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during, 133; directed retreat, 106–10; emotions arising during, 132, 152, 168, 301–2; the examen, 87–97, 391; finding time for God and you, 348–51; four weeks of The Spiritual Exercises and, 20–21; on the gifts God has given you, 76; Ignatian contemplation, 145–55; Ignatian traditions, 143–73; imagining yourself speaking with God, and God’s reply, 128–29; as intentional time with God, 116; Jesuits as contemplatives in action, 7–8; journaling, 170; “katapatic,” 162, 163; lectio divina, 155–62; listening and hearing God, 126–29; for loved ones, 230; meditation on life of Christ, 20, 292–93, 295–98, 299–304; memories arising during, 130–32, 133–34; music, 173; nature prayer, 170–72; no “right” way, 96, 143–45; for our desires, 62; petitionary prayer, 103–5, 113, 124, 126–27, 199–200; physical feelings arising during, 132–33; prayer from Teilhard de Chardin, 164; praying the Rosary, 143–45, 169; Quaker “gathered silence,” 40; reflecting on daily life, 133; repetition, 153; resistance during, 161–62; rote prayers, 104, 106, 169; sadness in, 125; sexual desire and, 125–26; silence and, 139–41; on sinfulness, 76; Suscipe, 396–97; as transformative, 303–4; ways of hearing God’s voice in, 130–34; what it is, 110–14; for what you desire, 343; work as, 173

Preaching to the Converted (Leonard), 142

Prejean, Sister Helen, C.S.J., 117

Presupposition, 234–36, 249, 256

Pride, 180, 210

Professions of Faith (Langford and Martin, eds.), 349

Progress Paradox, The (Easterbrook), 182

Psalms: 23, 132, 160–62; 34:18, 201; 42:7 77, 356; 64, 105; 139, 385; 139:1 122; as basis for prayer, 111

Quaker “gathered silence,” 40

Rahner, Karl, S.J., 49, 69, 113, 119, 338, 374

Rebecca (film), 327

Rejadell, Teresa, 358

Relationships. See Friendship and relationships

Religion: change and relationship with, 138; humility and, 48; image of God and, 137; negatives and positives, 44–50; Path of Independence, 32–34; “real” vs. “illusory,” 39; rule-based, 135; search for perfection in as futile, 34; social dimension of human nature and, 49; spiritual but not religious (SBNR), 44–50; “spiritual home,” 40, 41; spirituality and, 28, 50

Religious ofJesus and Mary, 283

Ribadaneira, Pedro, 171

Ricci, Matteo, 26, 365–66

Robinson, Marilynne, 77

Rodrigues, Simon, 241, 248–50

Rodríguez, St. Alphonsus, 99–100, 244–46, 372

Roman Catholic Church, 26, 48, 51, 361, 364; celibacy and clergy, 216–17, 221; Code of Canon Law, 135; communal prayer and, 169; First Communion, 245; founding of Jesuits and, 15–16; Jesuits in clerical office and, 46, 191; Mass, 111, 169; sexual-abuse crisis, 33, 215, 221; suppression and restoration of Jesuits, 18, 19

Rosary, 143–45, 169

Roser, Isabel, 214

Rubens, Peter Paul, 17

Rule of St. Benedict, 21

Rumi, 44

Sacrament of the Present Moment, The (de Caussade), 95, 285

Sadness, 125

Saints and Sanctity (Burghardt), 377

Salmerón, Alfonso, S.J., 241

“Salt Doll, The,” 388

Salvadoran Jesuits, martyrdom of, 25

Satan, 188–90, 278, 294; masquerading as a good spirit, 336–37; three ways the “enemy” works, 332–36; what is “of God” and what is “not of God,” 326–29. See also Two Standards

Saying no, 357–58

Schurhammer, Georg, S.J., 240

Schwan, Marie, C.S.J., 170, 344

Screwtape Letters, The (Lewis), 190

Second Vatican Council, 272; “Declaration on Religious Freedom,” 275; “universal call to holiness,” 341

Self-awareness and self-acceptance, 339–40 364, 365, 378–88

Self-care, 187–88, 310, 357–58

Selfless Way of Christ, The (Nouwen), 65

Seven Storey Mountain, The (Merton), 34, 43, 314, 342

Sex and sexuality, 58, 125–26, 174–75; abuse scandals, 215, 221; celibacy and, 130; chastity and, 216, 220–21, 227–30; purity and, 214. See also Chastity

Shakers, 173

Shelton, Charles M., S.J., 226–27, 241, 243, 246, 248, 252, 253, 259, 260, 261

She Who Is (Johnson), 137

Silence, 139–41

“Silencing,” 275

Silf, Margaret, 60, 63, 95, 100, 140, 167, 343, 346

“Simple Heart, A” (Flaubert), 83, 100

Simple life, 7, 22, 27, 136, 174–212, 238, 279; closeness with God and, 195–201; consumerist culture, demands of, 181–86; contemporary