The Spiritual Exercises
by Ignatius of Loyola
Ignatius's manual for a thirty-day retreat: imaginative prayer with Scripture, discernment of spirits, the examen, election. The engine of Jesuit spirituality.
Read it if…
you want a structured method of discernment.
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Skip it if…
you want devotional reading; this is a manual.
Try instead: Introduction to the Devout Life →
Three things you will actually use
- Imagine the scene.
- Notice consolation and desolation.
- Examen daily.
Do this first
Read the rules for discernment of spirits.
Our verdict
Ignatian discernment.
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