Ignatian Meditations, A Perspective from Traditional

A Traditional Perspective

Fr. Jeffery Jambon

 

Between 1522 and 1524, St. Ignatius of Loyola authored his Spiritual Exercises under heavenly inspiration. This collection of Catholic meditations is highly appreciated by the Church and has sanctified thousands upon thousands of lives thanks to the Jesuit Order and others' advocacy of it. The usefulness of the Ignatian Exercises in sanctifying souls and therefore apostolically spreading Christ the King's Social Reign has been so tremendous that Popes Pius XI and Pius XII expressly praised them.

In this book, Fr. Jeffery Jambon (an experienced retreat master) shares his insights on the Spiritual Exercises meditations and how their traditionalist perspective applies to our present circumstances, written in a straightforward conversation manner. For example, the discernment of spirits: is that impulse from God or from somewhere else? What path should I take in life?

 

In Fr. Jambon’s own words (from his Foreword):

Here presented, is a little fruit of prayer that may be useful to anyone who wishes to use it. I have directed these meditations and others similar to these to the laity over the years. I have seen, at first hand, how hearts have been touched by the dynamics of the Spiritual Exercises of St. Ignatius of Loyola, Founder of the Society of Jesus.

…My goal is simply to help people meditate on the Word of God and not so much teaching one how to do the Spiritual Exercises, nor being fixated with methods and unending quotes from those luminous pages of St. Ignatius, although at times I will quote from them for context. In general, I will assume that my reading audience is already familiar with the Ignatian methodology and therefore I wish only to present some meditations for them in their ongoing reflection.

With that said, it is still very useful reading for those who are not familiar with the Ignatian exercises, for the reflections presented here in this book are such that anyone can use them to pray and find much profit from them since it is mostly meditations based on Sacred Scripture and thus applicable to any and all.

 

So in fact, this book is useful for the spiritual or prayer life of nearly every Catholic today!

In addition to the texts of Fr. Jambon, several other items have been included, namely, some related pictures and extracts from papal documents concerning the Spiritual Exercises.

208 pages, illustrated, softcover.