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by James Martin


  Aschenbrenner, George, S.J., 87–88, 207, 208

  Asselin, David, S.J., 131

  Auden, W. H., 73–74

  Augustine, St., 9, 56, 64, 166, 173

  Autobiography (Ignatius Loyola), 12, 14, 23, 52–53

  Awake My Soul (Cunneen), 144

  Awe, 71

  Baltimore Catechism, 134–35

  Bangert, William, S.J., 249, 366, 370–71

  Barnes, Julian, 67, 83

  Barry, William A., S.J., 32, 115, 122, 137, 142, 167, 244, 246, 260, 268, 272, 343

  Bartimaeus, 57–58, 340

  Beauty, 74

  Benedict, St., 3

  Benedictines, 3, 21, 24

  Berchmans, John, St., 233–34

  Bergan, Jacqueline Syrup, 170, 344

  Berrigan, Daniel, S.J., 26

  Bible: prayer based on (lectio divina), 155–62; scripture as path to God, 117–18. See also specific books

  Birth: A Guide for Prayer (Bergan and Schwan), 170, 344

  Bishop, Jim, 302

  Bobadilla, Nicolás, S.J., 241

  Borgia, St. Francis, 191

  Brackley, Dean, S.J., 183, 203

  Brideshead Revisited (Waugh), 74

  Broët, Paschase, S.J., 241

  Buddhism, 10, 163–64, 165–66

  Burghardt, Walter, S.J., 8, 86, 114, 377

  Burrows, Ruth, 69, 70

  Call of the King, 293–94

  Campion, St. Edmund, 25, 107

  Campion Renewal Center, Weston,

  Massachusetts, 106–10, 178, 387

  Career, 341, 342. See also Work; Vocation

  Carmelites, 3, 15

  Castro, Fidel, 4

  Catherine of Siena, St., 45

  Catherine the Great of Russia, 18

  Celibacy. See Chastity

  Centering prayer (Third Method), 162–67

  Change, 134–39, H2, 170, 261; acting as a leaven agent of change, 355, 360–61; Ignatius Loyola on, 310–11; patience and, 387–88

  Chariots of Fire (film), 351

  Charism (founding spirit), 3, 21

  Chastity, 174–75, 176, 213–30; celibacy vs., 216–17; difficulty of, 226; first Jesuits and, 213–14; freedom and detachment and, 220–21, 270, 279; lessons from, 215; love and, 217–30; lust and, 222; married priests, 216–17; popular thinking, 215; religious chastity, 217, 220–27

  Cistercians, 3, 15

  Ciszek, Walter, S.J., 25, 30, 31, 280–82, 284, 285, 289, 294, 297, 304, 354, 375

  Clarity (insight), 75, 130

  Clarke, Thomas E., S.J., 165

  Claver, St. Peter, 244–46, 361, 372–73

  Clement XIV, Pope, 18

  Cloister Walk, The (Norris), 175

  Cloud of Unknowing, The, 162, 167

  Code of Canon Law, 135

  Codure, Jean, S.J., 241

  Colloquy, 167–68, 298

  Compassion, 31, 94, 129, 159, 227, 228, 234, 254, 258, 273, 289, 298, 339, 360, 368, 386

  Competition, 260–61

  Conroy, Maureen, R.S.M., 262

  Conscience, 166; “account of conscience,” 268; Ignatius on, 202; Peter Favre and, 238; sting of “with remorse,” 327. See also Examen

  Consolmagno, Guy, S.J., 137

  Constitutions, The, 16, 21–23, 240; analogous to “rule” of a religious order, 21; on chastity, 213; dismissal from the order, 272–73; length of, 135; love, value of in Jesuit training, 368–69; moderation counseled in, 310; need for health and bodily strength, 187–88, 310, 358; on obedience, 266; on poverty, 186; restrictions on ambitions, 190–91, 260; suggestions about living in, 22–23; superior general, qualities of, 368–69

  Consumerism, 181–86, 362–63; Brackley’s twelve steps and, 183–85; ladder model of society and, 184

  Contemplation, Ignatian, 145–55; author Martin’s contemplation of the storm at sea, 152–55; author Martin’s Los Angeles retreat, 298-304; “compose the place,” 145–50; pay attention to God’s voice, 151–52; “sacred events” and, 151

