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The Jesuit Guide to (Almost) Everything becomes like a read-along spiritual director, someone to prompt you with questions, redirect your gaze and help you, Martin says, to discern where God might be speaking to you. --USA Today
The book is a remarkable achievement. Enlivened with Jesuit humor and touching personal anecdotes, it lends itself well to a wide audience -- to all who believe that spirituality is a fundamental human dimension and who wish to develop the spiritual dimension in their own lives. Martin deliberately casts his net as widely as possible, aiming to reach not only the devout but also those who believe in God without ties to institutions of worship, those on the way back to a community of faith, as well seekers, doubters and the puzzled.... A fundamental lesson of Martin's book is that a mature spirituality is within everyone's grasp.... The spirituality of The Jesuit Guide is without a doubt Christian in a manifestly Jesuit key. To read the guide is to be on an enlightening Jesuit retreat. Christians and those who want to be Christian, but perhaps not yet, will find the book most appealing... Martin comes across not so much as the consummately wise the retreat director but as a fellow retreatant who gladly offers what he has learned from his own experiences and from the wisdom of his Jesuit spiritual directors. The frequent autobiographical references provide a personal touch that establishes a powerful bond with readers.... Readers receive a sound training and Ignatian spirituality. They learn to find God in and to pray out of their experiences, thoughts and desires. Martin is a compelling teacher... The Jesuit Guide bestows a double gift. Not simply an accessible introduction to Jesuit spirituality, it also introduces us to cloud of Jesuit witnesses: Saints, spiritual writers, psychologists and other seers, who have inspired Martin and whom he repeatedly invokes the purposes of illustration and libration. Readers may be equally inspired. --The Tablet
An excellent introduction to Jesuit spirituality for a general reader.... Martin's writing is accessible, comprehensive, and often humorous. --Commonweal
Writing beautifully, and with frequent touches of humor, James Martin, SJ, shows us what he's learned in religious life, and in the process offers us a rich spiritual feast. --U.S. Catholic (Editor's Top Pick of the Month)
The book is a remarkable achievement. Enlivened with Jesuit humor and touching personal anecdotes, it lends itself well to a wide audience -- to all who believe that spirituality is a fundamental human dimension and who wish to develop the spiritual dimension in their own lives. Martin deliberately casts his net as widely as possible, aiming to reach not only the devout but also those who believe in God without ties to institutions of worship, those on the way back to a community of faith, as well seekers, doubters and the puzzled.... A fundamental lesson of Martin's book is that a mature spirituality is within everyone's grasp.... The spirituality of The Jesuit Guide is without a doubt Christian in a manifestly Jesuit key. To read the guide is to be on an enlightening Jesuit retreat. Christians and those who want to be Christian, but perhaps not yet, will find the book most appealing... Martin comes across not so much as the consummately wise the retreat director but as a fellow retreatant who gladly offers what he has learned from his own experiences and from the wisdom of his Jesuit spiritual directors. The frequent autobiographical references provide a personal touch that establishes a powerful bond with readers.... Readers receive a sound training and Ignatian spirituality. They learn to find God in and to pray out of their experiences, thoughts and desires. Martin is a compelling teacher... The Jesuit Guide bestows a double gift. Not simply an accessible introduction to Jesuit spirituality, it also introduces us to cloud of Jesuit witnesses: Saints, spiritual writers, psychologists and other seers, who have inspired Martin and whom he repeatedly invokes the purposes of illustration and libration. Readers may be equally inspired. --The Tablet
An excellent introduction to Jesuit spirituality for a general reader.... Martin's writing is accessible, comprehensive, and often humorous. --Commonweal
Writing beautifully, and with frequent touches of humor, James Martin, SJ, shows us what he's learned in religious life, and in the process offers us a rich spiritual feast. --U.S. Catholic (Editor's Top Pick of the Month)
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A practical spiritual guidebook based on the life and teachings of St. Ignatius of Loyola, The Jesuit Guide to (Almost) Everything by the Reverend James Martin (My Life with the Saints) shows us how to manage relationships, money, work, prayer, and decision-making, all while keeping a sense of humor about it all. Fans of Kathleen Norris and other Christian spiritual writers, as well as just the curious, are sure to appreciate the helpful and effective advice in The Jesuit Guide to (Almost) Everything. St. Ignatius Loyola (1491-1556), the founder of the Society of Jesus (aka the Jesuits), was known for his practical spirituality. The "way of Ignatius" has helped millions of people from the doubtful seeker to the devout believer find freedom, make friends, live simply, work sensibly, fall in love, experience joy, and enter into a relationship with God. The Ignatian goal of "finding God in all things" eans that every part of our lives can lead us to God. The Jesuit Guide to (Almost) Everything shows us how this is possible, with user-friendly examples, humorous stories and anecdotes from the heroic and inspiring lives of Jesuit saints and average priests and brothers, as well as examples from Martin's twenty years as a Jesuit. The traditional wisdom that Jesuits use to help other people in their daily lives is easily applied, but not often explained well to the general public. The Jesuit Guide to (Almost) Everything translates these insights of St. Ignatius for a modern audience and reveals how we can find God and how God can find us in the real world of work, love, suffering, decisions, prayer, and friendship.
