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'Deeply grounded, practical and real.' Margaret Silf, author and spiritual explorer
Isn't a deep prayer life only for religious specialists?
In this introduction to the spiritual life, Gemma Simmonds shows that everyone can find prayer a rewarding experience. She explores the story and prayer tradition of Ignatius of Loyola, together with the contribution of the seventeenth-century Yorkshire woman, Mary Ward.
A guide for Lent and the rest of the year, The Way of Ignatius helps us to pray with the Scriptures in an imaginative way. To aid reflection and discussion, there are questions at the end of each chapter.
'In this wonderful book, Gemma Simmonds explores the method of prayer developed by St Ignatius in a way that makes this profound approach to prayer accessible . . . I highly recommend this book.' Ian Mobsby, Anglican priest, writer, speaker and Prior, Wellspring New Monastic Community, Peckham, London
'If you are looking for insightful and encouraging spiritual reading, you have found your book! . . . Gemma Simmonds invites us to be pilgrims in the company of Jesus, Ignatius and Mary Ward.' Kevin O'Brien SJ, author, The Ignatian Adventure: Experiencing the Spiritual Exercises of Saint Ignatius in daily life
1 Getting going: discovering what we already have 1
2 How it all works 7
3 Two journeys of self-discovery 15
4 The pilgrim sets out 25
5 Who do you say I am? 36
6 The Spiritual Exercises: purpose and method 47
7 Caught in the system 56
8 Surveying the wondrous cross 63
9 An attitude of gratitude 72
Conclusion: finding God in all things 81
Notes 84
Copyright acknowledgements 89