INTRODUCTION TO IGNATIAN SPIRITUALITY Select Timothy M. Gallagher, An Ignatian Introduction to Prayer (2007). This is a very user- friendly book which will help you pray the Scriptures in a manner suggested by St. Ignatius. It is a series of guided meditations on scenes from Scripture with some questions for personal reflections at the close of each meditation. It follows the spiritual journey of Ignatius' Spiritual Exercises without going into all detail! Timothy M. Gallagher, The Examen Prayer (2006). St. Ignatius considered the daily practise of this prayer to be so important for Jesuits that he said they might, through pressure of the daily grind, have to put aside other forms of prayer, but never this one! The Examen is a prayer for busy people, people on the go. It is a valuable method of prayer to help us makes sense of the hustle and bustle of our lives and, in the Ignatian maxim, "Find God in all Things". The value of this book is not only that it introduces us to the Examen but Gallagher draws on the personal stories of others to show how helpful they found this practice in their lives. It is a very accessible and practical book, introducing us to a central aspect of Ignatian spirituality. Brian Grogan, S.J., Finding God in All Things (1996). This is an excellent, simple introduction to some of the ideas that Ignatius held most dear and desired to share with others. Grogan shows how God is involved in all the details of our lives; how uniquely important we are to God, even at times when we don't feel it! God desperately desires to be our companion in Jesus Christ we are invited to be "Companions of Jesus" just like the first Jesuits! Each chapter concludes with some helpful questions for personal reflection. Gerard W, Hughes,S.J., The God of Surprises (1985). Even though this book first appeared twenty-four years ago, it still remains a classic. It has been reprinted many times and has been translated into at least twelve different languages. I always recommend this book to the searcher the searcher for the true self, for meaning and direction in one's life, for where God is to be found. It is steeped in Ignatian spirituality but in a very accessible and attractive way. It has proved popular among many Christian denominations, not just Roman Catholic. Stefan Kiechle, S.J., The Art of Discernment Making Good Decisions in Your World of Choices. We all have the experience of having to makes difficult decisions in life decisions that may dictate how we live the rest of our lives. St. Ignatius offered help to make such all- important decisions in his Spiritual Exercises. Stefan Kiechle, a German Jesuit, gives a clear explanation of this process of decision-making. Kiechle's exposition is helped by his use of personal stories, taken from his practice of spiritual direction. Tim Muldoon, The Ignatian Workout - Daily Spiritual Exercises for a Healthy Faith (2004). Following the metaphor of gym workouts, this imaginative book shows how Ignatian spirituality is relevant for today's young adults. It presents a daily programme of "workouts" to achieve spiritual fitness, tailored to people with busy schedules. It follows the format of the Spiritual Exercises but in an informal, highly accessible way.
Further Au, Wilkie, By Way of the Heart Toward a Holistic Christian Spirituality Paulist Press, New York, 1990. Au, Wilkie & Noreen Cannon, Urgings of the Heart- a Spirituality of Integration, Paulist Press, New York, 1995 Bergan, Jacqueline S & Schwan, Marie, Praying with Ignatius of Loyola, St. Mary s Press/Christian Brothers Publications, Winona, Minnesota, 1995 Barry, William A., God and You Prayer as Personal Relationship, Paulist Press, New York, 1987. Barry, William A., Seek My Face Prayer as Personal Relationship in Scripture, Paulist Press, New York, 1984. Barry, William A., Paying Attention to God Discernment in Prayer, Ave Maria Press, Indiana, 1990. Barry, William A., What do I Want in Prayer?, Paulist Press, New York, 1994. Barry, Willam A., Finding God in All Things A Companion to The Spiritual Exercises of St. Ignatius, Ave Maria Press, Indiana, 1991. Barry, Willam A., With an Everlasting Love Developing an Intimate Relationship With God, Paulist Press, New York, 1999. Barry, Willam A., Allowing the Creator to Deal with the Creature An Approach to The Spiritual Exercises of Ignatius of Loyola, Paulist Press, New York, 1994. Barry, William A., God s Passionate Desire & Our Response, Ave Maria Press, Indiana, 1993. Barry, William A. & Doherty, Robert G., Contemplatives in Action The Jesuit Way, Paulist Press, New York, 2002. Bangert, William V., A History of the Society of Jesus, The Institute of Jesuit Sources, Saint Louis, 1972. Bautista, Ramon, A Way to the Desert 101 Questions & Answers on Retreat, Prayer, and Discernment the Ignatian Way, St. Paul s, London, 2003. Brackley, Dean, The Call to Discernment in Troubled Times, A Crossroad Book, New York, 2004.