  Contemplation to Attain Divine Love, 395–96

  Contemplatives in action, 7–8, 15, 350, 389–97; finding time for God and you, 350; summary of Ignatian spirituality and, 392

  Contemplatives in Action: The Jesuit Way (Barry and Doherty), 268, 272

  “Corporal works of mercy,” 196

  Corridan, John, S.J., 26

  Cozzens, Donald, 216

  CrazyBusy (Hallowell), 358–59

  Creed, Bill, S.J., 76

  Cunneen, Sally, 144

  Curry, Rick, S.J., 266–67, 379–80

  Daily Office, 111, 169

  Daley, Brian, S.J., 208

  Damascene, St. John, 113

  Davis, Thurston, S.J., 280–81

  Day, Dorothy, 44, 96, 170

  Day Christ Died, The (Bishop), 302

  Dead Man Walking (Prejean), 117

  Death: fear of, 67; openness to God, 79–80

  De Brébeuf, St. Jean, 25

  De Caussade, Jean-Pierre, S.J., 95, 284, 285

  Decision making, 1, 27, 305–38; advice in The Constitutions, 22; author Martin’s bad decision, 330–32; “best self” clarification, 324–25; changing paths, 310–11; choosing between desires, 225; commitment and, 311; confirmation as “rightness of our choice,” 320–21, 347; deathbed clarification, 324, 346; detachment and, 9–10; discernment, 48, 62, 305, 326–37; drawbacks of good decisions, 337–38; emotions and, 322; experience and, 337; feeling downcast after, 311–12; First Method, six steps, 319–20, 322–23; First Time (clear and unmistakable choice), 313–15; God’s help in, 305, 308; between “goods,” 311; Ignatian spirituality and, 9–10; Ignatius gets a haircut and, 307–12; Ignatius’s practical techniques, 306–38; indifference and, 306–7, 311, 319, 322, 323, 365; Last Judgment clarification, 324, 346; meditation and, 316–20; no changes during time of desolation, 330–32; “pointer of a balance” image, 307; “pushes” and “pulls,” 329; “reflection-action-reflection,” 322, 365; Second Method (imagination), 317–18, 323–25, 346; Second Time (less clear), 315–18; spiritual consolation and desolation as central to, 308–9, 316, 320; Third Time (no obvious choice), 318–25; the “three times,” 313–25; three ways the “enemy” works, 332–36; of vocation, 343–47; what is “of God” and what is “not of God,” 326–29. See also Career; Discernment

  De Guibert, Joseph, S.J., 2–3

  De Jaer, André, S.J., 22, 188

  Delp, Alfred, S.J., 290, 374

  De Mello, Anthony, S.J., 40, 81, 89, 91, 136, 177–78, 384, 388; parable of “The Little Fish,” 102; parable of “The Diamond,” 177–78

  De Polanco, Juan, S.J., 191, 196

  De Sales, St. Francis, 258

  Descartes, René, 135

  Desire, 57–85; analogy of stream, 344–45; arising in prayer, 133; author Martin and, 59–62, 71–72, 75; clarity and, 75; common longings, 66–69; as communication from God, 61, 67, 75; competing, choosing between, 225; distinguishing between deep and shallow, 343; dreams of the heart, 344, 369–71; exaltation or happiness and, 72–74, 75; experiences of the desire for God, 63–80; feelings of incompletion and, 64–66; finding your vocation and, 339–88; to follow God, 76–77; for friendship, 265; the God who seeks and, 80–81; for holiness, 77–78; holy, 59, 61, 133; Jesus and Bartimaeus and, 57–58; Margaret Silf on, 60, 63; material wants, 58; “Outside-In” or “Inside-Out” approach, 63; praying for what you desire, 343; sexual, 58, 125–26; uncommon longings, 69–72; vocation and, 342–47; vulnerability and, 78–80

  Detachment, 9–10, 121, 391, 392; from “drive to acquire,” 183; friendship and relationships, 243–46, 253; indifference and decision making, 306–7, 365; love and, 223; second degree of humility and, 207; of St. Ignatius Loyola, 18; in work environment, 360

