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Grace Upon Grace

Grace Upon Grace. The Spiritual Exercises of St. Ignatius of Loyola. The Truth About Retreat. God initiates. Director holds open a space and invites. Retreatant prays, listens, shares, receives. Hopes: Consider how you and God are relating Pray with your body

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Grace Upon Grace

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  1. Grace Upon Grace The Spiritual Exercises of St. Ignatius of Loyola

  2. The Truth About Retreat • God initiates. • Director holds open a space and invites. • Retreatant prays, listens, shares, receives. • Hopes: • Consider how you and God are relating • Pray with your body • Try a new way or two to pray • Grow in friendship with God • Build a community of prayer • Rest, refresh, renew body, mind, spirit

  3. Getting to Know You • How many of you are making your first retreat here? • How many of you consider yourselves retreat veterans? • Welcome! • How many of you come energized? • How many of you come tired? • How many of you have fantasy football teams? • How many of you prefer cooking to baking? • How many of you would feel comfortable singing? • How many of you would feel comfortable proclaiming a Scripture passage during the weekend?

  4. Approaching Prayer • Be still and know that I am God • Breathe • Yahweh—next breath • I love you; I love You! • Intentionally recall God is with us • Ask for the grace I need

  5. The Grace I Seek: • To Know God’s Deep Love for Me

  6. Father/ Mother Divine Love Me Others Holy Spirit Son Holy Mystery: God is Love—Relational

  7. Holy Mystery of God Revealed • Jesus, God-with-us, Emmanuel, did not come to change the Father’s mind about us, but rather to change our minds about God! Richard Rohr quoting Duns Scotus

  8. Lectio Divina • Read: What does the text say that everyone should understand? • Reread: What does the text say to me, today and to my life? • (Reread): What can I say to the Lord in response to His word? • (Reread): What conversion (turning) of mind and heart might the Lord be asking of me? • (Reread): What am I being called to be or do? • Jared Dees, 31 Days to Becoming a Better Religious Educator Leader’s Guide, Ave Marie Press.

  9. Psalm 139

  10. Invitation • Breathe. Be aware of God-with-us. Ask for the grace to know God’s deep love for me. • Lectio Divina • Psalm 139 • Awareness Survey

  11. Be still and know that I am God. • Be still and know that I am. • Be still and know. • Be still. • Be.

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