The Search for Meaning through the Spiritual Exercises
Author: Herbert Alphonso, SJ; foreword by Dennis Linn, Sheila Fabricant Linn, and Matthew Linn, SJHerbert Alphonso, SJ
Format: E-Book
Helps readers identify their personal vocation, or special way of being, so that they may reach out more effectively to others. Elaborates on the connection between personal vocation and the Spiritual Exercises.
Applies the four-fold design of lectio divina reading, meditation, prayer, and contemplation as metaphors for the practices of a contemplative teaching style.
Helps readers identify their personal vocation, or special way of being, so that they may reach out more effectively to others. Elaborates on the connection between personal vocation and the Spiritual Exercises.
An examination of the internal reality of contemporary religious life, particularly that of ministerial women religious in the first world setting, through the focusing lenses of commitment, consecrated celibacy, and community.
Integrates faith and healthcare, offering professionals insight on how to find spiritual meaning in clinical practice and take seriously their Christian vocation to transform the world through caring for patients in light of the Gospel.
A noted law school professor reflects on the spiritual vacuum at the heart of the legal profession and suggests ways of reintegrating that profession with the deepest aspirations of its members.Lawyers in our day are facing a crisis of meaning. Distrusted by the public, stressed by overwork, and questioning the value of their contribution to society, legal professionals find themselves in a situation where work has lost its connection with deeper beliefs. The crisis they face is essentially spir...
Integrates faith and healthcare, offering professionals insight on how to find spiritual meaning in clinical practice and take seriously their Christian vocation to transform the world through caring for patients in light of the Gospel.
