Third Week Of The Exercises

Like most other articles onthe third week, the present one is based necessarily on limited experience. Authentic of experience the third week isinfrequent for, while the Passion is ften assigned as the subject matter for meditation, the kind of prayer in which the retreatant becomes involved, andthe fruit gained from it, are often the prayer andfruit ofthe first twoweeks. This article then is

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Jesuits do the exercises in literally four weeks, during what is known as the 30-day retreat or simply quotThe Long Retreat.quot And they do so typically at a retreat house with a spiritual director. But with the growing interest in Ignatian spirituality, many people are practicing the Exercises in other ways. One popular version is known as the quotSpiritual Exercises in Everyday Life,quot which

The Spiritual Exercises of Saint Ignatius of Loyola Translated from the Autograph, By Father Elder Mullan, S.J. Table of Contents THIRD WEEK First Contemplation

Third Week Going to the Cross with Jesus If you have reached the Third Week of the Spiritual Exercises, you have made the decision to go with Jesus to the cross. There are two primary aspects to this Week compassion for Jesus's suffering and that of others and coming to terms with one's own suffering and death.

The contemplations of the Third Week invite us to enter into the paschal mystery the passion, death, and resurrection of Jesus Christ with Jesus.

This week we pray through the Passion of Christ. This is the third phase of the Spiritual Exercisesthe Third Week. In the Second Week, we asked for the grace to know Jesus more intimately, to love him more dearly, and to follow him more closely. This love leads us to be with Jesus in his suffering. The grace we seek this week is compassion. We reflect not merely on the physical pain he

Calendar Meet weekly or twice a month as we follow the liturgical year with a Prelude and 4 phases dynamic movements called quotWeeks.quot Ordinary Time Prelude amp First Week AdventChristmasOrdinary Time1st part of Lent Second Week 2nd part of Lent Third Week Easter and Easter Season Fourth Week The Exercises can begin at any time.

As with the other Weeks of the Exercises, the subject material for the Third Week can be contracted or expanded according to the needs of the directee 205. The pattern in the Exercises text is written from the viewpoint of the closed directed retreat setting of thirty days.

In the Third Week of the Spiritual Exercises, Ignatius brings our focus to the last moments in Jesus' life, starting with the Last Supper and following every event through his crucifixion, death, and burial. We are invited to stay by his side and witness the great depths of God's love for us.