The Jesuit Guide to (Almost) Everything (48 page)

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• Abandonment to Divine Providence
  (de Caussade), 285
  
• Addictive behaviors, 65–66
  
• Agnostics/atheists, 34–36, 54; author Martin and, 37–38; desire for God and, 63–64; the Examen as “prayer of awareness” for, 101; Ignatian spirituality and, 28; “secular saint,” 35; story of the atheist caught in the flood, 35–36; suffering, question of, 38, 39, 54; totalitarianism and, 45
  
• Allen, Woody, 228
  
• America,
  278, 280, 286, 288, 348
  
• Amos: 3:3, 116
  
• Anger, 123–24
  
• Aquinas, St. Thomas, 44, 162, 163, 180
  
• Aristotle, 140
  
• Armchair Mystic
  (Thibodeaux), 113
  
• Arrupe, Pedro, S.J., 51, 195, 198, 211–12, 218–19, 274, 300, 364
  
• Aschenbrenner, George, S.J., 87–88, 207, 208
  
• Asselin, David, S.J., 131
  
• Auden, W. H., 73–74
  
• Augustine, St., 9, 56, 64, 166, 173
  
• Autobiography
  (Ignatius Loyola), 12, 14, 23, 52–53
  
• Awake My Soul
  (Cunneen), 144
  
• Awe, 71
  

• Baltimore Catechism,
  134–35
  
• Bangert, William, S.J., 249, 366, 370–71
  
• Barnes, Julian, 67, 83
  
• Barry, William A., S.J., 32, 115, 122, 137, 142, 167, 244, 246, 260, 268, 272, 343
  
• Bartimaeus, 57–58, 340
  
• Beauty, 74
  
• Benedict, St., 3
  
• Benedictines, 3, 21, 24
  
• Berchmans, John, St., 233–34
  
• Bergan, Jacqueline Syrup, 170, 344
  
• Berrigan, Daniel, S.J., 26
  
• Bible: prayer based on
  (lectio divina),
  155–62; scripture as path to God, 117–18.
  See also specific books
  
• Birth: A Guide for Prayer
  (Bergan and Schwan), 170, 344
  
• Bishop, Jim, 302
  
• Bobadilla, Nicolás, S.J., 241
  
• Borgia, St. Francis, 191
  
• Brackley, Dean, S.J., 183, 203
  
• Brideshead Revisited
  (Waugh), 74
  
• Broët, Paschase, S.J., 241
  
• Buddhism, 10, 163–64, 165–66
  
• Burghardt, Walter, S.J., 8, 86, 114, 377
  
• Burrows, Ruth, 69, 70
  

• Call of the King, 293–94
  
• Campion, St. Edmund, 25, 107
  
• Campion Renewal Center, Weston,
  
• Massachusetts, 106–10, 178, 387
  
• Career, 341, 342.
  See also
  Work; Vocation
  
• Carmelites, 3, 15
  
• Castro, Fidel, 4
  
• Catherine of Siena, St., 45
  
• Catherine the Great of Russia, 18
  
• Celibacy.
  See
  Chastity
  
• Centering prayer (Third Method), 162–67
  
• Change, 134–39, H2, 170, 261; acting as a leaven agent of change, 355, 360–61; Ignatius Loyola on, 310–11; patience and, 387–88
  
• Chariots of Fire
  (film), 351
  
• Charism (founding spirit), 3, 21
  
• Chastity, 174–75, 176, 213–30; celibacy vs., 216–17; difficulty of, 226; first Jesuits and, 213–14; freedom and detachment and, 220–21, 270, 279; lessons from, 215; love and, 217–30; lust and, 222; married priests, 216–17; popular thinking, 215; religious chastity, 217, 220–27
  
• Cistercians, 3, 15
  
• Ciszek, Walter, S.J., 25, 30, 31, 280–82, 284, 285, 289, 294, 297, 304, 354, 375
  
