October, 2018
Preparation Days
Fr. Thomas Neitzke, SJ

Helps for prayer this month.  Click Here               

​1. Grace:        

     We ask for the grace to understand God's unconditional love for us despite our sinfulness.

2. Daily Readings / Scriptures (Fr. Link's Challenge Book)
     
# 3 Do I rejoice in who I am?
# 4How meaningful is my life?
# 5 How real is God for me?
# 6 What is God's plan for me?
# 7 How open am I to God's plan for me?
 
3. Ignatian Meditations and Contemplations
(Fr. Tetlow, Fr. Fleming, and others based on St. Ignatius.)
a. Prayer before the meditation (inside cover of Link)
b. First Principal and Foundation
c. Sin of the Angels
d. Sin of Adam and Eve
e. The Sin of One person
f.  Meditation of Hell
g. Exercise on Three Sins

4. Understanding Ignatian Spirituality (primary educational piece)
a. Pope Emeritus Benedict XVI's call for greater use of the Spiritual Exercises (2008)     
b. Fragments of Grace: Ignatian Spirituality for Protestants
c. Sin: How we see it today.

​5. Prayers
a. Prayer for the beginning of a retreat
b. Prayer preparation by St. Ignatius
c. Examen
d. Jesus Prayer
e. Triple Colloquy
f. Praying with 5 fingers

6. Petitions
       Papal
       Prep

7. Catholic Practices and Traditions: Question of the Month
a. Is St. Ignatius' Examen of Consciousness different from an examination of Conscience?
b. Rosary, Ignatian method