The Spiritual Exercises of St. Ignatius of Loyola

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"The Spiritual Exercises" — a classic of retreat meditation

Text from Christian Classics Ethereal Library; in the public domain.

Contents

1. APPROBATION OF THE LATIN TEXTS
2. VULGATE VERSION
3. LITERAL VERSION
4. PAUL III, POPE FOR A PERPETUAL REMEMBRANCE
5. PREFACE
6. GENERAL NOTE
7. PRAYER
8. Annotations
9. SPIRITUAL EXERCISES
10. PRESUPPOSITION
11. PRINCIPLE AND FOUNDATION
12. PARTICULAR AND DAILY EXAMEN
13. GENERAL EXAMEN OF CONSCIENCE
14. GENERAL CONFESSION WITH COMMUNION
15. FIRST EXERCISE
16. SECOND EXERCISE
17. THIRD EXERCISE
18. FOURTH EXERCISE
19. FIFTH EXERCISE
20. ADDITIONS
21. THE CALL OF THE TEMPORAL KING
22. THE FIRST DAY AND FIRST CONTEMPLATION
23. THE SECOND CONTEMPLATION
24. PREAMBLE TO CONSIDER STATES
25. THE FOURTH DAY
26. THE SAME FOURTH DAY LET MEDITATION BE MADE ON
27. PRELUDE FOR MAKING ELECTION
28. FIRST DAY
29. SECOND DAY
30. RULES TO PUT ONESELF IN ORDER FOR THE FUTURE
31. FOURTH WEEK
32. CONTEMPLATION TO GAIN LOVE
33. FIRST METHOD
34. I. The Ten Commandments
35. II. On Deadly Sins
36. III. On the Powers of the Soul
37. IV. On the Bodily Senses
38. SECOND METHOD OF PRAYER
39. THIRD METHOD OF PRAYER
40. OF THE ANNUNCIATION OF OUR LADY
41. OF THE VISITATION OF OUR LADY TO ELIZABETH
42. OF THE BIRTH OF CHRIST OUR LORD
43. OF THE SHEPHERDS
44. OF THE CIRCUMCISION
45. OF THE THREE MAGI KINGS
46. OF THE PURIFICATION OF OUR LADY AND PRESENTATION OF THE CHILD JESUS
47. OF THE FLIGHT TO EGYPT
48. OF HOW CHRIST OUR LORD RETURNED FROM EGYPT
49. OF THE LIFE OF CHRIST OUR LORD FROM TWELVE TO THIRTY YEARS
50. OF THE COMING OF CHRIST TO THE TEMPLE
51. OF HOW CHRIST WAS BAPTIZED
52. OF HOW CHRIST WAS TEMPTED
53. OF THE CALL OF THE APOSTLES
54. OF THE FIRST MIRACLE
55. OF HOW CHRIST CAST OUT OF THE TEMPLE
56. OF THE SERMON WHICH CHRIST MADE ON THE MOUNT
57. OF HOW CHRIST OUR LORD MADE THE TEMPEST OF THE SEA BE CALM
58. OF HOW CHRIST WALKED ON THE SEA
59. OF HOW THE APOSTLES WERE SENT TO PREACH
60. OF THE CONVERSION OF MAGDALEN
61. OF HOW CHRIST OUR LORD GAVE TO EAT FIVE THOUSAND MEN
62. OF THE TRANSFIGURATION OF CHRIST
63. OF THE RESURRECTION OF LAZARUS
64. OF THE SUPPER AT BETHANY
65. PALM SUNDAY
66. OF THE PREACHING IN THE TEMPLE
67. OF THE SUPPER
68. OF THE MYSTERIES DONE FROM THE SUPPER TO THE GARDEN, INCLUSIVE
69. OF THE MYSTERIES DONE FROM THE GARDEN TO THE HOUSE OF ANNAS, INCLUSIVE
70. OF THE MYSTERIES DONE FROM THE HOUSE OF ANNAS TO THE HOUSE OF CAIPHAS, INCLUSIVE
71. OF THE MYSTERIES DONE FROM THE HOUSE OF CAIPHAS TO THAT OF PILATE, INCLUSIVE
72. OF THE MYSTERIES DONE FROM THE HOUSE OF PILATE TO THAT OF HEROD
73. OF THE MYSTERIES DONE FROM THE HOUSE OF HEROD TO THAT OF PILATE
74. OF THE MYSTERIES DONE FROM THE HOUSE OF PILATE TO THE CROSS, INCLUSIVE
75. OF THE MYSTERIES ON THE CROSS
76. OF THE MYSTERIES FROM THE CROSS TO THE SEPULCHRE, INCLUSIVE
77. OF THE RESURRECTION OF CHRIST OUR LORD OF HIS FIRST APPARITION
78. OF THE SECOND APPARITION
79. OF THE THIRD APPARITION
80. OF THE FOURTH APPARITION
81. OF THE FIFTH APPARITION
82. OF THE SIXTH APPARITION
83. THE SEVENTH APPARITION
84. OF THE EIGHTH APPARITION
85. OF THE TENTH APPARITION
86. OF THE ELEVENTH APPARITION
87. OF THE TWELFTH APPARITION
88. OF THE THIRTEENTH APPARITION
89. OF THE ASCENSION OF CHRIST OUR LORD
90. FOR PERCEIVING AND KNOWING IN SOME MANNER THE DIFFERENT MOVEMENTS WHICH ARE CAUSED IN THE SOUL
91. RULES FOR THE SAME EFFECT WITH GREATER DISCERNMENT OF SPIRITS
92. IN THE MINISTRY OF DISTRIBUTING ALMS
93. THE FOLLOWING NOTES HELP TO PERCEIVE AND UNDERSTAND SCRUPLES
94. TO HAVE THE TRUE SENTIMENT
95. GENERAL INDEX