• Clarity (insight), 75, 130
  
• Clarke, Thomas E., S.J., 165
  
• Claver, St. Peter, 244–46, 361, 372–73
  
• Clement XIV, Pope, 18
  
• Cloister Walk, The
  (Norris), 175
  
• Cloud of Unknowing, The,
  162, 167
  
• Code of Canon Law,
  135
  
• Codure, Jean, S.J., 241
  
• Colloquy, 167–68, 298
  
• Compassion, 31, 94, 129, 159, 227, 228, 234, 254, 258, 273, 289, 298, 339, 360, 368, 386
  
• Competition, 260–61
  
• Conroy, Maureen, R.S.M., 262
  
• Conscience, 166; “account of conscience,” 268; Ignatius on, 202; Peter Favre and, 238; sting of “with remorse,” 327.
  See also
  Examen
  
• Consolmagno, Guy, S.J., 137
  
• Constitutions, The,
  16, 21–23, 240; analogous to “rule” of a religious order, 21; on chastity, 213; dismissal from the order, 272–73; length of, 135; love, value of in Jesuit training, 368–69; moderation counseled in, 310; need for health and bodily strength, 187–88, 310, 358; on obedience, 266; on poverty, 186; restrictions on ambitions, 190–91, 260; suggestions about living in, 22–23; superior general, qualities of, 368–69
  
• Consumerism, 181–86, 362–63; Brackley’s twelve steps and, 183–85; ladder model of society and, 184
  
• Contemplation, Ignatian, 145–55; author Martin’s contemplation of the storm at sea, 152–55; author Martin’s Los Angeles retreat, 298-304; “compose the place,” 145–50; pay attention to God’s voice, 151–52; “sacred events” and, 151
  
• Contemplation to Attain Divine Love, 395–96
  
• Contemplatives in action, 7–8, 15, 350, 389–97; finding time for God and you, 350; summary of Ignatian spirituality and, 392
  
• Contemplatives in Action: The Jesuit Way
  (Barry and Doherty), 268, 272
  
• “Corporal works of mercy,” 196
  
• Corridan, John, S.J., 26
  
• Cozzens, Donald, 216
  
• CrazyBusy
  (Hallowell), 358–59
  
• Creed, Bill, S.J., 76
  
• Cunneen, Sally, 144
  
• Curry, Rick, S.J., 266–67, 379–80
  

• Daily Office, 111, 169
  
• Daley, Brian, S.J., 208
  
• Damascene, St. John, 113
  
• Davis, Thurston, S.J., 280–81
  
• Day, Dorothy, 44, 96, 170
  
• Day Christ Died, The
  (Bishop), 302
  
• Dead Man Walking
  (Prejean), 117
  
• Death: fear of, 67; openness to God, 79–80
  
• De Brébeuf, St. Jean, 25
  
• De Caussade, Jean-Pierre, S.J., 95, 284, 285
  
• Decision making, 1, 27, 305–38; advice in
  The Constitutions,
  22; author Martin’s bad decision, 330–32; “best self” clarification, 324–25; changing paths, 310–11; choosing between desires, 225; commitment and, 311; confirmation as “rightness of our choice,” 320–21, 347; deathbed clarification, 324, 346; detachment and, 9–10; discernment, 48, 62, 305, 326–37; drawbacks of good decisions, 337–38; emotions and, 322; experience and, 337; feeling downcast after, 311–12; First Method, six steps, 319–20, 322–23; First Time (clear and unmistakable choice), 313–15; God’s help in, 305, 308; between “goods,” 311; Ignatian spirituality and, 9–10; Ignatius gets a haircut and, 307–12; Ignatius’s practical techniques, 306–38; indifference and, 306–7, 311, 319, 322, 323, 365; Last Judgment clarification, 324, 346; meditation and, 316–20; no changes during time of desolation, 330–32; “pointer of a balance” image, 307; “pushes” and “pulls,” 329; “reflection-action-reflection,” 322, 365; Second Method (imagination), 317–18, 323–25, 346; Second Time (less clear), 315–18; spiritual consolation and desolation as central to, 308–9, 316, 320; Third Time (no obvious choice), 318–25; the “three times,” 313–25; three ways the “enemy” works, 332–36; of vocation, 343–47; what is “of God” and what is “not of God,” 326–29.
  See also
  Career; Discernment
  
