Sacred story
Subtitle: an Ignatian examen for the third millennium
By: William M. Watson, SJ ; foreword by J. Peter Sartain, George Aschenbrenner, SJ, David Keith Townsend, SJ
Contributors: Aschenbrenner, George A., author of foreword; Sartain, J. Peter, author of foreword; Townsend, David Keith, author of foreword
Publisher: Sacred Story Press
Published: 2012
Place of publication: Seattle, Washington
Language: eng
Number of pages: 290
ISBN-13: 9780615667362
Subjects: Examination of Conscience; Spirituality; Catholic Church; Exercitia spiritualia (Ignatius, of Loyola, Saint)
Description: How and why did St. Ignatius Loyola develop the Examen prayer? What is it supposed to accomplish for those who practice it? Why do people choose to forgo this discipline that has proved to be invaluable and essential to spiritual growth and the discernment of spirits over the centuries? What are the contemporary cultural crises confronting today's would-be Examen practitioners provoking distrust, fear, or dismissive attitudes towards it? How can an Examen faithful to Ignatius original method be modernized to address the mindset of today's Christians? This book in its three parts takes a new approach to answer these questions. It provides a new analysis on how Ignatius' spiritual Examen disciplines were developed, the challenges inherent in practicing them, and a dynamic new reading of the Examen called Sacred Story. This book will give you the spiritual tools you need for a practical, daily prayer discipline that incorporates principles of spiritual discernment. -- &#x2021;c From publisher's description.
Notes: Includes bibliography (pages 283-290).
Table of contents: title: Part One : Beginnings and challenges; title: Fundamental conversion and the general Examen; title: Integrated conversion and the particular Examen; title: The Examen and its use by the first Jesuits; title: Five challenges point to the Examen's future; title: Part Two : Recovering the Examen's vitality and relevance; title: Contemporizing Ignatius' discernment rules; title: Discovering the Examen's supernatural powers; title: Ignatius' life as sacred story; title: Sacred story practice and structure; title: Sacred story introduction; title: Listening to your history : weeks one to five; title: Learning the daily exercises : weeks six to eleven; title: Living your sacred story : weeks twelve to eternity.