Spirituality & Prayer

Here are some suggested spiritual readings focusing on Jesuit Spirituality and Jesuit Vocation. Please feel free to read the literature and/or download the documents to your own computer.

Spiritual Readings

  • With Christ on Mission: Pray with the Society of Jesus throughout Lent using selections from the Jesuit Constitution and other documents.
  • Ignatian Spirituality: A brief introduction to the spirituality of St. Ignatius Loyola: Spiritual Exercises; Discernment; Examination of Consciousness; Society of Jesus: the spirit embodied.
  • To Fling Out His Broad Name: A collection of readings on Jesuit Apostolic Life.
  • With Christ Alive: A collection of readings from scripture and Jesuit sources for the Easter season or other times of reflection.
  • Daily Scripture Meditations: This site, hosted by Campus Ministry at Creighton University, provides reflections on each day’s readings written by faculty and staff.
  • Saint of the Day: These biographies are assembled by St. Anthony Messenger.
  • Sacred Space: Daily Meditations for Advent Sponsored by the Jesuits of the Irish Province. The Province of Paraguay has a similar service in Spanish.
  • Liturgy of the Hours: Join in the Chruch’s prayer using this site which provides the daily office in .pdf (Adobe Acrobat) format.

Other Sites of Interest on Prayer

Daily Prayer

  • Sacred Space — a page which initially started as a guide to Lenten prayer, has been expanded. It provides thoughts and suggestions for prayer for the various liturgical seasons. It is produced by the Irish Jesuits.
  • Daily Scripture Reflections — A member of the Creighton University community reflects on the readings of the day online. Liturgy: the source and summit of the Christian Life.

The Spiritual Exercises of St Ignatius and contemporary adaptations

  • The Spiritual Exercises: The text of the Spiritual Exercises of St. Ignatius. Download directly as a PDF file here.
  • The Ignatian Spiritual Exercises for the Corporate Person — a joint Canadian- American project. ISECP is a group of seven lay and religious (including two Jesuits) persons who write and facilitate groups using Ignatian insights. We are interested in the interface of Ignatian Spirituality with modern business practice and communal decision-making.

Jesuit Spirituality

  • Apostleship of Prayer LogoApostleship of Prayer — Each and everyone of us is being encouraged to take part in spreading the Gospel message by urging a few friends to join in praying, everyday, the Gospel of Our Lord.
  • A parish looks at Jesuit spirituality — A four-part guide from St. Ignatius Church in San Francisco, CA.