• De Guibert, Joseph, S.J., 2–3
  
• De Jaer, André, S.J., 22, 188
  
• Delp, Alfred, S.J., 290, 374
  
• De Mello, Anthony, S.J., 40, 81, 89, 91, 136, 177–78, 384, 388; parable of “The Little Fish,” 102; parable of “The Diamond,” 177–78
  
• De Polanco, Juan, S.J., 191, 196
  
• De Sales, St. Francis, 258
  
• Descartes, René, 135
  
• Desire, 57–85; analogy of stream, 344–45; arising in prayer, 133; author Martin and, 59–62, 71–72, 75; clarity and, 75; common longings, 66–69; as communication from God, 61, 67, 75; competing, choosing between, 225; distinguishing between deep and shallow, 343; dreams of the heart, 344, 369–71; exaltation or happiness and, 72–74, 75; experiences of the desire for God, 63–80; feelings of incompletion and, 64–66; finding your vocation and, 339–88; to follow God, 76–77; for friendship, 265; the God who seeks and, 80–81; for holiness, 77–78; holy, 59, 61, 133; Jesus and Bartimaeus and, 57–58; Margaret Silf on, 60, 63; material wants, 58; “Outside-In” or “Inside-Out” approach, 63; praying for what you desire, 343; sexual, 58, 125–26; uncommon longings, 69–72; vocation and, 342–47; vulnerability and, 78–80
  
• Detachment, 9–10, 121, 391, 392; from “drive to acquire,” 183; friendship and relationships, 243–46, 253; indifference and decision making, 306–7, 365; love and, 223; second degree of humility and, 207; of St. Ignatius Loyola, 18; in work environment, 360
  
• Dineson, Isak, 75
  
• Discerning Heart, The
  (Conroy), 262
  
• Discernment, 48, 62, 305–38; individual, 268, 269; joke about, 317; Lonsdale on, 309, 316; obedience and, 272; “of spirits,” 189, 278, 326–29, 332–37; rules for, 326–37; spiritual consolation and desolation as central to, 308–9; “the drop of water,” 327–29; your desires and God’s desires for you, 279, 308, 316, 320, 338.
  See also
  Decision making
  
• Discernment of Spirits, The
  (Gallagher), 189, 326
  
• Disordered affections, 9, 180; defined, 10
  
• Dissatisfaction or incompletion, 64–66
  
• Doherty, Robert, S.J., 268, 272
  
• Donovan, David, S.J., 5–7, 383; on falling in love, 224; God meets you where you are, 81, 143–45; God of Surprises, 49; God’s love for you, 385; God’s use of Ignatius’s pride, 12; on humility, 258; on
  lectio divina,
  155; mother of, and praying the Rosary, 170; on prayer, 96, 114, 115, 140, 146, 151, 181, 328; “shoulding all over yourself,” 329; “you can’t put part of your life in a box,” 6–7, 27, 301, 334, 351
  
• Dostoevsky, Fyodor, 230
  
• “Downward Mobility” (Brackley), 183, 203
  
• Draw Me into Your Friendship
  (Fleming), 207
  
• Drinan, Robert, S.J., 273–74
  
• Dulles, Avery Cardinal, S.J., 86–87, 234
  
• Duty of Delight, The
  (Day), 96, 170
  
• Dyckman, Katherine, 58
  

• Easterbrook, Gregg, 182
  
• Education: early work in, 24; famous people educated by Jesuits, 4, 17, 390; Jesuit colleges and schools, 4
  
• Egan, Harvey, S.J., 162, 163
  
• Elijah, 133
  
• Emotions: arising in prayer, 132, 152, 168, 301–2; clarity and, 75; decision making and, 322; exaltation or happiness, 72–74, 75; fear, nearness of God and, 68–69; feelings about God, 110; gift of tears, 302; hearing God’s voice in prayer and, 130; incompletion and dissatisfaction, 64–69; intense, as communication with God, 53–56, 67; as spiritual experience, 67–68
  