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29 of 29 people found the following review helpful
Format:Hardcover
This very lucid and enjoyable book, which includes several "laugh out loud" moments, is a superb introduction to an approach to life which is at once practical and deeply contemplative. Much has been written about St Ignatius opf Loyola, the Jesuits and their approach to spirituality. However, I doubt there has ever been a clearer and more down-to-earth account, at full book length, than this volume. It quotes many of the other great works on Ignatian sprirutality anyway, so acts as a good gateway to the wider literature. I was already familiar with quite a few elements of Ignatian spirituality; this book filled in a lot of gaps and gave me a far deeper appreciation of all the major aspects. I particularly commend the exposé on "The Examen" - a daily exercise of counting your blessings and identifying where God was active in your life each day - as well as where you turned a blind eye or deaf ear to his presence. I've pasted the summary of the Examen from Fr Martin's book on my bedroom wall and using it has already greatly improved my gratitude for the here and now. I highly recommend this book to anyone remotely interested in what are, without wishing to sound morbid, truly matters of life and death - of a life well lived and well examined, and a death enfolded in hope.
9 of 9 people found the following review helpful
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The Jesuit Guide to (Almost) Everything: A Spirituality for Real Life
When I ordered this book I did not quite know what to expect. It was listed as a New York Times Bestseller, and sadly bestsellers on the topic of spirituality I have often found to be deadeningly superficial. However I was in for a surprise with this book, to an extent that I could hardly put it down. Just try to read the original text of Saint Ignatius Loyola's "Spiritual Exercises" and as Father Martin puts it in another context; snooze. However what Father Martin has achieved is to bring not only the Spiritual Exercises, but indeed the whole field of Ignatian Spirituality vividly to life. Further he has also managed this challenging task with both humour and deeply imbued humanity. Father Martin must be a wonderful person to know and what comes across is a very human person, with flaws very much like our own, but who through his twenty years as a Jesuit has learned to recognise God's presence and activity in every area of his life. But it must be said that this is not simply a book to be read, but rather one to be experienced and experimented with. Speaking personally, I believe that this book for me has been life-changing insofar as it has transformed my way of praying. I have no reservations in recommending this book and if you do read it, I hope that you will find it as enriching and life enhancing for you as it has been for me. This is a book to be read and re-read, and with each re-reading I suspect that deeper layers of meaning will emerge. I believe that this book will become a spiritual classic.
When I ordered this book I did not quite know what to expect. It was listed as a New York Times Bestseller, and sadly bestsellers on the topic of spirituality I have often found to be deadeningly superficial. However I was in for a surprise with this book, to an extent that I could hardly put it down. Just try to read the original text of Saint Ignatius Loyola's "Spiritual Exercises" and as Father Martin puts it in another context; snooze. However what Father Martin has achieved is to bring not only the Spiritual Exercises, but indeed the whole field of Ignatian Spirituality vividly to life. Further he has also managed this challenging task with both humour and deeply imbued humanity. Father Martin must be a wonderful person to know and what comes across is a very human person, with flaws very much like our own, but who through his twenty years as a Jesuit has learned to recognise God's presence and activity in every area of his life. But it must be said that this is not simply a book to be read, but rather one to be experienced and experimented with. Speaking personally, I believe that this book for me has been life-changing insofar as it has transformed my way of praying. I have no reservations in recommending this book and if you do read it, I hope that you will find it as enriching and life enhancing for you as it has been for me. This is a book to be read and re-read, and with each re-reading I suspect that deeper layers of meaning will emerge. I believe that this book will become a spiritual classic.
9 of 9 people found the following review helpful
Format:Hardcover
If you feel the need for a guide to spirituality in this materialistic age, then try the Jesuit Guide. It's easy and informal style is the way in to a profoundly spiritual but acessible way to live at the present time. Moreover it's realistic about everyday life so that the busy person living in the world, not hived away in a monastery, can find realistic advice here. But be careful - it may change your life.
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Published 21 days ago by Cynthia Danute Cekauskas, LCSW
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If you are looking for a genuinely instructive and thought provoking guide to your spiritual life, I believe that it would be difficult to better this book by James Martin SJ. Read more
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