In the Midst of Noise : An Ignatian Retreat in Everyday Life

by Campbell-Johnston, Michael

• ISBN13: 9780764819476
• ISBN10: 076481947X
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2010-08-01
• Publisher: Liguori Pubns

Summary

What does the phrase "making a retreat" bring to your mind's eye? The quiet of a monastery? A hermitage deep in the woods? Needless to say, such images make modern, overscheduled people sigh with longing. We've convinced ourselves that there simply isn't time for us to withdraw from "the world" and recharge our spiritual batteries. This friendly and encouraging book offers hope. It outlines a way for you to put aside the cares and preoccupations of your busy life for a few minutes by means of a 30-day retreat that follows the principles of the famed Spiritual Exercises of St. Ignatius. Michael Campbell-Johnston employs a warm, first person approach that will immediately put you at ease. He uses dialogue to navigate the exercises, quoting scripture and prayers as the starting and ending points for each day's mini-retreat. You will emerge from this experience feeling renewed and grounded in your faith!

Author Biography

Michael Campbell-Johnston, SJ, worked in a parish in El Salvador for many years. He is the former provincial of the British Jesuits and head of the Jesuit Social Justice Secretariat in Rome.

Table of Contents

Introduction	p. 5
Week 1
Why a Retreat?	p. 8
God Is Calling You	p. 11
Be Still and Know That I Am God	p. 14
God Is Love	p. 17
I Am Created by Love to Love	p. 21
From Egoism to Altruism	p. 26
Use of Things: Climate Change	p. 30
The Sin of the World	p. 34
My Sin	p. 38
God's Forgiveness	p. 41
Week 2
The Good Leader	p. 46
The Annunciation	p. 50
The Nativity	p. 54
Two Standards	p. 58
Three Classes of Persons	p. 62
Three Kinds of Humility	p. 66
Conversion	p. 70
Preparing Election or Amendment	p. 73
Discernment: Consolation/Desolation	p. 77
Process of Assessment	p. 80
Offering and Confirmation	p. 84
Week 3
The Passion	p. 90
Agony in the Garden	p. 93
Treatment by Jews and Romans	p. 97
Seven Last Words on the Cross	p. 101
Week 4
The Resurrection	p. 108
By the Sea of Galilee	p. 112
Pentecost	p. 116
Contemplation to Attain Love	p. 120
Prayer in Daily Life	p. 123
Resources	p. 127
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