tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13080538.post8440693037784389433..comments2023-10-08T07:07:36.538-04:00Comments on Search the Sea: Ignatian Accompaniment Through GriefGannet Girlhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16374279595560691174noreply@blogger.comBlogger8125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13080538.post-90614497822720401122009-12-02T23:33:31.172-05:002009-12-02T23:33:31.172-05:00I'm a product of Jesuit education, in which Ig...I'm a product of Jesuit education, in which Ignatian thought figures greatly. Sometimes the simplest practices are the most profound. <br />Thank you for this eloquent post.Jenniferhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04107175348265816279noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13080538.post-13374945900619097822009-12-02T22:06:42.956-05:002009-12-02T22:06:42.956-05:00Purple -- off the top of my head - anything by Wil...Purple -- off the top of my head - anything by William Barry:<br /><br />http://www.amazon.com/William-A.-Barry/e/B001JSDQ1W/ref=ntt_dp_epwbk_0Gannet Girlhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16374279595560691174noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13080538.post-84020112867346818462009-12-02T22:01:31.102-05:002009-12-02T22:01:31.102-05:00GG - LOL about the Hebrew!!GG - LOL about the Hebrew!!Michellehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12617476463347663364noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13080538.post-35129648057379940852009-12-02T21:39:53.985-05:002009-12-02T21:39:53.985-05:00"imaginative accompaniment"...I am keepi..."imaginative accompaniment"...I am keeping this phrase. Thanks GG.<br /><br />We did a stint of the Ignatian excercises in my last year of my spiritual direction program. It seemed very "un-imaginative" to me...however I am resonating quite deeply with the way you are experiencing it. <br /><br />Any suggestions for helpful reading in addition to Mompriest's recommendations?Elaine (aka...Purple) https://www.blogger.com/profile/09439199680556347830noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13080538.post-8876132946864332182009-12-02T21:14:02.572-05:002009-12-02T21:14:02.572-05:00You are so right about repetition, Michelle. I ha...You are so right about repetition, Michelle. I hadn't even thought of that. I have found it to be such a rich aspect of my prayer life, and I have also found it to be one of the greatest challenges for many people in spiritual direction. As a culture we do not take kindly to a leisurely, repetitive approach to anything.<br /><br />And perhaps that is a partial explanation for why we as a culture do so poorly with grief -- a process that by its very nature demands leisure and repetition.<br /><br />On the humorous side, I wish you had mentioned this before I started Hebrew last summer! Perhaps I might have made more of a spiritual experience of it had I been able to think of the endless repetition required for memorization as a form of prayer!Gannet Girlhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16374279595560691174noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13080538.post-66618476862170287762009-12-02T21:08:01.208-05:002009-12-02T21:08:01.208-05:00Mompriest, thank you for reminding me that I still...Mompriest, thank you for reminding me that I still need to order those books. <br /><br />Interesting ~ I got a long email a few weeks ago on the topic of surrender. . .Gannet Girlhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16374279595560691174noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13080538.post-30713108668297421182009-12-02T20:25:50.653-05:002009-12-02T20:25:50.653-05:00I remember thinking early on last fall that when p...I remember thinking early on last fall that when people said, "I can't imagine" what they really meant was "I don't want to imagine." <br /><br />But Ignatian spirituality doesn't readily recognize "can't imagine" as a response, instead it's "what do you imagine." <br /><br />I, think, too, that the concept of repetition is part of what makes someone with an Ignatian bent a graced companion in grief. There is a fundamental recognition that there is always more to "get" and that returning to a contemplation in that Ignatian sense implies an increasing openess to the affective dimensions.Michellehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12617476463347663364noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13080538.post-39292170469823907782009-12-02T18:15:16.391-05:002009-12-02T18:15:16.391-05:00Ignatian spirituality has been a part of my journe...Ignatian spirituality has been a part of my journey. I appreciate this wonderful summary of the imagination prayer - I totally get how it enables one to imagine with the other...<br /><br />I have mentioned this before, but for those who do not have access to an Ignatian Spiritual director there is a series of books, the Take and Receive series by Jacqueline Syrup Bergen and S. Marie Schwan offer a guided approach to Ignation prayer. There are five books: Love,Forgiveness, Birth, Surrender, and Freedom. Each offer a six week prayer guide based in scripture and Ignatian spirituality.<br /><br />Surrender is the book that considers suffering and how we can surrender to it and perhaps grow spiritually and holistically.Terrihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15667178624061122421noreply@blogger.com