  Dineson, Isak, 75

  Discerning Heart, The (Conroy), 262

  Discernment, 48, 62, 305–38; individual, 268, 269; joke about, 317; Lonsdale on, 309, 316; obedience and, 272; “of spirits,” 189, 278, 326–29, 332–37; rules for, 326–37; spiritual
consolation and desolation as central to, 308–9; “the drop of water,” 327–29; your desires and God’s desires for you, 279, 308, 316, 320, 338. See also Decision making

  Discernment of Spirits, The (Gallagher), 189, 326

  Disordered affections, 9, 180; defined, 10

  Dissatisfaction or incompletion, 64–66

  Doherty, Robert, S.J., 268, 272

  Donovan, David, S.J., 5–7, 383; on falling in love, 224; God meets you where you are, 81, 143–45; God of Surprises, 49; God’s love for you, 385; God’s use of Ignatius’s pride, 12; on humility, 258; on lectio divina, 155; mother of, and praying the Rosary, 170; on prayer, 96, 114, 115, 140, 146, 151, 181, 328; “shoulding all over yourself,” 329; “you can’t put part of your life in a box,” 6–7, 27, 301, 334, 351

  Dostoevsky, Fyodor, 230

  “Downward Mobility” (Brackley), 183, 203

  Draw Me into Your Friendship (Fleming), 207

  Drinan, Robert, S.J., 273–74

  Dulles, Avery Cardinal, S.J., 86–87, 234

  Duty of Delight, The (Day), 96, 170

  Dyckman, Katherine, 58

  Easterbrook, Gregg, 182

  Education: early work in, 24; famous people educated by Jesuits, 4, 17, 390; Jesuit colleges and schools, 4

  Egan, Harvey, S.J., 162, 163

  Elijah, 133

  Emotions: arising in prayer, 132, 152, 168, 301–2; clarity and, 75; decision making and, 322; exaltation or happiness, 72–74, 75; fear, nearness of God and, 68–69; feelings about God, 110; gift of tears, 302; hearing God’s voice in prayer and, 130; incompletion and dissatisfaction, 64–69; intense, as communication with God, 53–56, 67; as spiritual experience, 67–68

  English, John J., S.J., 151, 336

  Ethics, 359–62

  Examen, 87–97, 343; for agnostics and atheists, 101; awareness of God in the present and, 356; for busy people, 349–50; closing prayer, 95; Dorothy Day on, 96; to examine your life, 100; final step, asking for grace of God’s help, 95; first step, gratitude, 88–89; in five steps, 97; fourth step, forgiveness, 95; grace and, 96–97; gratitude and, 264, 385; to help you find God in everything, 391; preparation for, 88; second step, “know my sins,” 89–91; seeing God in retrospect, 97–100; as spiritual lifesaver, 349–50; St. Francis Xavier on, 90; third step, a review of your day, 91–95; using, variations for individuals, 95–97

  Exiles (Hansen), 376

  Exodus: 4:11–12, 118; 20:21, 162; 33:19–20, 98; 34:5, 162

  Eyes to See, Ears to Hear (Lonsdale), 309, 345

  Failure, 374–77

  Faith: analogy of garden, 32; not just a question of you and God, 46–47; one pitfall of, 32; Path of Belief and, 30–32; Path of Return and, 36–39

  “Faith sharing,” 254–58

  Favre, Peter, S.J., 82, 89, 214, 236, 237, 238–39, 240, 245, 306, 355; as the “Second Jesuit,” 239

  Fear: of change, 136; of death, 67; mysterium tremendum et fascinans, 69; of nearness to God, 68–69; resistance during prayer and, 161–62

  Fermor, Patrick Leigh, 345

  Finding Grace at the Center (Pennington, Keating, and Clarke), 165, 166

  Fink, Peter, S.J., 95

  First Jesuits, The (O’Malley), 20, 24, 186, 213, 239, 250, 270

  Flaubert, Gustave, 83, 100

  Flaubert’s Parrot (Barnes), 67, 83

  Fleming, David, S.J., 88, 146, 207, 209, 263, 296, 297, 309, 316, 318, 369

  Following Christ in a Consumer Society (Kavanaugh), 182

  Forgiveness, 229–30, 259, 312

  Franciscans, 3, 15, 24

  Francis of Assisi, St., 3, 17, 44, 45, 186, 196, 217

  Freedom, 121, 391, 392; admitting your own powerlessness and, 259; chastity and, 220–21, 270; friendship and, 243–46, 261; indifference and, 306; love and, 223, 229; obedience and, 270; simple life and, 203; spiritual poverty and, 211; voluntary poverty and, 270. See also Detachment

