Evening of Prayer:
A Taste of the Spiritual Exercises
of Ignatius Loyola

PROGRAM

• Welcoming
• Lectio Divina Prayer Experience

When we practice Lectio Divina we must be willing to let go of our “goal oriented” approach. Lectio Divina has no other goal than spending time with God through the medium of God’s Word. (Fr. Luke Dysinger, OSB)

• Standing Break (please maintain silence)
• Ignatian Spirituality Overview
• Imaginative Prayer Experience

Imagination is instrumental in stirring up the inmost being, thereby bringing to consciousness various hidden motivations, forgotten memories and suppressed drives and emotions…In sum, the dynamics of imagination in the Spiritual Exercises is aimed at involving the whole person in experiencing the mystery of God. (Joseph Lobo, SJ)

• Review of Prayer Experience
• Break
• Examen Prayer Experience
• Closing