Spiritual Exercises of Saint Ignatius of Loyola

The Religious Family of the Incarnate Word (IVE) invites men and women for the Spiritual Exercises - a practical method to seek God, to know His Will and to put in into practice.

“As strolling, walking and running are corporal exercises, so is called Spiritual Exercise every method of examination of conscience, meditation, vocal and mental prayer and any other spiritual operation in order to prepare the soul to remove from her all disordered inclinations and, once removed, to find the will of God as concerns one’s life.”

This is how Saint Ignatius of Loyola, the inventor of the Spiritual Exercises, described this healthy practice. We do them to imitate Jesus, who spent forty days in the desert. In this way we can overcome ourselves and order our lives according to God’s plan for us.

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