Discovering the Spiritual Exercises of Saint Ignatius - Softcover

Warner, Larry

Softcover

ISBN 10: 184101883X ISBN 13: 9781841018836

Publisher: Bible Reading Fellowship, 2011

Synopsis

In spiritual director Larry Warner guides us through the Spiritual Exercises of Saint Ignatius, similar to the way he's been leading people through them in person. Here's what he's observed: "The Spiritual Exercises helped people reconnect with Jesus and with themselves in life-giving ways. It was powerful." Ignatius wanted to help everyone, no matter what age or stage of life, experience Jesus. Through prayers and Scripture readings that largely focus on the life of Christ, the Spiritual Exercises that have been so powerful and growth-inducing for so many, including Warner, can be a tool for transformation in you as well. The exercises are designed to help you This book will guide you through Ignatius's traditional retreat approach as a nine-month journey which allows you to take these practices into the "real world" each day. And you don't have to go on a retreat to do it. You can start now, and grow in Christlikeness right in the midst of your life. Are you hungry for Jesus and ready to do something about it? Are you committed to a sticking with a sustained journey of growth and formation in Christ? Then this book is for you. Open these pages, and let Warner guide you on the journey toward deeper intimacy with Jesus.

About this title

About the Author

Larry Warner is the founder and executive director of 'b', an organisation that develops and provides spiritual formation experiences and retreats. He is also an adjunct professor at Bethel Seminary in San Diego and the author of Imaginative Prayer in Youth Ministry (Zondervan, 2007).

Review

This book effectively brings the Exercises within reach of any disciple of Jesus ready to work with grace to turn life in the kingdom of the heavens with Jesus into their actual existence. Dallas Willard, author of Renovation of the Heart Larry Warner has retrieved a five-hundred-year-old spiritual practice and revealed its practical significance for Christians of the twenty-first century... To follow his wisdom and experience is to discover the transforming power of the life of Jesus. Albert Haase, OFM, author of Coming Home to Your True Self From The Church Times - November 2011 In 1521, a worldly young Basque nobleman, Inigo de Loyola, participated in a battle against invading French forces at Pamplona in northern Spain. In the course of the fighting, Inigo's legs were shattered by a cannonball and he was carried from the battlefield, alive but helpless, and transported to his father's home. There he spent the next nine months in slow convalescence. Pinned to his bed, frustrated and bored, Inigo called for some books of popular romance to while away the time, only to be presented with the Carthusian Ludolph of Saxony's Life of Christ and Voragine's Lives of the Saints. For sheer lack of anything more appealing to hand, he began to read, then to reflect, and, finally, to pray. Thus began the process of conversion by which this soldier-courtier was transformed into the man we now know as St Ignatius Loyola. One enduring result of Ignatius's conversion was a book that he called the Spiritual Exercises. In it, he lays out a plan for a 30-day retreat based on his own path of spiritual discovery: a period of withdrawal and reflection spread over four weeks. Each day, the retreatant would meditate on some incident in the life of Christ, examine his or her fidelity to Christian values, and make a deeper commitment to God's service. Above all, Ignatius conceived his Exercises as leading others, as they had him, towards making a life-choice. They would provide a catalyst for discerning God's will in every circumstance, and move people to follow that will wherever it might lead. Ultimately, they would open the heart to love. In Discovering the Spiritual Exercises of Saint Ignatius by Larry Warner, Ignatius's text is re-presented in a modern format and with the needs of people today in mind. Warner himself is an experienced Ignatian retreat-giver, and there is a solidity and assurance to his presentation which inspires confidence. As in the case of the original, this is not a book for armchair spiritual reading, but a manual for those who wish to incorporate the Exercises into their life. But Warner is merciful to those whose time is limited, and rich in suggestions for alternative modes of practice where necessary. Larry Warner is an Evangelical, founder of "b", with a particular interest in resourcing ministers and pastors. Into that slot his book might well be taken. Sister Gillian is a Carmelite nun at Quidenham in Norfolk.

Edition details

• Publisher: Bible Reading Fellowship
• Publication date: 2011
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 184101883X
• ISBN 13: 9781841018836
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 350