Examen
Video: The Five Steps of the Examen
Yesterday Becky Eldredge, author and speaker, shared her experience with the Examen. Today she and Paul Campbell, SJ, outline the steps of how to pray this popular prayer.
Examen
Praying the Examen
Becky Eldredge shares with Paul Brian Campbell, SJ, why she loves praying the Examen.
Ignatian Prayer
The Contemplation on Divine Love
The final contemplation of the Spiritual Exercises of St. Ignatius is the Contemplation on Divine Love, or the Contemplation on the Love of God. It captures all of the...
Spiritual Exercises
Accompanying Jesus in His Passion and Death
Kevin O'Brien, SJ, explains that the Third Week of the Spiritual Exercises is an extended meditation on the passion, suffering, and death of Jesus Christ. This week can be...
Spiritual Exercises
Kevin O’Brien, SJ, on the Two Standards
A key meditation of the Spiritual Exercises is the meditation on the Two Standards. At this point in the Exercises we've reckoned with both our hopes and our failings;...
Spiritual Exercises
Kevin O’Brien, SJ, on the Call of Christ the King
One of the central meditations of the Spiritual Exercises is the Call of Christ the King.
Imagine a call from an earthly leader who has inspired us, and then imagine...