A Do-It-at-Home Retreat

André Ravier, S.J.
A Do-It-at-Home Retreat
PREFACE
TRANSLATOR'S NOTE
INTRODUCTION
EXPLANATORY REMARKS
SOME SPIRITUAL EXERCISES FOR EVERY TYPE OF CHRISTIAN LIFE
Foreword
I: Common Features of Every Prayer, Irrespective of What Type It Is
A. How to Live in the Atmosphere of the Prayer for Each Day; This Is a Point of Capital Importance
B. At the Beginning of Prayer
C. During the Time of Prayer
D. Ending the Prayer
E. After Prayer Time
II THE FRAMEWORK OF PRAYER
A. Meditation by the Three Powers of the Soul
B. Contemplation on a Gospel Mystery
C. Application of the Senses
III. THREE METHODS OF PRAYER
A. Prayer That Evolves from Our Daily Living
B. Prayer That Evolves from Spoken Words
C. A Rhythmic Prayer
IV. METHOD FOR THE DAILY EXAMINATION OF CONSCIENCE
A. The General Examination of Conscience
B. The Particular Daily Examen: Three Different Times and Two Examens Involved in This Practice
Note One: Penance
Note Two: The Spiritual Exericses and the Mystical Life
THE SPIRITUAL EXERCISES
First Day: MAN WAS CREATED TO LOVE GOD
Second Day: THIS FUNDAMENTAL TRUTH REGULATES MY RELATIONS WITH OTHER MEN
FIRST WEEK
Third Day: WE MUST SEE SIN THROUGH GOD’S EYES, NOT THE EYES OF THE WORLD
Fourth Day: LOOKING AT MY PERSONAL SINS
Fifth Day: Colloquy of Mercy
Sixth Day: HELL EXISTS: JESUS CHRIST HAS ATTESTED TO THIS FACT BY HIS WORD AND HIS DEATH
Seventh Day
SECOND WEEK
Eighth Day
THE CALL OF CHRIST, OUR LEADER
IN THE FIRST PART, LET US CONTEMPLATE THE CALL OF AN OUTSTANDING KING, CHOSEN BY GOD
THE SECOND PART OF THE EXERCISE CONSISTS IN APPLYING THE EXAMPLE OF THIS KING TO CHRIST OUR LORD
Ninth Day
THE "WITH ME" IN CHRIST'S CALL AS SEEN FROM ST. PAUL'S PERSPECTIVE
Third Point: Progress in Unity with Christ
Tenth Day
THE MYSTERY OF THE INCARNATION
TENTH DAY
TENTH DAY
Eleventh Day
CHRIST'S BIRTH AT BETHLEHEM
Twelfth Day
THE HIDDEN LIFE AT NAZARETH
*First Paradox: A Self-Abasement More and More Profound on the Part of Christ Our Lord Parallel to His Growth in Human Values*
*Second Paradox: For Christ Our Lord, the Recurrent Fluctuation of a Pattern of Death and Resurrection Was Already Present: In the Silence of Nazareth, the Redemption Comes About*
Twelfth Day
Thirteenth Day
JESUS AMONG THE DOCTORS OF THE TEMPLE
Preparation for Choosing to Order My Life According to God's Love
FOURTEENTH DAY
A MEDITATION ON TWO STANDARDS
FIRST PART
SECOND PART
FOURTEENTH DAY
FIFTEENTH DAY
THREE CLASSES OF MEN
FIFTEENTH DAY
THREE DEGREES OF HUMILITY: THREE DEGREES IN THE LOVE OF GOD
Sixteenth Day
On Making a Choice of a Way of Life According to God's Will
PREAMBLE
What Are the Matters about Which a Person Should Make an Election?
SIXTEENTH DAY
THE SECOND WAY OF MAKING A GOOD AND SOUND CHOICE WHEN THE SOUL IS AT PEACE
TWO VERY IMPORTANT NOTES
SUGGESTIONS FOR THE REFORM OF ONE'S LIFE AND SPIRITUAL PROGRESS
Seventeenth Day
JESUS IN THE DESERT
SEVENTEENTH DAY
Eighteenth Day
THE VOCATION AND FORMATION OF THE APOSTLES
EIGHTEENTH DAY
NINETEENTH DAY
THE BEATITUDES
THE TRANSFIGURATION
Twentieth Day
First Point: The Transfiguration
Twenty-First Day
THE RAISING OF LAZARUS
Twenty-First Day
TWENTY-FIRST DAY
TWENTY-SECOND DAY
TWENTY-SECOND DAY
TWENTY-SECOND DAY
Twenty-Third Day
JESUS' TRIUMPHAL ENTRY INTO JERUSALEM
THIRD WEEK
Twenty-Fourth Day
THE LAST SUPPER
Twenty-Fourth Day
Twenty-Fifth Day
THE AGONY IN THE GARDEN
Second Point: Jesus' Prayer
Twenty-fifth Day
Twenty-Sixth Day
THE VIA DOLOROSA: JESUS AT THE HOUSE OF CAIAPHAS AND BEFORE THE SANHEDRIN
TWENTY-SIXTH DAY
Twenty-Seventh Day
THE VIA DOLOROSA: FROM PILATE'S PRAETORIUM TO CALVARY
Twenty-Eighth Day
THE SOLITUDE OF OUR LADY
FOURTH WEEK
Twenty-Ninth Day
THE RESURRECTION AND THE APPARITIONS OF THE RISEN CHRIST
TWENTY-NINTH DAY
TWENTY-NINTH DAY
Thirtieth Day
THE FORTY DAYS BETWEEN EASTER AND THE ASCENSION
*First Point: The Apparitions during the Forty Days*
Thirtieth Day
Thirty-First Day
Thirty-Second Day
CONTEMPLATION TO ATTAIN AND LIVE IN THE LOVE OF GOD
THIRTY-SECOND DAY
PRELIMINARY NOTE
The Prayer That Includes All Things Within Itself and That Says Everything There Is to Be Said: “Our Father . . .”
TO CHRIST OUR LORD
TO OUR LADY
COME O SANCTIFYING SPIRIT!
TO THE HOLY TRINITY
A Sentence Composed by St. Ignatius That Summarizes the Spiritual Exercises
Instructions for the One Who Directs a Retreatant
How God Makes Known His Will to Each One of Us at Every Minute of the Day
RULES
FOREWORD
Rules for a Better Discernment of the Movements of the Soul
Some Helpful Guidelines on How to Recognize and Deal with Scruples
Suggested Schedule for an Eight-Day Retreat
1st day
2nd day
3rd day
4th day
5th day
6th day
7th day
8th day