译者说明
TRANSLATOR'S NOTE
在英文版中未引用的一个脚注里，拉维耶神父告诉读者，他在原著中的圣经引文主要依据《耶路撒冷圣经》。不过他也说，当他认为合适时，他会毫不犹豫地使用其他法语译本，有时甚至会放弃所有译本，直接参考新约的希腊原文。译者也遵循了同样的原则。虽然他在圣经引文方面仅限于使用《耶路撒冷圣经》（1966年）和《新美国圣经》（1970年）的英文译本，并且在很大程度上依赖作者对弗朗索瓦·库雷尔（1960年）和仁爱华·盖丹（1985年）的《神操》标准法语译本的修改版本，但他有时也会参考所谓的1541年versio prima，并尽可能采用约瑟夫·里卡比（1923年）和路易斯·J·普尔（1951年）的英译本。
In a footnote not cited in this English edition, Father Ravier advised his readers that he relied, for the most part, on The Jerusalem Bible for his Scriptural citations in his original work. He stated, however, that when he judged it advisable he had no qualms about using other French translations and that on occasion, rejecting all translations, he had recourse to the original Greek rendition of the New Testament. The translator has been guided by the same principle. Although he has restricted himself to the English translations of The Jerusalem Bible (1966) and The New American Bible (1970) for Scriptural citations and has, for the most part, relied on the author’s modified renditions of the standard French translations of The Spiritual Exercises by François Courel (1960) and Edouard Gueydan (1985), he has at times had recourse to the so-called versio prima of 1541, and whenever possible he has tried to fit in the English translations of Joseph Rickaby (1923) and Louis J. Puhl (1951).
说了这话，耶稣就举目望天说：
After saying this, Jesus raised his eyes to heaven and said:
「……认识你独一的真神，并且认识你所差来的耶稣基督，这就是永生。」圣经中的「认识」不是纯粹的理性过程，而是涉及整个人的生命经验。它包含了理智的光照和意志的吸引，需要理智的努力和意志的委身。当认识成熟时，它就转化为爱。
“… Eternal life is this:
to know youKnowledge in the Biblical sense does not come from a purely intellectual process but from a living experience involving the whole person. It consists in an enlightenment of the mind and an attraction of the will, an effort on the part of the intellect and a commitment on the part of the will. When knowledge matures it becomes love.
the only true God,
and Jesus Christ,
whom you have sent.”
（约17:3）
(John 17:3)