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–87; finding and letting God find you, 86–102; finding in all things, 5–7, 27, 50–51, 99–100, 116, 281, 304, 350, 391–92; friendship as communication from, 243, 254; friendship with, 115–42; goal of following, 295; as goal of Ignatian spirituality, 393–97; God of Surprises, 49–50, 61, 138, 153; God the Far-Away One, 43, 49; the God who seeks, 80–81; gratitude, peace, joy, and, 56; as the Great Problem Solver, 37, 38, 39, 103, 137; hearing God’s voice, 127–28, 130–34, 317, 356; Holy Spirit, discernment, and decision making, 309; human connection to, 79–80; as incomprehensible, 9, 286; inner emptiness as the “God-shaped hole,” 65–66; intentional time with, 116; knowing, 9; learning about, 116–21; listening for, 126–29; lives of holy men and women and, 120; magis and, 369–71; nearness of, 392–93; obedience to, 267, 271, 279–85, 304; paths to God, 28; “pocket-size God,” 41; the poor and brokenhearted and, 199–201; relationship with, 81–85, 110, 113, 115–42, 253, 276, 392–94; reliance on, in the working world, 378; Scripture and, 117–18; search for, and simple things, 68; signs of presence and activity, 391; silence and, 139–41; six paths to seeking, 29–44, 138; suffering and, 38, 39, 54, 285–92, 391; as transcendent and incarnational, 8–9; Two Standards meditation and, 188–90; where to look for, 82; willingness to trust in God’s providence, 364; will of, 207, 279–85. See also God’s love

God, I Have Issues (Thibodeaux), 126

God and You: Prayer as a Personal Relationship (Barry), 115

God of Surprises (Hughes), 136

God’s love, 128, 142; chastity and, 222; Contemplation to Attain Divine Love, 395–96; experiencing, 1, 20; God meets you where you are, 81–85, 378–81, 384; “loved sinner,” 76; parable of the Prodigal son, 91; as personal, 385

God’s Mechanics (Consolmagno), 137

God’s Soldiers: Adventure, Politics, Intrigue, and Power—A History of the Jesuits (Wright), 4

Gonzaga, St. Aloysius (Luigi), 159, 197, 214

Gonzalez, Roque, S.J., 370

Goupil, René, 296–97

Grace, 54, 62, 82, 86, 88, 89, 91, 95, 96–97, 113, 164, 186, 241, 282, 288, 301, 307, 384, 385, 397

Gratitude, 20, 55, 66, 70, 76, 88–89, 124, 395; friendship and relationships and, 263–65; Ignatius Loyola on occasions for, 88–89; self-acceptance and, 385

Greeley, Andrew, 32–34

Guidelines for Mystical Prayer (Burrows), 69

Guilt, 89–90, 91, 202, 229

Habits of the Heart (Bellah), 47

“Hail Mary,” 143–44, 169

Hansen, Ron, 49–50

Harrington, Daniel J., S.J., 117–18, 156, 286

Harry Potter series (Rowling), 189

Haughey, John, S.J., 373

Healthy life, 357–58

Hebrews: 4:15, 292

Hecker, Isaac, 48

Heroic Leadership (Lowney), 341, 364

Heschel, Abraham Joshua, 44, 71, 286

History of the Society of Jesus, A (Bangert), 249, 366, 370–71

Hitchcock, Alfred, 4

Honesty: chastity and, 223; in feelings, 318; in friendships and relationships, 215, 216, 254, 260; Ignatius and, 251; in prayer, 122–26; in the work world, 360

Hopkins, Gerard Manley, S.J., 73, 124–25, 269, 325, 376–77, 381–82

How Can I Find God? (Martin, ed.), 97–98, 117

Hughes, Gerard W., S.J., 49, 136

Humility: friendship and relationships and, 258–59; Jesuit joke, 208; poverty of the spirit as, 206–7; religion and, 48; sin and, 90; three degrees of, 207–8, 295, 361

Humor, 121, 210, 263

Identity: acceptance of self, 378–81; becoming oneself, 385–88; compare and despair/individuality, 381–85; finding true self, 378–88; poem, 381–82

Ignatian spirituality, 51; as available to everyone, 1–2, 28, 44, 392; being spiritual and religious, 44–50; career or vocation and, 339–88; charism (founding spirit), 3–4; chastity and, 174, 175, 176, 213–30; choosing the more difficult path and, 295; communication with God and, 110; compassion and, 298; contemplatives in action, 7–8, 15, 350, 389–97; decision making and, 305–38; desire and, 57–85; discernment and, 305–38; “discernment of spirits,” 189, 332–36; experts in, 25; finding God in all things, 5–7, 27, 50–51, 99–100, 116, 281, 304, 350, 351, 390, 391; four simple ways of understanding, 5–11; freedom and detachment and, 1, 9–10, 391; friendship and relationships,