This post is based on Week Five of An Ignatian Prayer Adventure.
Fr. Kevin O’Brien, SJ, introduces the Meditation on Two Standards from the Spiritual Exercises. He explains:
Every day we make choices on one side or the other, because the battle between good and evil ultimately will be decided in the human heart. So we consider our choices as disciples, and we pray for the wisdom and the courage and the clarity to choose that standard to join Jesus in his community of disciples under his banner.
O’Brien is the author of The Ignatian Adventure: Experiencing the Spiritual Exercises of Saint Ignatius in Daily Life and Seeing with the Heart: A Guide to Navigating Life’s Adventures.