Quotes from Jim Manney

1. Ask God for light. I want to look at my day with God's eyes, not merely my own. 2. Give thanks. The day I have just lived is a gift from God. Be grateful for it. 3. Review the day. I carefully look back on the day just completed, being guided by the Holy Spirit. 4. Face your shortcomings. I face up to what is wrong-in my life and in me. 5. Look toward the day to come. I ask where I need God in the day to

Psychologists talk about the three parts of the mind: the cognitive (reason and other mental processes), the conative (the will), and the affective (feelings and emotions). All of these are involved in the choices we make, but the engine that drives the train is the affective power. The traditional word for it is "heart.

For the love of God, do not be careless or tepid. For if tautness breaks the bow, idleness breaks the soul. Try to maintain a holy and discreet ardor in work and in the pursuit of learning as well as of virtue. With one as with the other, one energetic act is worth a thousand that are listless, and what a lazy man cannot accomplish in many years an energetic man usually achieves in a short time. —St. Ignatius Loyola, The Letters of St. Ignatius of Loyola, William

práctica de oración que nos ayude a encontrar a Dios en la vida diaria y a responder con más generosidad a sus dones y bendiciones.

God's connection to the poor and suffering is so deep that a response of compassion is insufficient. What might this response be?

Necesito la gracia de Dios para hacer algo que valga la pena. Ni siquiera puedo levantarme a la mañana y enfrentar el día sin su ayuda.

No hay zarzas ardientes ni voces ensordecedoras que vienen del monte Sinaí en el examen. Dios aparece en el tranquilo susurro de nuestros recuerdos, pensamientos y sentimientos guiados por el Espíritu. ¡Qué realidad tan maravillosa!

En realidad, pedimos tres cosas: 1) gracia; 2) conocer; 3) rechazar los pecados. "Gracia" significa "don". Rezamos para que Dios nos dé el don de ver a través de los ojos de Dios. Otra forma de expresar esto es que le pedimos a Dios que nos dé el don de ver los dones que Dios nos da.

No hay nada en nuestra vida que sea tan insignificante como para no merecer la atención de Dios.

He dwells in me and gives me being, life, sensation, intelligence; and makes a temple of me, since I am created in the likeness and image of the Divine Majesty.

Nothing human is merely human," writes the theologian Ronald Modras. "No common labor is merely common. Classrooms, hospitals, and artists' studios are sacred spaces. No secular pursuit of science is merely secular." Everything that deepens our humanity deepens our knowledge of God.

The examen is an immediate solution to the problem of what do Ipray about? The answer is: everything that's happened to you today. You might have the impression that your everyday life is the dreary same old, same old. It isn't. Daily life is rich and meaningful. Every encounter, every challenge, every disappointment, and every delight is a place where God can be found.

que el examen nos ayuda a hacer. Por eso lo llamo la oración que cambia la vida.

my struggles with prayer; that's impossible and not even

Los libros, las ideas y los consejos prudentes son importantes, pero el lugar en el que fundamentalmente encontramos a Dios es en lo que nosotros mismos experimentamos.

La oración verdadera se hace para que ocurran cambios, y el cambiar nunca es fácil.

The whole prayer is an exercise in finding God. It assumes that God is present in our daily lives, and that his presence can be detected. If you think God is far away, pray the examen.