The Spiritual Exercises, St. Ignatius of Loyola
The Spiritual Exercises, St. Ignatius of Loyola
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The Spiritual Exercises

Author: St. Ignatius of Loyola

Narrator: Don Gentry

Unabridged: 2 hr 23 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Published: 07/23/2019


Synopsis

The Spiritual Exercises of Ignatius of Loyola, written between 1522 and 1524, are a set of meditations, contemplations and prayers by Saint Ignatius of Loyola, the founder of the Jesuits. They are divided into four thematic parts and composed with the intention of helping participants in religious retreats to discern the will of God in their lives.

Reviews

Goodreads review by Tim on February 10, 2018

This is not a book to be read – but a book to be experienced. What is meant by this is that the manual was never intended to be read, curled up by the fire, you would be inevitably disappointed (as famously Thomas Merton was). It has no literary or aesthetic pretensions. Ignatius intended it to be a......more

Goodreads review by Roy on December 05, 2016

Just as taking a walk, journeying on foot, and running are bodily exercises, so we call Spiritual Exercises every way of preparing and disposing the soul to rid itself of all inordinate attachments, and, after their removal, of seeking and finding the will of God in the disposition of our life fo......more

Goodreads review by James on September 02, 2013

Be advised, The Spiritual Exercises is a sort of religious exercise routine for developing the spirit; it is not a treatise on theology or an account of the life of this great saint. At the hands of a prudent spiritual director, this manual is sure to bear much fruit in the life of an individual on......more

Goodreads review by Cecilia on June 29, 2024

Ignatius is very masculine, medieval, and military but nonetheless would recommend everyone to do an 8 day......more