• English, John J., S.J., 151, 336
  
• Ethics, 359–62
  
• Examen, 87–97, 343; for agnostics and atheists, 101; awareness of God in the present and, 356; for busy people, 349–50; closing prayer, 95; Dorothy Day on, 96; to examine your life, 100; final step, asking for grace of God’s help, 95; first step, gratitude, 88–89; in five steps, 97; fourth step, forgiveness, 95; grace and, 96–97; gratitude and, 264, 385; to help you find God in everything, 391; preparation for, 88; second step, “know my sins,” 89–91; seeing God in retrospect, 97–100; as spiritual lifesaver, 349–50; St. Francis Xavier on, 90; third step, a review of your day, 91–95; using, variations for individuals, 95–97
  
• Exiles
  (Hansen), 376
  
• Exodus: 4:11–12, 118; 20:21, 162; 33:19–20, 98; 34:5, 162
  
• Eyes to See, Ears to Hear
  (Lonsdale), 309, 345
  

• Failure, 374–77
  
• Faith: analogy of garden, 32; not just a question of you and God, 46–47; one pitfall of, 32; Path of Belief and, 30–32; Path of Return and, 36–39
  
• “Faith sharing,” 254–58
  
• Favre, Peter, S.J., 82, 89, 214, 236, 237, 238–39, 240, 245, 306, 355; as the “Second Jesuit,” 239
  
• Fear: of change, 136; of death, 67;
  mysterium tremendum et fascinans,
  69; of nearness to God, 68–69; resistance during prayer and, 161–62
  
• Fermor, Patrick Leigh, 345
  
• Finding Grace at the Center
  (Pennington, Keating, and Clarke), 165, 166
  
• Fink, Peter, S.J., 95
  
• First Jesuits, The
  (O’Malley), 20, 24, 186, 213, 239, 250, 270
  
• Flaubert, Gustave, 83, 100
  
• Flaubert’s Parrot
  (Barnes), 67, 83
  
• Fleming, David, S.J., 88, 146, 207, 209, 263, 296, 297, 309, 316, 318, 369
  
• Following Christ in a Consumer Society
  (Kavanaugh), 182
  
• Forgiveness, 229–30, 259, 312
  
• Franciscans, 3, 15, 24
  
• Francis of Assisi, St., 3, 17, 44, 45, 186, 196, 217
  
• Freedom, 121, 391, 392; admitting your own powerlessness and, 259; chastity and, 220–21, 270; friendship and, 243–46, 261; indifference and, 306; love and, 223, 229; obedience and, 270; simple life and, 203; spiritual poverty and, 211; voluntary poverty and, 270.
  See also
  Detachment
  
• Freeing Celibacy
  (Cozzens), 216
  
• Free will, 127
  
• “Friendship in Jesuit Life” (Shelton), 241, 243
  
• Friendship Like No Other, A
  (Barry), 32 137
  
• Friendship and relationships, 27, 230, 231–65; barriers to healthy, 246–48; being honest, 122–26; changing and, 134–39; chaste love and, 230; communication and, 252; communication with God and, 243, 254, 331; danger of exclusivity, 262; “faith sharing,” 254–58; forgiveness and, 259; freedom and, 243–46; with God, 115–42; gratitude and, 263–65; healthy, elements of, 259–63; humility and, 258–59; impairing relationships, 248; Jesuits and, 231–34; with Jesus, 108–10; learning, 116–21; listening and, 126–29; maintaining difficult, 248–50; married couples and, 247; openness of heart and, 236; Presupposition, 234–36, 249, 256; silence and, 139; spending time, 116; suffering and poverty, analogy of, 208; union of hearts and minds, 251–54
  
