is
your will I am doing.
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Week in Review
How did your prayer go this week?
Did the love of God come clearer to you? Any consolation of being loved as I am?
God is always “working” in the life of each person. Do you find this to be true in your life? How?
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From Yahweh through Isaiah to you
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