Take Five: On-The-Job Meditations with St. Ignatius

by Mike Aquilina, Fr Kris D Stubna (With)

Build your career while you build your faith by discovering the balance and insight of one of history's greatest workers--St. Ignatius--founder of the Jesuits.Literally designed and written to be used in short breaks from work, there are three prompts following each meditation to help you apply St. Ignatius's teaching to interpersonal issues, stress, office politics, goal setting, moral issues, and more.

176 pages, Paperback

First published January 1, 2008

About the author

Mike Aquilina is author or editor of more than thirty books, including The Fathers of the Church, The Mass of the Early Christians, and A Year with the Church Fathers. He has co-hosted eight series that air on the Eternal Word Television Network (EWTN). He has co-authored books with Cardinal Donald Wuerl of Washington, D.C., and theologian Scott Hahn. He is past editor of New Covenant magazine and The Pittsburgh Catholic newspaper. He appears weekly on Sirius Radio's "Sonrise Morning Show." Mike and his wife, Terri, have six children, who are the subject of his book Love in the Little Things.

In 2011 Mike was a featured presenter of the U.S. Bishops' Diocesan Educational/Catechetical Leadership Institute. He also wrote the USCCB's theological reflection for Catechetical Sunday in 2011.

His reviews, essays and journalism have appeared in many journals, including First Things, Touchstone, Crisis, Our Sunday Visitor, National Catholic Register, and Catholic Heritage. He contributed work on early Christianity to the Encyclopedia of Catholic Social Thought.

Mike is a also poet whose works have appeared in U.S. literary journals and have been translated into Polish and Spanish. He shared songwriting credits with Grammy Award-winner Dion DiMucci on the forthcoming album "Tank Full of Blues."

Reviews

[Tom LA · Rating 5 out of 5]

Finished today. I used this book for my prayers. Ignatius’s letters are so full of insight, and in this book only some fragments are quoted. I now want to read them all.

[Wendy Wong Schirmer · Rating 5 out of 5]

Short, practical Ignatian meditations for the everyday, adapted from the spiritual writings of St. Ignatius of Loyola.

In it, the reader will find some practical advice for the interrelatedness of prayer and work, as well as self-care. The "circle of occupations," for example, where prayer informs work and work informs prayer is a kind of practical feedback loop when it comes to converting work into prayer and offering up in prayer one's work for the greater glory of God.

[Filip · Rating 5 out of 5]

Ignatius Loyola is one of greatest and most influental saint in the history of the Catholic Church. He was founder of Jesuit Order, order of scientists and missionaries that changed course of humanity forever.
I think guy like that should be listened to. This little book is based on letters saint Ignatius sent to all his students and friends. They are practical wisdoms in everyday life. How to deal with many situations in home or on the job. His letters are heavily supported by quotations from scriptures so they are based on christian morality.
This book is very helpfull and filled with wisdom. No wonder that Jesuits were so influental. Their founder was great saint who knew human condition very well.