八天退省的建议日程
Suggested Schedule for an Eight-Day Retreat
可能会发生这样的情况：一个人想要做神操，但只能投入八天来遵循规定的默想和默观。他应该确信，即使在八天内他也能从这些神操中获得很大益处。给三十天退省者的建议和推荐对于做这八天退省的人仍然适用。
It could happen that a person would want to make the Spiritual Exercises but could only devote eight days to following the prescribed meditations and contemplations. He should be assured that even in eight days he can profit greatly from these Spiritual Exercises. The advice and recommendations given to the retreatant making the thirty-day retreat remain the same for those making this eight-day retreat.
这样的人应该遵循这个八天的默想或默观日程：
Such a person should follow this eight-day schedule of meditations or contemplations:
第一天
1st day
基础（和以弗所书第一章）（第59-65页）
the Foundation (and chapter 1 of the Letter to the Ephesians) (pp. 59–65)
第二天
2nd day
我个人的罪和慈悲的交谈（第71-77页）
my personal sins and the Colloquy of Mercy (pp. 71–77)
第三天
3rd day
国度的默观（第87-97页）
the contemplation of the Kingdom (pp. 87–97)
第四天
4th day
道成肉身（第98-102页）
the Incarnation (pp. 98–102)
第五天
5th day
两旗默想（和谦卑的三个层次）（第115-125页）
the Meditation on Two Standards (and the three degrees of humility) (pp. 115–25)
第六天
6th day
最后的晚餐和圣餐的设立（第164-168页）
the Last Supper and the institution of the Holy Eucharist (pp. 164–68)
第七天
7th day
我们的主的受难（第169-186页）
the Passion of our Lord (pp. 169–86)
第八天
8th day
我们的主的复活（第188-192页）
the Resurrection of our Lord (pp. 188–192)
如果退省者花一些时间做为获得神的爱的默观（第204-208页），这八天的退省会更成功。圣依纳爵建议这个默观可以在三十天退省的任何时候进行。
This eight-day retreat will be more successful if the retreatant does spend some time making the Contemplation to Attain the Love of God (pp. 204–8). St. Ignatius suggested that this contemplation could be made at any time during the course of the thirty-day retreat.
这本书是一本非常有帮助和细致的指南，适合那些想要进行依纳爵退省但无法在正常退省中做《神操》的人。它是为那些真诚地想要与神「面对面」，并按照他慈爱的计划安排生命的人而设计的。拉维耶神父是一位专家退省导师，他已经带领依纳爵退省超过30年。
This book is a most helpful and careful guide to anyone who desires to make an Ignatian retreat but is unable to make the Spiritual Exercises in a normal retreat. It is designed for those who want sincerely to place themselves “face to face” with God so as to order their lives along his loving designs. Fr. Ravier is an expert retreat master who has been giving Ignatian retreats for over 30 years.
「这是一本杰出的书，为独自进行《神操》提供了优秀的指导。拉维耶清晰而实用的书回应了长期以来对一本能帮助我们在生命安排中寻找神旨意的指南的需求。」
——约翰·哈登神父，耶稣会士
《公教教理》作者
“A superb book that provides excellent guidance for making the Spiritual Exercises on one’s own. Ravier’s clear and practical book answers a long felt need for a one volume guide to finding the will of God in the disposition of our life.”
— Fr. John Hardon, S.J.
Author, The Catholic Catechism
「『居家』依纳爵退省是一个迫切的需求。拉维耶神父完美地满足了这个需求。这本书使数百万公教徒能够进入基督教密契主义的『内在城堡』。那些渴望圣洁和神秘经验的人现在可以在这本依纳爵退省手册中找到它。」
——肯尼思·贝克神父，耶稣会士
《讲道与牧灵评论》编辑
“There is an urgent need for a ‘Do-It-At-Home’ Ignatian retreat. That need is beautifully met by Fr. Ravier. This book makes it possible for millions of Catholics to enter into the ‘interior castle’ of Christian mysticism. Those who thirst for a drink of holiness and mystical experience can now find it in this Ignatian retreat manual.”
— Fr. Kenneth Baker, S.J.
Editor, Homiletic and Pastoral Review
「拉维耶神父的书对任何想要在他的指导下尝试《神操》退省丰富内容的人都会非常有帮助。对退省导师们本身也会很有用。」
——詹姆斯·V·沙尔神父，耶稣会士
乔治城大学
“Fr. Ravier’s book will be most helpful for anyone who wants to attempt the richness of a retreat with the Spiritual Exercises by following his guidance. It will also be of great use to retreat masters themselves.”
— Fr. James V. Schall, S.J.
Georgetown University
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安德烈·拉维耶，耶稣会士，是欧洲广受尊敬的属灵作家、退省导师和教会历史学家。他还写过其他关于圣人生平和灵修的著作，最近的作品是《方济各·沙雷：智者与圣者》和《圣贞德·尚塔尔》。
André Ravier, S.J., is a widely respected spiritual writer, retreat master and Church historian in Europe. He has written other works on lives of the saints and on spirituality, his most recent being Francis de Sales: Sage and Saint and St. Jeanne de Chantal.