Brodrick, James, The Origin of the Jesuits, Loyola University Press, 1986. (Reprint of 1940 edition) Brodrick, James, The Progress of the Jesuits, Loyola University Press, 1986 (Reprint of 1940 edition) Brodrick J., Jesuits the Ignatian Heritage NCE 7, 899-909 Caraman, Philip, Ignatius Loyola, Collins, London, 1990. Conwell, Joseph., Impelling Spirit- Revisiting a Founding Experience: 1539 Ignatiys of Loyola & His Compainions, Loyola Press, Chicago, 1997. Conwell, Joseph F., Walking in the Spirit A Reflection on Jeróimo Nadal s phrase, Contemplative Likewise in Action, The Institute of Jesuit Sources, Saint Louis, 2003. Dalmases, C: Ignatius NCE 7, 354-56 Dalmases, C., Ignatius, Founder of the Jesuits, 1985 Dister, John E., A New Introduction to The Spiritual Exercises of St. Ignatius The Liturgical Press, Minnesota, 1993 Egan, Harvey D., Ignatius Loyola the Mystic, Michael Glazier, Delaware, 1987. English, John, Spiritual Freedom, Loyola University Press, Chicago, 1995. Fleming, David L, The Spiritual Exercises of Saint Ignatius A Literal Translation & A Contemporary Reading, The Institute of Jesuit Sources, St. Louis, 1978. Fleming, David L., Like the Lightning The Dynamics of the Ignatian Exercises, Institute of Jesuit Sources, Saint Louis, 2004. Gallagher, Timothy M., The Discernment of Spirits An Ignatian Guide to Everyday Living, A Crossroad Book, New York, 2005. Gallagher, Timothy M., The Examen Prayer, A Crossroad Book, New York, 2006. Gallagher, Timothy M. Spiritual Consolation, A Crossroad Book, New York, 2007 Green, Thomas H., Weeds Among the Wheat Discernment: Where Prayer & Action Meet, Ave Maria Press, Indiana, 1984. Grogan, B., SJ: Alone and on Foot: Ignatius of Loyola. Dublin: Veritas, 2008. This book is easily accessible, up to date, and the 70 chapters are short. Each chapter has a Key Phrase and a question for Pondering. These can help you to appropriate the contents and to refer the material to yourself. For Ignatian Spirituality is not so much about Ignatius as about yourself.
Grogan, Brian, Finding God in All Things, Messenger Publications, 1996. Grogan, B., SJ: Reflective Living. Dublin: Messenger Publications, 1987. This short book can help you to develop the habit of living reflectively rather than reactively. Grogan, B., SJ: Our Graced Life-Stories. Dublin: Messenger Publications, 2000. The focus in this book is on what God is making of you and how you can collaborate with God s action in the details of your life. Hebblethwaite, Margaret, Finding God in All Things, Collins Fount Paperback, London, 1987. Hughes, Gerard W., God of Surprises, Darton, Longman &Todd, London, 1985. Hughes, Gerard W., God in All Things, Hodder & Stoughton, London, 2003. Ivens, Michael, Understanding the Spiritual Exercises, Gracewing, 1998. Ivens, Michael, Keeping In Touch Posthumous papers on Ignatian Topics, edited by Joseph A. Munitiz, S.J., Garewing, 2007. Kiechle Stefan, The Art of Discernment Making Good Decisions in your World Of Choices, Ave Maria Press, Indiana, 2005. Lambert, Willi, The Sevenfold Yes Affirming the Goodness of our Deepest Desires,, Ave Maria Press, Indiana, 2005. Lonsdale, David, Eyes to See, Ears to Hear An Introduction to Ignatian Spirituality, Darton, Longman & Todd, London, 2000. Lonsdale, David, Listening to the Music of the Spirit The Art of Discernment, Ave Maria Press, Indiana, 1992. Martin, J., SJ: The Jesuit Guide to (almost) Everything. NY: HarperOne, 2010. This is a NY Times Bestseller, which translates Ignatius insights for a modern reader and reveals how we can find God and how God can find us in the real world of work, love, suffering, decisions, prayer and friendship. Martini, Carlo M., Letting God Free Us Meditations on Ignatian Spiritual Exercises St. Pauls, Slough, 1993. Melloni, J: The Exercises of Ignatius in the Western Tradition Meissner, W.W., Ignatius of Loyola The Psychology of a Saint, Yale University Press, New Haven & London, 1992. Meissner, W.W., To the Greater Glory A Psychological Study of Ignatian Spirituality, Marquette University Press, 1999.
