Discerning the Will of God by Gallagher, Timothy M. -- Read -- Imperial Library of Trantor

Index

Cover Advance Praise for Timothy Gallagher’s Discerning the Will of God Titlepage Copyright Contents Acknowledgments Introduction: When Faced with a Major Life Choice Text of St. Ignatius Part One: PREPARATION

1. The Question: Which Choice Does God Want? 2. The Foundation: God’s Infinite Love and Our Response

“We Love Because He First Loved Us” “To Do Your Will Is My Delight”

3. The Disposition: Openness to Whatever God Wills

“Whatever You Want, Lord” “Loved to the Death by Jesus Christ” Sent by Jesus

4. The Means

Spiritual “Exercises” Holy Eucharist Sacred Scripture Silence Spiritual Direction Review of Spiritual Experience From Preparation to Discernment

Part Two: DISCERNMENT

5. Clarity beyond Doubting: The First Mode

“He Could Not Doubt about the Matter” “This Certitude and Deep Peace” “There Was No Doubting It” “It Had Always Been Clear” First Mode of Discernment: Questions to Consider

6. An Attraction of the Heart: The Second Mode

“With Deep Devotion and Tears” “Experience of Consolations and Desolations” “Again That Consolation Would Be Given Me” “Only When There Was Peace in My Heart” “The Room in My Heart” “When I Was Most Joyful” “Like a Magnet Drawing Me” Second Mode of Discernment: Questions to Consider

7. A Preponderance of Reasons: The Third Mode

A Further Mode of Discernment A Time of Tranquility Third Mode of Discernment: First Way “She Suggested Looking at the Advantages and Disadvantages” Third Mode of Discernment: Second Way “When I Took the First Point” Third Mode of Discernment: Questions to Consider

Part Three: FRUIT

8. The Value of the Process of Discernment

Concluding the Process The Process and Growth The Process and Grace

9. The Fruit of Discernment

“And This Gives Me Peace and Joy” “In Your Will Is Our Peace”

Appendix: Complete Text of St. Ignatius Notes Which Ignatian title is right for you?