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The Spiritual Exercises of St. Ignatius is one of the great masterpieces of the Christian canon. A series of meditations and practices that guides seekers on a journey to spiritual perfection, this manual has been used by millions of religious and lay persons alike for centuries.
Now, in the first new Anthony de Mello book in more than fifteen years, the bestselling author of Awareness takes readers on an in-depth exploration of the practices of St. Ignatius and offers simple guidance and wisdom to help readers navigate the sometimes-confusing byways on the journey to God. Drawn from a series of talks de Mello gave before his untimely death in 1987, this book challenges us to achieve new levels of understanding and inner exploration, with chapters on how to hear the voice of the divine, the need for repentance, and how to ascend to love in our day-to-day life,.
A must-have for fans of de Mello’s work and anyone interested in learning to pray in profound and meaningful ways, Seek God Everywhere is an inspirational and practical work that will transform your life.
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1 of 1 people found the following review helpful
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I heard of this book by a chance conversation with someone just before I became involved with the Ignatian exercises. Far too much has probably been said about the Spiritual exercises and is there anything new to say one might ask? Anthony de Mello's untimely death in 1987 left this manuscript unfinished and unedited. The editors have done a great job restoring, ordering and blending the text which came to them in the form of poor quality carbon copies, and had I not read elsewhere Gerald O'Collins account of the task I would never have been aware of the editing.
Anthony de Mello was a prolific contributor on the subject of spirituality during his lifetime. The Exercises seem to be in vogue at present and have crossed denominational boundaries and even faith traditions, so I like the way he often blends the insights of his own Indian culture into his writing. He was of course a Jesuit and retreat giving and the Exercises were central to his mission. I think this posthumous book contains an interesting blend of some of the insights gleaned from his life's work with the Exercises and I found it a very useful 'alternative perspective' during the period of the retreat. I can't in honesty say if it will speak so directly to someone who does not know Ignatius and his method as it is obviously based round some concepts made explicit in the retreat but I think it's well worth the risk!
Anthony de Mello was a prolific contributor on the subject of spirituality during his lifetime. The Exercises seem to be in vogue at present and have crossed denominational boundaries and even faith traditions, so I like the way he often blends the insights of his own Indian culture into his writing. He was of course a Jesuit and retreat giving and the Exercises were central to his mission. I think this posthumous book contains an interesting blend of some of the insights gleaned from his life's work with the Exercises and I found it a very useful 'alternative perspective' during the period of the retreat. I can't in honesty say if it will speak so directly to someone who does not know Ignatius and his method as it is obviously based round some concepts made explicit in the retreat but I think it's well worth the risk!
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A NEW AND ESSENTIAL WORK RESURRECTS FROM THE GREAT AND REVEREND FATHER ANTHONY DE MELLO A QUARTER CENTURY AFTER HIS DEATH
6 Feb 2010
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The Reverend Father Anthony De Mello SJ, after publishing several edifying influential works during his lifetime, e.g. Awareness the Way to Love (Awareness The Way To Love) and The Song of the Bird and several others, died most unexpectedly during a visit to New York's Jesuit Fordham University. A series of lectures were recorded, with technical video problems, leaving only the audio rarely available at a great price.
Here, through a miracle of collaboration by fellow Jesuits, we gratefully receive carefully laid out for our meditation this Lenten season the fruit of a series of talks given by Father De Mello. These talks centered upon the traditional Ignatius of Loyola: Spiritual Exercises and Selected Works (Classics of Western Spirituality) which form the center of every Jesuit Spirituality and the source of so many deep retreats. We are truly blessed therefore this Lent for this timely release of this grace-filled, uplifting posthumous and collaborative gift to us from the Jesuit community, past and present.
Indeed the introduction to this great collection of Father DE Mello's guidance through these Spiritual Exercises calls them the "wellspring of his own spiritual life . . . his specifically Jesuit way to God(p. ix)."
