The Spiritual Exercises of St. Ignatius of Loyola Approbation of the Latin Text v Preface xi General Note xx Prayer of Father Diertins xxi Annotations 3 Presupposition 15 First Week 17 Principle and Foundation 19 Particular and Daily Examen 21 General Examen 25 General Confession with Communion 33 The Preparatory Prayer is to ask grace of God our Lord that all my intentions, actions and operations may be directed purely to the service and praise of His Divine Majesty. (This is the customary prayer, used in subsequent exercises.) Meditation on the First, the Second, and the Third Sin 35 Meditation on Sins 40 First Repetition 43 Second Repetition 43 Meditation on Hell 44 Note 46 Additions 47 Second Week 53 The Call of the Temporal King 55 Notes 58 First Day 58 The Incarnation 58 The Nativity 62 Notes 66 Second Day 69 Note 69 Third Day 69 Preamble to Consider States 71 Fourth Day 73 Two Standards 73 Note 77 Three Pairs of Men 77 Note 79 Fifth Day 80 Sixth – Tenth Day 81 Eleventh – Twelfth Day 82 Notes 82 Three Manners of Humility 83 Note 84 Prelude for Making Election 85 Matter of Election 86 Note 88 Times for Making Election 88 First Time 88 Second Time 88 Third Time 88 First Way 89 Second Way 91 Note 93 To Amend and Reform one’s own Life and State 93 Third Week 95 First Contemplation 97 Note 99 Second Contemplation 100 Notes 101 Second – Fourth Day 103 Fifth – Seventh Day 104 Note 105 Eating 107 Fourth Week 111 First Contemplation 113 Notes 114 Contemplation to Gain Love 117 Three Methods of Prayer 123 First Method 123 Second Method 126 Third Method 129 Mysteries of thr Life of Christ our Lord 131 Rules 169 Rules for Perceiving the Movements Caused in the Soul 169 First Week 169 Second Week 177 Rules for Distributing Alms 181 Notes on Scruples and Persuasions of the Enemy 185 Rules to have the True Sentiment in the Church 189 General Index 195 This shortlink https://www.sing-prayer.org/p/6978
