The Ignatian Adventure Quotes

“A Prayer by Thomas Merton My Lord God, I have no idea where I am going. I do not see the road ahead of me. I cannot know for certain where it will end. Nor do I really know myself, and the fact that I think I am following your will does not mean that I am actually doing so. But I believe that the desire to please you does in fact please you. And I hope I have that desire in all that I am doing. I hope that I will never do anything apart from that desire. And I know that if I do this you will lead me by the right road, though I may know nothing about it. Therefore will I trust you always though I may seem to be lost and in the shadow of death. I will not fear, for you are ever with me, and you will never leave me to face my perils alone.”
― Kevin O'Brien, The Ignatian Adventure: Experiencing the Spiritual Exercises of St. Ignatius in Daily Life

“I pray for the following graces: to be more aware of how God is near; to trust in God's personal care and love for me.
DAY 1
Read Isaiah 43:1-7 ("I have called you by name, you are mine"). Pray slowly over the verses. What words or images move you? Consider: Who is God for me? How does God see me?”
― Kevin O'Brien, The Ignatian Adventure: Experiencing the Spiritual Exercises of St. Ignatius in Daily Life

“He who goes about to reform the world must begin with himself, or he loses his labor.
-ST. IGNATIUS OF LOYOLA”
― Kevin O'Brien, The Ignatian Adventure: Experiencing the Spiritual Exercises of St. Ignatius in Daily Life

“Praying
It doesn't have to be the blue iris, it could be weeds in a vacant lot, or a few small stones; just pay attention, then patch
a few words together and don't try to make them elaborate, this isn't a contest but the doorway into thanks, and a silence in which another voice may speak.
-MARY OLIVER, THIRST: POEMS BY MARY OLIVER”
― Kevin O'Brien, The Ignatian Adventure: Experiencing the Spiritual Exercises of St. Ignatius in Daily Life

“what satisfies the soul is not knowing more facts or reaching great insights, but savoring the many graces of God and resting in the Divine Presence”
― Kevin O'Brien, The Ignatian Adventure: Experiencing the Spiritual Exercises of St. Ignatius in Daily Life

“harnessing the space, the winds, the tides, gravitation, we shall harness for God the energies oflove. And, on that day, for the second time in the history of the world, man will have discovered fire.
-PIERRE TEILHARD DE CHARDIN, S.J, TOWARD THE FUTURE”
― Kevin O'Brien, The Ignatian Adventure: Experiencing the Spiritual Exercises of St. Ignatius in Daily Life