These lectures were given in hour long sessions between July and November of 1975. THank GOd these lectures were taped, and transcribed and carbon copies passed out. THirty years after these lectures were given, the Reverend Father Albert Menezes SJ provided his rather indecipherable copy to these Jesuit editors.
Certainly, once the carbons could be read and copied, the arduous task lay ahead to edit them into this format: a two hundred page large sized paperback with fifteen pages of notes and an excellent introduction. We must thank in particular the Reverend Fathers Gerald O'Collins, DAniel Kendall and Jeffrey LaBelle, each of the Society of JEsus for their herculean efforts to bring us this blessed book.
I cannot presume to summarize the reading itself for you, but urge you from my heart to walk this path under the certain guidance of the Reverend Father Anthony De Mello, right now, this Lent before we grow any later!
Here, through a miracle of collaboration by fellow Jesuits, we gratefully receive carefully laid out for our meditation this Lenten season the fruit of a series of talks given by Father De Mello. These talks centered upon the traditional Ignatius of Loyola: Spiritual Exercises and Selected Works (Classics of Western Spirituality) which form the center of every Jesuit Spirituality and the source of so many deep retreats. We are truly blessed therefore this Lent for this timely release of this grace-filled, uplifting posthumous and collaborative gift to us from the Jesuit community, past and present.
Indeed the introduction to this great collection of Father DE Mello's guidance through these Spiritual Exercises calls them the "wellspring of his own spiritual life . . . his specifically Jesuit way to God(p. ix)."
These lectures were given in hour long sessions between July and November of 1975. THank GOd these lectures were taped, and transcribed and carbon copies passed out. THirty years after these lectures were given, the Reverend Father Albert Menezes SJ provided his rather indecipherable copy to these Jesuit editors.
Certainly, once the carbons could be read and copied, the arduous task lay ahead to edit them into this format: a two hundred page large sized paperback with fifteen pages of notes and an excellent introduction. We must thank in particular the Reverend Fathers Gerald O'Collins, DAniel Kendall and Jeffrey LaBelle, each of the Society of JEsus for their herculean efforts to bring us this blessed book.
I cannot presume to summarize the reading itself for you, but urge you from my heart to walk this path under the certain guidance of the Reverend Father Anthony De Mello, right now, this Lent before we grow any later!
8 of 8 people found the following review helpful
A necessity for the human condition
10 Dec 2010
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The dearly departed Fr. Anthony De Mello S.J. left a legacy for the Church, lay people, secular humanists, even atheists--his work is that all encompassing in scope taking in as it does pretty much every facet of the human condition--that I doubt he himself would be he either happy or sad if he were around to see the huge reaction today. As he vigorously notes in his equally titanic work Awareness: The Perils and Opportunities of Reality: "Approval is the drug which we have been injected with from our birth. We allow others to give it and take it, and the moment it is withdrawn, we collapse. If we want to be happy with ourselves we must die to others and withdraw from the drug of approval." Father De Mello would be happy that some were pleased with his revolutionizing of Catholic theology and relatively indifferent and compassionate towards those who so vigorously objected to it (like our current Pope.)
In "Seek God Everywhere", De Mello seeks to humanize the Spiritual Exercises of St. Ignatius (and for the majority of Catholics/non-Catholics/non believers--all can benefit)they would need to be made a bit more modern. The desolations and consolations that Ignatius stressed so strongly as being very crucial for an individual's ability to put on the new man in Christ (Ephesians 4:17-24) is explored here in voluminous depth. De Mello recounts tales of retreatants who believe they are happy but in reality simply have not been "aware" enough (none of us are until we go full throttle in our spiritual quest) introspection and prayer to realize that they are not.
Noting on page 28: "The consciousness of sin, much like on the psychological level the awareness of one's blocks and, in some cases, of one's neurosis, is of great value. So too on the spiritual level: the awareness of one's selfishness, blocks, fears, and unproductiveness is of tremendous value, because it brings with it the exhilaration of accepting God's love, the challenge for change, and all that comes with it. Hence it is important to keep both polarities. And it is very important to communicate this to the retreatant."
