Ep 01 How to Make an Ignatian Retreat

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Beginning: "What does it profit a man to gain the whole world and lose his soul?" (Mark 8:36) These words haunted me throughout my young life.
The world is relentless in its demands for our attention: but what is the point of it all unless we come to know God our Creator?
And how can we come to know God, unless we pull back from the world, unless we retreat?
So I invite you to join me on a journey to God's Holy Mountain, where Jesus has promised we will "find rest for our souls."
We do this in union with the Church's patron of all retreats, St. Ignatius of Loyola, as we enter into his Spiritual Exercises.

1. The Spiritual Exercises of St. Ignatius: to attain that loving freedom to do God's will which is indifference
2. Why a retreat? To draw closer to God. John 3:1 ff. Luke 12: 15-21.
3. How to make a retreat?
Prayer: Listening for God, then responding.
How to meditate: Enter mindfully.
Act of presence of God.
Ask for the grace I desire.
Attentively imagine the scene.
Colloquy with Father, Son, Our Lady as with a friend.
End with Our Father, Anima Christi or Hail Mary.
Reflection on the meditation time: stroll, refreshment.
Journal entry.
4. Where do I seek God? Stories, God's and mine. Nature.

General Readings: Luke 18:1-14; Mt.6:5-13; 11:28; 25:1-13; Mk.6:30,13:37.

Grace: Ask God for gift of thanksgiving.

Conclusion: The retreat, then, is a journey towards God, a journey into the heart of God. Where will I find God? However and where He wants to reveal Himself to me. Ultimately, it will be in my heart for that is the door at which He knocks.
Jesus tells us repeated: "Watch and pray." That is what we are going to do. To watch and pray in faith, in the humble confidence of beloved children.

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Fr. Raymond Gawronski S.J.

The Rev. Raymond T. Gawronski, S.J., is Assistant Professor of Systematic Theology at Marquette. He is the author of “Word and Silence: Hans Urs von Balthasar and the Spiritual Encounter Between East and West”.
Ignatian Retreat: The Spiritual Exercises of St. Ignatius of Loyola

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THE SPIRITUAL EXERCISES OF ST. IGNATIUS - DVD
This DVD is intended to lead the follower of Christ from self will and excessive attachment into the freedom to know, to discern, and to do the will of God. Everything about us should be brought into the wholehearted service of God. Hosted by Fr. Raymond Gawronski, S.J. 6 1/2 hrs.

The Spiritual Exercises of St. Ignatius of Loyola

Ep 01 How to Make an Ignatian Retreat
Ep 02 Who is God to me?
Ep 03 The Fall: Freedom Abused, Will of God Disobeyed
Ep 04 Hell: the Ultimate Consequence of Sin
Ep 05 Kingdom of Christ, Kingdom of the Heart
Ep 06 Discipleship
Ep 07 Mission and Temptation: Spiritual Discernment
Ep 08 Jesus as Teacher and Leader
Ep 09 Jesus is Divine
Ep 10 Why was Jesus Killed?
Ep 11 The Choice, and its Consequences
Ep 12 Jesus’ Death and Burial
Ep 13 The Resurrection and Beyond