Product Overview
Draw Me into Your Friendship is a gateway to Ignatius’s Spiritual Exercises that combines a literal translation from the Spanish with a contemporary interpretation enriched by the author’s 25 years of experience with the Exercises. For example, where Ignatius prescribes the first exercise of the day at “midnight,” the author explains, “‘Midnight’ does not describe actual time, but rather indicates that the prayer period should be after an initial experience of deep sleep…. It is at this time when both body and mind are relaxed and quiet that the prayer period can be very fruitful”. This volume is designed to serve directors of the Spiritual Exercises, retreatants, and modern readers who wish to become better acquainted with the classic text.
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Editorial Reviews
"Draw Me Into Your Friendship is a marvel: a translation into modern terms of the Spiritual Exercises, which stands side-by-side on the page with St. Ignatius’s original text. In this way one can appropriate, deepen or explain some concepts that might prove difficult for the modern retreatant without sacrificing any of Ignatius’s original intent. As a [spiritual] director, it is an invaluable resource. Dave was also incredibly generous to me in my writing, and helped to deepen my understanding of Ignatian."
-James Martin, S.J., author of A Jesuit Guide to (Almost) Everything
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Contents
Author's Preface
Preliminary Observations
The First Week
The Second Week
The Third Week
The Fourth Week
Supplementary Material
General Index