What De Mello stresses here is that we are so often seeking the approval of others when we make claim with the left hand to wanting nothing but God. This is the direction he wants to push us in, frequently admitting he is in the company of the lazy spiritual seeker: to want nothing but God, and then to watch everything unfold. With each commentary on the exercises he gives us brief episodes from the lives of Dietrich Bonhoeffer, Harvey Cox, St. Francis, and innumerable other heroes of faith. No less a man than Father John Dear S.J. A Persistent Peace: One Man's Struggle for a Nonviolent World called the book "the greatest treatise ever written on the Spiritual Exercises of St. Ignatius and Jesuit Spirituality."
De Mello was known for his no nonsense style but is never cold, possessing that firm compassion of the saints. I would recommend this book not only to those who are attending an Ignatian retreat, but to anyone--believer, non believer, anyone at all. It is the real deal.
In "Seek God Everywhere", De Mello seeks to humanize the Spiritual Exercises of St. Ignatius (and for the majority of Catholics/non-Catholics/non believers--all can benefit)they would need to be made a bit more modern. The desolations and consolations that Ignatius stressed so strongly as being very crucial for an individual's ability to put on the new man in Christ (Ephesians 4:17-24) is explored here in voluminous depth. De Mello recounts tales of retreatants who believe they are happy but in reality simply have not been "aware" enough (none of us are until we go full throttle in our spiritual quest) introspection and prayer to realize that they are not.
Noting on page 28: "The consciousness of sin, much like on the psychological level the awareness of one's blocks and, in some cases, of one's neurosis, is of great value. So too on the spiritual level: the awareness of one's selfishness, blocks, fears, and unproductiveness is of tremendous value, because it brings with it the exhilaration of accepting God's love, the challenge for change, and all that comes with it. Hence it is important to keep both polarities. And it is very important to communicate this to the retreatant."
What De Mello stresses here is that we are so often seeking the approval of others when we make claim with the left hand to wanting nothing but God. This is the direction he wants to push us in, frequently admitting he is in the company of the lazy spiritual seeker: to want nothing but God, and then to watch everything unfold. With each commentary on the exercises he gives us brief episodes from the lives of Dietrich Bonhoeffer, Harvey Cox, St. Francis, and innumerable other heroes of faith. No less a man than Father John Dear S.J. A Persistent Peace: One Man's Struggle for a Nonviolent World called the book "the greatest treatise ever written on the Spiritual Exercises of St. Ignatius and Jesuit Spirituality."
De Mello was known for his no nonsense style but is never cold, possessing that firm compassion of the saints. I would recommend this book not only to those who are attending an Ignatian retreat, but to anyone--believer, non believer, anyone at all. It is the real deal.
7 of 7 people found the following review helpful
True to the heart
11 May 2010
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Stay true to his teaching, I have been learning and practicing de mello approach since the past 2 years. This book just confirms all the things that I have understood and clarify.
The heart of the book or his approach is to be one with Him or to be enlighten or what ever you want to call it is to drop all attachments , illusions, some people will call it false self. This includes all attachments to people, to things and yes to spiritual things. Only after we drop everything, then we becpme born again, to be our true self, to reach enlightenment to become what we already are. We finally be able to meet Him and to be united with Him.
And that's heaven on earth!
Of course the secret to be enlighten is to become aware - like he always said "awareness - awareness - awareness"! Only when we become 'aware' then we could drop our attachments, our illusions, our false self. There is no other way!
The heart of the book or his approach is to be one with Him or to be enlighten or what ever you want to call it is to drop all attachments , illusions, some people will call it false self. This includes all attachments to people, to things and yes to spiritual things. Only after we drop everything, then we becpme born again, to be our true self, to reach enlightenment to become what we already are. We finally be able to meet Him and to be united with Him.
And that's heaven on earth!
Of course the secret to be enlighten is to become aware - like he always said "awareness - awareness - awareness"! Only when we become 'aware' then we could drop our attachments, our illusions, our false self. There is no other way!
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