The Jesuit Guide To (Almost) Everything - James Martin [189]
English, John J., S.J., 151, 336
Ethics, 359–62
Examen, 87–97, 343; for agnostics and atheists, 101; awareness of God in the present and, 356; for busy people, 349–50; closing prayer, 95; Dorothy Day on, 96; to examine your life, 100; final step, asking for grace of God’s help, 95; first step, gratitude, 88–89; in five steps, 97; fourth step, forgiveness, 95; grace and, 96–97; gratitude and, 264, 385; to help you find God in everything, 391; preparation for, 88; second step, “know my sins,” 89–91; seeing God in retrospect, 97–100; as spiritual lifesaver, 349–50; St. Francis Xavier on, 90; third step, a review of your day, 91–95; using, variations for individuals, 95–97
Exiles (Hansen), 376
Exodus: 4:11–12, 118; 20:21, 162; 33:19–20, 98; 34:5, 162
Eyes to See, Ears to Hear (Lonsdale), 309, 345
Failure, 374–77
Faith: analogy of garden, 32; not just a question of you and God, 46–47; one pitfall of, 32; Path of Belief and, 30–32; Path of Return and, 36–39
“Faith sharing,” 254–58
Favre, Peter, S.J., 82, 89, 214, 236, 237, 238–39, 240, 245, 306, 355; as the “Second Jesuit,” 239
Fear: of change, 136; of death, 67; mysterium tremendum et fascinans, 69; of nearness to God, 68–69; resistance during prayer and, 161–62
Fermor, Patrick Leigh, 345
Finding Grace at the Center (Pennington, Keating, and Clarke), 165, 166
Fink, Peter, S.J., 95
First Jesuits, The (O’Malley), 20, 24, 186, 213, 239, 250, 270
Flaubert, Gustave, 83, 100
Flaubert’s Parrot (Barnes), 67, 83
Fleming, David, S.J., 88, 146, 207, 209, 263, 296, 297, 309, 316, 318, 369
Following Christ in a Consumer Society (Kavanaugh), 182
Forgiveness, 229–30, 259, 312
Franciscans, 3, 15, 24
Francis of Assisi, St., 3, 17, 44, 45, 186, 196, 217
Freedom, 121, 391, 392; admitting your own powerlessness and, 259; chastity and, 220–21, 270; friendship and, 243–46, 261; indifference and, 306; love and, 223, 229; obedience and, 270; simple life and, 203; spiritual poverty and, 211; voluntary poverty and, 270. See also Detachment
Freeing Celibacy (Cozzens), 216
Free will, 127
“Friendship in Jesuit Life” (Shelton), 241, 243
Friendship Like No Other, A (Barry), 32 137
Friendship and relationships, 27, 230, 231–65; barriers to healthy, 246–48; being honest, 122–26; changing and, 134–39; chaste love and, 230; communication and, 252; communication with God and, 243, 254, 331; danger of exclusivity, 262; “faith sharing,” 254–58; forgiveness and, 259; freedom and, 243–46; with God, 115–42; gratitude and, 263–65; healthy, elements of, 259–63; humility and, 258–59; impairing relationships, 248; Jesuits and, 231–34; with Jesus, 108–10; learning, 116–21; listening and, 126–29; maintaining difficult, 248–50; married couples and, 247; openness of heart and, 236; Presupposition, 234–36, 249, 256; silence and, 139; spending time, 116; suffering and poverty, analogy of, 208; union of hearts and minds, 251–54
Fülöp-Miller, René, 367
Gallagher, Timothy, O.M.V, 189, 326
Ganss, George E., S.J., 306–7
Garvin, Mary, 58
Genovesi, Vincent J., S.J., 216
Gilead (Robinson), 77–78
God, 173; as Almighty Artisan, 383; anger at, 123–24; asking God for help, 103–5, 124; awe and, 71; beauty as passage to, 74; as beyond comprehension (unknowable), 162, 163; clarity as communication from, 75, 130; communication through imagination, 146–50; communication with, 12, 49, 53–56, 67, 83–85, 110, 114, 120, 128–29, 130–34, 145–73, 243, 331 (see also Prayer); conscience as voice of God, 166; constancy of, 142; decision making and, 306–7, 316–17, 320, 338 (see also Discernment); desire as communication from, 61, 316; desire for, recognizing, 63–80; easier to see in retrospect, 97–100; the examen and finding God, 87–97; experienced in the natural world, 163; faith community and, 49; feminine imagery of, 137–38; finding around you, 351–55; finding by noticing, 86