Munitiz, Joseph A, & Endean, Philip, Saint Ignatius of Loyola Personal Writings, Penguin Books, 1996. Muldoon, Tim, The Ignatian Workout Daily Spiritual Exercises for a Healthy Faith, Loyola Press, Chicago, 2004. O Malley, John, The First Jesuits, Harvard University Press, Cambridge, Mass, 1993. O Malley, William J., The Fifth Week, Loyola University Press, Chicago, 1976. Rahner, Hugo, Ignatius, the Theologian, Herder & Herder, New York, 1968. Rahner, H., Letters to Women, 1960 Ravier, A., Ignatius and the Founding of the Jesuits, 1974 Scroope, M., & Cornish, S., Ignatian Spirituality for Today: Key Readings for Busy People. 4 th edition. North Sydney: The Loyola Institute, 2008. Sheldrake, Philip, Befriending Our Desires, Darton, Longman & Todd, London 1994. Sheldrake, Philip (ed.), The Way of Ignatius Loyola Contemporary Approaches To The Spiritual Exercises, Institute of Jesuit Sources, St. Louis, 1991 Silf, Margaret, Landmarks An Ignatian Journey, Darton, Longman & Todd, London. 1998. Silf, Margaret, Taste & See- Adventuring into Prayer, Darton, Longman & Todd, London 1999. Smith, Carol A & Merz, Eugene F., Moment by Moment A Retreat in Everyday Life, Ave Maria Press, Indiana, 2000. Tellechea, José Ignacio, Ignatius of Loyola The Pilgrim Saint, translated, edited and with a Preface by Cornelius Michael Buckley, S.J., Loyola University Press, 1994. [This is abbreviated as Alone and on Foot, by B Grogan SJ see above] Tetlow, J., Choosing Christ in the World: Directing the Spiritual Exercises A Handbook. St Louis: Institute of Jesuit Resources, 1989. Rich in usable material and prayers. Tylenda, Joseph N., A Pilgrim s Journey The Autobiography of Ignatius of Loyola, The Liturgical Press, Minnesota, 1985. Veale, Joseph, Manifold Gifts, Way Book, Campion Hall, Oxford, 2006. Young, WJ., Letters 1958
Annotated General Resources Diccionario de Espiritualidad Ignaciana (DEI), 2 vols.bilbao 2007. Each article has its own bibliography. Diccionario Historico de la Compania de Jesus, Biografico-Tematico (DHCJ). Directors C E O Neill & J M Dominguez SJ, 4 vols. Rome & Comillas, 2001. Contains 5637 biographies, 158 articles on apostolic works, 138 articles on global themes, and 70 on the Society of Jesus. Each article has its own bibliography. The Writings of Saint Ignatius of Loyola. A CD-ROM containing the complete writings in their original languages, with English translations of the Spiritual Exercises, the Constitutions, the Autobiography, the Spiritual Diary and the Directives Concerning the Spiritual Exercises. Published by The Institute of Jesuit Sources, St Louis, Missouri, USA. www.jesuitsources.com ijs@jesuitsources.com. Texts fully searchable. The Way & The Way Supplement. Published by the British Jesuits. Hundreds of articles of Ignatian interest. The Way, Campion Hall, Oxford. Ignatian Spirituality and The Way 1961-2002. A CD published by the British Jesuits, which lists all articles in THE WAY and THE WAY SUPPLEMENT for those years, and gives the text of those dealing directly with Ignatian Spirituality. Sheldrake, P., ed., The Way of Ignatius Loyola: Contemporary Approaches to the Spiritual Exercises. London: SPCK, 1991. A selection of WAY articles on the Exercises + 5pp of Selected Further Reading. An excellent resource as far as 1991. Munitiz, J A and Endean P., SJ: Saint Ignatius of Loyola: Personal Writings. London: Penguin Classics, 2004. We recommend that you buy this as a textbook. It contains Ignatius Autobiography, Spiritual Diary, Spiritual Exercises and a selection of Letters. The Introductions and Notes are excellent, as is the bibliography. Traub, G W., SJ, ed.: An Ignatian Spirituality Reader. Chicago: Loyola Press, 2008. Contains excellent, recent and short articles on various aspects of Ignatian spirituality. Each section has its own bibliography. Studies in the Spirituality of Jesuits (SSJ). Published by the American Jesuits since 1969. Deals with some 150 topics of current importance as Jesuits and their collaborators try to understand how best to proceed in a changing world. Decrees and Documents of the 35 th General Congregation. Oxford: Way Books, 2008. Jesuit websites, of which there are some 800!