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St. Ignatius Loyola's Examen is an opportunity for peaceful daily reflective prayer. It invites us to find the movement of God in all the people and events of our day. The Examen is simply a set of introspective prompts for you to follow or adapt to your own character and spirit.
Discernment in a Christian context is a way to make decisions that incorporate prayer, silent reflection and conversation.
In the gospels, Jesus often calls us to share what is happening in our hearts. ‘Go and tell what has happened to you’, he says. This is what we’re doing in a discerning mode. We are sharing what the Lord is doing for me in this place at this time.
St Ignatius of Loyola (1491–1541) wrote a great deal about discernment and the Holy Spirit. For him, discernment was a way to find God in all things – the workings of the world, his experiences in his daily life, and in particular in the deeper desires that moved him........Click here to read more.
