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An Ignatian Spirituality Reader
An Ignatian Spirituality Reader is a collection of the finest short essays on Ignatian spirituality and its founder, Ignatius Loyola. These 18 essays on Ignatian spirituality, compiled by George W. Traub, SJ, are written by a veritable “Who’s Who” of Ignatian spirituality experts (including Howard Gray, SJ; William A. Barry, SJ; Dennis Hamm, SJ; Ron Hansen; and many others).
These essays on Ignatian spirituality will be of particular interest to those involved in all forms of Jesuit ministry, but also to any lay individual seeking to broaden his or her understanding of Ignatian practices and principles. For further information on Ignatian Spirituality, please visit our sister www.IgnatianSpirituality.com
These essays on Ignatian spirituality will be of particular interest to those involved in all forms of Jesuit ministry, but also to any lay individual seeking to broaden his or her understanding of Ignatian practices and principles. For further information on Ignatian Spirituality, please visit our sister www.IgnatianSpirituality.com
304 pages, Paperback
First published July 1, 2008
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May 7, 2022
Great book
January 10, 2017
This book came my way at a good time--and the essays are just the right length for those tidbits of time that are available here and there--ten, fifteen minutes that you want to fill with something good to reflect on.
The book is a collection of extraordinarily well written pieces that I had not come across before. I'm grateful to the editor for putting them together in one volume! Reading through, a few pages at a time, I was reminded that the essence of Ignatian spirituality--finding God in all things--is a fruit of mindfulness, and one of the things Ignatius invites us to be "mindful" of are the inner "movements" that flit through our heart as the day goes on. I have been too focused of late on outward things--so distracted in looking for these that I lost the awareness that God, who lives in the "interior castle" of my being, is communicating from that throne all the time. His comuniques take a form that would seem to be just a mood or a reaction; it takes discernment to recognize which really are moods and which are messages!
We owe a lot to St. Ignatius: how much good his spiritual insights can do for people today!
The book is a collection of extraordinarily well written pieces that I had not come across before. I'm grateful to the editor for putting them together in one volume! Reading through, a few pages at a time, I was reminded that the essence of Ignatian spirituality--finding God in all things--is a fruit of mindfulness, and one of the things Ignatius invites us to be "mindful" of are the inner "movements" that flit through our heart as the day goes on. I have been too focused of late on outward things--so distracted in looking for these that I lost the awareness that God, who lives in the "interior castle" of my being, is communicating from that throne all the time. His comuniques take a form that would seem to be just a mood or a reaction; it takes discernment to recognize which really are moods and which are messages!
We owe a lot to St. Ignatius: how much good his spiritual insights can do for people today!
January 16, 2026
"Contemplation: A Long Loving Look at the Real" and "What Discernment Means" are most beautiful.
September 18, 2014
September 18 "For I Handed On To You" Corita Kent I Cor. 15:1-11, Luke 7:36-56
This book expresses Ignatian spirituality in the way Daniel Berrigan describes Corita Kent, "The joy of her work, its riotous color, her gift to a good gray world. It seemed as though in her art the juices of the world were running over; inundating the world, bursting the rotten wine skins of semblance, rote and rot." This is the essence of the various readings in this book presenting the spirituality of St. Ignatius as that which is "bursting the rotten wine skins of semblance, rote and rot."
It shares with us essays on the spirituality of Ignatius which points to the center of the faith--the Triune God and it is in that Center that we find our meaning, and that meaning is found in service to the world. The spirituality of Ignatius is inclusive in every way, it is universal in every way.
I have found St. Ignatius, along with St. Francis, two of the guiding lights of my journey. The tools they have provided simply are those that invites one to dig deep within themselves, and in that digging to find the God who at the heart is the triune God that leads us in service to the world. They were men of their time, but their message is universal, we are loved by God, infinitely. Deo Gratias! Thanks be to God!
This book expresses Ignatian spirituality in the way Daniel Berrigan describes Corita Kent, "The joy of her work, its riotous color, her gift to a good gray world. It seemed as though in her art the juices of the world were running over; inundating the world, bursting the rotten wine skins of semblance, rote and rot." This is the essence of the various readings in this book presenting the spirituality of St. Ignatius as that which is "bursting the rotten wine skins of semblance, rote and rot."
It shares with us essays on the spirituality of Ignatius which points to the center of the faith--the Triune God and it is in that Center that we find our meaning, and that meaning is found in service to the world. The spirituality of Ignatius is inclusive in every way, it is universal in every way.
I have found St. Ignatius, along with St. Francis, two of the guiding lights of my journey. The tools they have provided simply are those that invites one to dig deep within themselves, and in that digging to find the God who at the heart is the triune God that leads us in service to the world. They were men of their time, but their message is universal, we are loved by God, infinitely. Deo Gratias! Thanks be to God!
April 25, 2009
A good overview of major topics in Ignatian spirituality, along with plenty of suggestions for further reading.
May 16, 2016
A great overview of Ignatian Spirituality which helps clarify terms and guide application.
September 19, 2008
A collection of writings about Ignatianism.
Well done...measured and hopeful
Well done...measured and hopeful
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