The Ignatian Workout for Lent: 40 Days of Prayer, Reflection, and Action

by Tim Muldoon

A follow-up to his wildly popular The Ignatian Workout , Tim Muldoon applies the principles of discernment, reflection, and action to guide readers to grow in love and transform their Lenten experience. This bite-sized volume provides forty brief exercises—organized according to the four “weeks” of prayer from the Spiritual Exercises of St. Ignatius—and can be used by anyone during Lent to help readers become both hearers and doers of the Word of God.

Genres: Faith, Religion, Nonfiction, Christian

144 pages, Paperback

First published December 12, 2013

About the author

Catholic theologian, professor at Boston College.

Reviews

[Kathryn · Rating 2 out of 5]

I loved the daily readings but sometimes the suggested actions were too difficult to perform in a given day.

[David Williams · Rating 5 out of 5]

Great Lenten Devotional

I found each exercise to be powerful in its simplicity. This book helped me stay grounded and focused. I will certainly revisit this book in the future.

[Macy Vollert · Rating 4 out of 5]

“In as far as you advance in love you will grow surer of the reality of God and the immortality of your soul. If you attain to perfect self forgetfulness in the love of your neighbor, and you will believe without doubt, and no doubt can possibly enter your soul. This has been tried. This is certain.”

We don’t follow Jesus only for happiness, but we set our eyes on the goal and pursue it with great resolve because in the end, love (the perfect love of God) is the only good worth seeking in this life or the next.

This book has so many gems and was a really good read for Lent.

Only 4 stars because I wasn’t a huge fan of the daily actions, BUT I also didn’t follow them too well AND it was supposed to be a “workout”. LOL

[Elkaza · Rating 4 out of 5]

This led my Lenten prayer for this year, and I enjoyed it. But, suffering with poor health, these last few weeks, I couldn't do it everyday, often too sick to pick it up, especially leading up to Holy Week. Still, I enjoyed how simple it was, and loved all the daily prayers and actions to up take.

Since, I often found that during Lent and Advent, I do too much, and get burnt out. This was just enough for me, to reflect on Christ and his mighty actions of Love, to bring salvation to us all. I just wish, I wasn't feeling so well, I could have finished it.

So, if you want a simple prayer for :Lent, this is a great one to read and pray with.

[Susan Heim · Rating 4 out of 5]

40 days - each with a short scripture, a reflection, a suggested prayed, and a suggested action. The brevity of each day made it a very manageable Lenten devotion but the call to action at the end would stay with you and return to your thoughts again and again. My study group chose to do at least one action a week because trying to do them all would have been overwhelming.

[Linda · Rating 4 out of 5]

Good Directions on how to follow the Ignation way of prayer

[Lea · Rating 3 out of 5]

Great little devotional with small pieces of inspiration - the fitness side of me pictured for some reason more of a workout (you know, run xx miles), but this was satisfying.

[Daniel Erspamer · Rating 4 out of 5]

My goal was to have a couple of daily readings to help me through Lent. In practice this turned into catching up a couple times a week instead. I enjoyed it. Good thought provoking passages.

[Dgclingeryahoo.Com · Rating 4 out of 5]

Excellent Lent exercis

I like the athletic workout theme of the book. I read one chapter each day as a Lent exercise. I enjoyed it.

[Lisa · Rating 4 out of 5]

I good source of reflections for the Lent in August I did this year. (Yes I know only I would double up on Lent during the year but I did :) ) I am glad I found this devotional at the Newberry Book Sale.

[Margaret Meissner · Rating 5 out of 5]

Beautiful. Thoughtful.