• Fülöp-Miller, René, 367
  

• Gallagher, Timothy, O.M.V, 189, 326
  
• Ganss, George E., S.J., 306–7
  
• Garvin, Mary, 58
  
• Genovesi, Vincent J., S.J., 216
  
• Gilead
  (Robinson), 77–78
  
• God, 173; as Almighty Artisan, 383; anger at, 123–24; asking God for help, 103–5, 124; awe and, 71; beauty as passage to, 74; as beyond comprehension (unknowable), 162, 163; clarity as communication from, 75, 130; communication through imagination, 146–50; communication with, 12, 49, 53–56, 67, 83–85, 110, 114, 120, 128–29, 130–34, 145–73, 243, 331 (see
  also
  Prayer); conscience as voice of God, 166; constancy of, 142; decision making and, 306–7, 316–17, 320, 338
  (see also
  Discernment); desire as communication from, 61, 316; desire for, recognizing, 63–80; easier to see in retrospect, 97–100; the examen and finding God, 87–97; experienced in the natural world, 163; faith community and, 49; feminine imagery of, 137–38; finding around you, 351–55; finding by noticing, 86–87; finding and letting God find you, 86–102; finding in all things, 5–7, 27, 50–51, 99–100, 116, 281, 304, 350, 391–92; friendship as communication from, 243, 254; friendship with, 115–42; goal of following, 295; as goal of Ignatian spirituality, 393–97; God of Surprises, 49–50, 61, 138, 153; God the Far-Away One, 43, 49; the God who seeks, 80–81; gratitude, peace, joy, and, 56; as the Great Problem Solver, 37, 38, 39, 103, 137; hearing God’s voice, 127–28, 130–34, 317, 356; Holy Spirit, discernment, and decision making, 309; human connection to, 79–80; as incomprehensible, 9, 286; inner emptiness as the “God-shaped hole,” 65–66; intentional time with, 116; knowing, 9; learning about, 116–21; listening for, 126–29; lives of holy men and women and, 120;
  magis
  and, 369–71; nearness of, 392–93; obedience to, 267, 271, 279–85, 304; paths to God, 28; “pocket-size God,” 41; the poor and brokenhearted and, 199–201; relationship with, 81–85, 110, 113, 115–42, 253, 276, 392–94; reliance on, in the working world, 378; Scripture and, 117–18; search for, and simple things, 68; signs of presence and activity, 391; silence and, 139–41; six paths to seeking, 29–44, 138; suffering and, 38, 39, 54, 285–92, 391; as transcendent and incarnational, 8–9; Two Standards meditation and, 188–90; where to look for, 82; willingness to trust in God’s providence, 364; will of, 207, 279–85.
  See also
  God’s love
  
• God, I Have Issues
  (Thibodeaux), 126
  
• God and You: Prayer as a Personal Relationship
  (Barry), 115
  
• God of Surprises
  (Hughes), 136
  
• God’s love, 128, 142; chastity and, 222; Contemplation to Attain Divine Love, 395–96; experiencing, 1, 20; God meets you where you are, 81–85, 378–81, 384; “loved sinner,” 76; parable of the Prodigal son, 91; as personal, 385
  
• God’s Mechanics
  (Consolmagno), 137
  
• God’s Soldiers: Adventure, Politics, Intrigue, and Power—A History of the Jesuits
  (Wright), 4
  
• Gonzaga, St. Aloysius (Luigi), 159, 197, 214
  
• Gonzalez, Roque, S.J., 370
  
• Goupil, René, 296–97
  
• Grace, 54, 62, 82, 86, 88, 89, 91, 95, 96–97, 113, 164, 186, 241, 282, 288, 301, 307, 384, 385, 397
  
• Gratitude, 20, 55, 66, 70, 76, 88–89, 124, 395; friendship and relationships and, 263–65; Ignatius Loyola on occasions for, 88–89; self-acceptance and, 385
  
• Greeley, Andrew, 32–34
  
• Guidelines for Mystical Prayer
  (Burrows), 69
  
• Guilt, 89–90, 91, 202, 229