Prayer Resources

What Matters?

It’s a simple question that can help us uncover a more meaningful Christian life.

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The Grace I Seek (Bedtime Meditation)

The evening follow-up to the morning meditation on grace. (Companions morning meditation)

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Seized by the Moment

Instead of seizing the moment, can the present moment seize us? Can we live in the now and not try to escape to the past or future?

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Mindful Eating

The other day I saw a tease on the front page of the New York Times that pointed to an article about the Buddhist practice of mindful eating, paying attention to each bite you take, meditating on its texture, relishing it, and considering how it got to your table....
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Going Through the Motions

Sometimes going through the motions of a ritual can draw us back to God, especially in times of dryness.

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Reverence and the Bow

Our Western culture lacks something so much a part of Eastern culture: reverence and humility, displayed in the gesture of the bow.

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Freedom & Foundation – Week 1

Oriented toward God; preparing for prayer

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Accompaniment: Walking Away from America’s Achievement Culture

Do we have time to slow down and walk with another or are we “lost in the isolation of success and self-conservation”?

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Crossing the Lenten Desert

Lent is like a visit to the desert. You need a lot of preparation in order to see its beauty, even amid the desolation.

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Making Choices in Christ – Week 8

Ignatian decision-making; determining God’s will

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Prayer is an invitation from God, inviting us into relationship with God. It gives us a chance to take part in the story of creation, have an effect on the world, be involved in its God-story, and most importantly, reflect on how we contribute. These resources hope to reveal the infinite facets of prayer, the many ways we reach God, and how God reaches into our lives: in love, with words, in silence, seeking our desires, at different times, in different places.

Ignatian Prayer

Uncovering the Movement of God

Gratitude

Ignatian Spirituality and Memory

Imaginative Prayer

Dreams & Imagination

Imaginative Prayer for Children

Pope Francis on Ignatian Spirituality

The Prayer of Listening

Prayer of the Senses

The Ignatian Way: Contemplative in Action

Repetition

Colloquy (conversation with God)

Asking for a Grace

Spiritual Relish

Agere Contra

What are the Spiritual Exercises?

An Excerpt on Prayer from God Moments: Unexpected Encounters in the Ordinary

On the Examen (from Loyola Press)

The Contemplation to Gain Love (a video of the famous meditation from the Spiritual Exercises)

Taking the Examen to the Next Level (video)

Ignatian Contemplation: Imaginative Prayer (from dotMagis)

Presentations on the “Ignatian Way” of Prayer (from the Irish Jesuits)

The Strength of Ignatian Spirituality (video of former Superior General of the Jesuits, Adolfo Nicolás)

The What-How-Why of Prayer (from Loyola Press)

Textual Prayer

JesuitPrayer.org (prayer with the daily readings)

Sacred Space (guided prayer with daily scripture, from the Irish Jesuits)

Jesuit Prayer Index (from Xavier University)

Give Us This Day (monthly publication with prayers and Mass readings)

How to Practice Lectio Divina (prayer with scripture)

Your Own Spiritual Exercises (a prayer practice using a journal)

Reimagining the Examen

Audio Prayer

Audio Meditations and Examens from Ignatian Resources / God In All Things

Pray-As-You-Go (from the British Jesuits)

Daily Disconnect (from the Carmelites)

Insight Timer

Ritual app

Apps

These can be found in the iOS and Android app stores. The links below will take you to the iOS App Store.

Pray-As-You-Go (from the British Jesuits)

Insight Timer

Ritual app

Reimagining the Examen

3-Minute Retreat

JesuitPrayer.org (prayer with the daily readings)

Sacred Space (guided prayer with daily scripture, from the Irish Jesuits)

Helps for Prayer

Building a Prayer Habit

Helps for Prayer (large list of helpful prayer resources and explanations from John Veltri, SJ)