  Freeing Celibacy (Cozzens), 216

  Free will, 127

  “Friendship in Jesuit Life” (Shelton), 241, 243

  Friendship Like No Other, A (Barry), 32 137

  Friendship and relationships, 27, 230, 231–65; barriers to healthy, 246–48; being honest, 122–26; changing and, 134–39; chaste love and, 230; communication and, 252; communication with God and, 243, 254, 331; danger of exclusivity, 262; “faith sharing,” 254–58; forgiveness and, 259; freedom and, 243–46; with God, 115–42; gratitude and, 263–65; healthy, elements of, 259–63; humility and, 258–59; impairing relationships, 248; Jesuits and, 231–34; with Jesus, 108–10; learning, 116–21; listening and, 126–29; maintaining difficult, 248–50; married couples and, 247; openness of heart and, 236; Presupposition, 234–36, 249, 256; silence and, 139; spending time, 116; suffering and poverty, analogy of, 208; union of hearts and minds, 251–54

  Fülöp-Miller, René, 367

  Gallagher, Timothy, O.M.V, 189, 326

  Ganss, George E., S.J., 306–7

  Garvin, Mary, 58

  Genovesi, Vincent J., S.J., 216

  Gilead (Robinson), 77–78

  God, 173; as Almighty Artisan, 383; anger at, 123–24; asking God for help, 103–5, 124; awe and, 71; beauty as passage to, 74; as beyond comprehension (unknowable), 162, 163; clarity as communication from, 75, 130; communication through imagination, 146–50; communication with, 12, 49, 53–56, 67, 83–85, 110, 114, 120, 128–29, 130–34, 145–73, 243, 331 (see also Prayer); conscience as voice of God, 166; constancy of, 142; decision making and, 306–7, 316–17, 320, 338 (see also Discernment); desire as communication from, 61, 316; desire for, recognizing, 63–80; easier to see in retrospect, 97–100; the examen and finding God, 87–97; experienced in the natural world, 163; faith community and, 49; feminine imagery of, 137–38; finding around you, 351–55; finding by noticing, 86–87; finding and letting God find you, 86–102; finding in all things, 5–7, 27, 50–51, 99–100, 116, 281, 304, 350, 391–92; friendship as communication from, 243, 254; friendship with, 115–42; goal of following, 295; as goal of Ignatian spirituality, 393–97; God of Surprises, 49–50, 61, 138, 153; God the Far-Away One, 43, 49; the God who seeks, 80–81; gratitude, peace, joy, and, 56; as the Great Problem Solver, 37, 38, 39, 103, 137; hearing God’s voice, 127–28, 130–34, 317, 356; Holy Spirit, discernment, and decision making, 309; human connection to, 79–80; as incomprehensible, 9, 286; inner emptiness as the “God-shaped hole,” 65–66; intentional time with, 116; knowing, 9; learning about, 116–21; listening for, 126–29; lives of holy men and women and, 120; magis and, 369–71; nearness of, 392–93; obedience to, 267, 271, 279–85, 304; paths to God, 28; “pocket-size God,” 41; the poor and brokenhearted and, 199–201; relationship with, 81–85, 110, 113, 115–42, 253, 276, 392–94; reliance on, in the working world, 378; Scripture and, 117–18; search for, and simple things, 68; signs of presence and activity, 391; silence and, 139–41; six paths to seeking, 29–44, 138; suffering and, 38, 39, 54, 285–92, 391; as transcendent and incarnational, 8–9; Two Standards meditation and, 188–90; where to look for, 82; willingness to trust in God’s providence, 364; will of, 207, 279–85. See also God’s love

  God, I Have Issues (Thibodeaux), 126

  God and You: Prayer as a Personal Relationship (Barry), 115

  God of Surprises (Hughes), 136

  God’s love, 128, 142; chastity and, 222; Contemplation to Attain Divine Love, 395–96; experiencing, 1, 20; God meets you where you are, 81–85, 378–81, 384; “loved sinner,” 76; parable of the Prodigal son, 91; as personal, 385

