The New Spiritual Exercises: In the Spirit of Pierre Teilhard de Chardin

by Savary, Louis M.

• ISBN13: 9780809146956
• ISBN10: 0809146959
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2011-01-03
• Publisher: Paulist Pr

Summary

This book presents a spiritual renewal system for contemporary believers based on Ignatius¿ Spiritual Exercises and inspired by the modern insights of Jesuit priest-scientist Pierre Teilhard de Chardin.

Author Biography

Louis M. Savary was a Jesuit for thirty years and is a prolific author who has written, coauthored or ghostwritten over a hundred books, many on the interface of psychology and spirituality. He has taught graduate courses on Teilhard de Chardin, and has lectured and led study groups on The Divine Milieu.

Table of Contents

Acknowledgments	p. vii
Introduction	p. ix
Your Purpose and Intention	p. 1
Keeping a Journal	p. 3
Annotations	p. 5
Seventeen Basic Teilhardian Principles That Give Rise to the New Spiritual Exercises	p. 13
The First Week	p. 37
The Presence of God	p. 37
The Way God Loves	p. 39
The Principle and Foundation	p. 47
The Thanksgiving Examen	p. 49
The Positive Particular Examen	p. 52
Introduction to the Meditations on Sin	p. 54
Introduction to Social Sin	p. 63
End of the First Week	p. 72
The Second Week	p. 73
The Call of the Kingdom	p. 73
The Call of Jesus	p. 81
The Incarnation	p. 86
The Two Standards	p. 96
Three Pairs of People	p. 105
Four Levels of Service	p. 110
Jesus' Baptism in the Jordan	p. 115
The Temptations of Jesus in Desert	p. 121
Parables of the Kingdom	p. 130
The Woman Who Was a Sinner	p. 136
A Different Kind of Fire	p. 141
Discernment and Decisions	p. 145
End of the Second Week	p. 154
The Third Week	p. 155
Perspective	p. 155
The Passion and Death of Jesus	p. 156
End of the Third Week	p. 166
The Fourth Week	p. 167
The Risen Christ Appears to Mary	p. 169
Looking for the New Christ-the New Creation	p. 171
No Limitations in the Risen Christ	p. 172
From the Way of the Cross to the Way of the Resurrection	p. 173
Being Sent-Individually and Collectively	p. 174
Infused with the Divine Spirit	p. 176
The Final Contemplation: Relating to the Father from within the Cosmic Christ	p. 177
End of the Fourth Week	p. 183
Appendices	p. 185
Steps in a Group Contemplation	p. 185
How to Choose Music for Prayer	p. 188
Dialogue Prayer	p. 190
Meditation-Eastern and Western	p. 193
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