  God’s Mechanics (Consolmagno), 137

  God’s Soldiers: Adventure, Politics, Intrigue, and Power—A History of the Jesuits (Wright), 4

  Gonzaga, St. Aloysius (Luigi), 159, 197, 214

  Gonzalez, Roque, S.J., 370

  Goupil, René, 296–97

  Grace, 54, 62, 82, 86, 88, 89, 91, 95, 96–97, 113, 164, 186, 241, 282, 288, 301, 307, 384, 385, 397

  Gratitude, 20, 55, 66, 70, 76, 88–89, 124, 395; friendship and relationships and,
263–65; Ignatius Loyola on occasions for, 88–89; self-acceptance and, 385

  Greeley, Andrew, 32–34

  Guidelines for Mystical Prayer (Burrows), 69

  Guilt, 89–90, 91, 202, 229

  Habits of the Heart (Bellah), 47

  “Hail Mary,” 143–44, 169

  Hansen, Ron, 49–50

  Harrington, Daniel J., S.J., 117–18, 156, 286

  Harry Potter series (Rowling), 189

  Haughey, John, S.J., 373

  Healthy life, 357–58

  Hebrews: 4:15, 292

  Hecker, Isaac, 48

  Heroic Leadership (Lowney), 341, 364

  Heschel, Abraham Joshua, 44, 71, 286

  History of the Society of Jesus, A (Bangert), 249, 366, 370–71

  Hitchcock, Alfred, 4

  Honesty: chastity and, 223; in feelings, 318; in friendships and relationships, 215, 216, 254, 260; Ignatius and, 251; in prayer, 122–26; in the work world, 360

  Hopkins, Gerard Manley, S.J., 73, 124–25, 269, 325, 376–77, 381–82

  How Can I Find God? (Martin, ed.), 97–98, 117

  Hughes, Gerard W., S.J., 49, 136

  Humility: friendship and relationships and, 258–59; Jesuit joke, 208; poverty of the spirit as, 206–7; religion and, 48; sin and, 90; three degrees of, 207–8, 295, 361

  Humor, 121, 210, 263

  Identity: acceptance of self, 378–81; becoming oneself, 385–88; compare and despair/individuality, 381–85; finding true self, 378–88; poem, 381–82

  Ignatian spirituality, 51; as available to everyone, 1–2, 28, 44, 392; being spiritual and religious, 44–50; career or vocation and, 339–88; charism (founding spirit), 3–4; chastity and, 174, 175, 176, 213–30; choosing the more difficult path and, 295; communication with God and, 110; compassion and, 298; contemplatives in action, 7–8, 15, 350, 389–97; decision making and, 305–38; desire and, 57–85; discernment and, 305–38; “discernment of spirits,” 189, 332–36; experts in, 25; finding God in all things, 5–7, 27, 50–51, 99–100, 116, 281, 304, 350, 351, 390, 391; four simple ways of understanding, 5–11; freedom and detachment and, 1, 9–10, 391; friendship and relationships, 231–65; God as goal of, 393–97; gratitude and, 263–65; helping souls, 263, 361; Ignatian contemplation, 145–55; as an incarnational spirituality, 8–9, 390–92; “living rules,” 25, 194; on love, friendship, and human relationships, 234–65; meditation on life of Christ, 292–93; obedience and, 174, 175, 176, 266–85, 297, 304; poverty and, 174, 175, 176, 177–212; prayer traditions, 143–73 (see also Prayer); questions proper to, 7; “reflection-action-reflection,” 322, 365; resources for understanding, 19–25; riches to honors to pride and, 188–92, 294, 361; simple life, 7, 22, 136, 174–212, 238, 279; six paths to seeking God, 29–44; The Spiritual Exercises and, 21 (see also Spiritual Exercises, The); a spirituality of work, 347–63; on suffering, 285–98; summary of, 392; Two Standards and, 188–90, 207, 294–95; the way of Ignatius, 25–28; ways the “enemy” or “worst self” works in our lives, 332–36; what a spirituality is, 2

 

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