St. Francis Retreat and Conference Center. Weber Retreat & Conference Center > Home. Still Waters :: a Retreat House in Buchanan, Michigan | Retreat House in Buchanan, Michigan. Pray as you go - home. Welcome to Manresa Jesuit Retreat House in Bloomfield Hills, Michigan. Home page. Where do you find God? Where do you need to find God? Sacred Space | Your daily prayer online. Free Online Devotional & Journal | Prayer of Examen | EXAMEN.me. How Can I Pray? – Daily Examen. A great way to pray is to look for God’s presence in your life. More than 400 years ago St. Ignatius Loyola encouraged prayer-filled mindfulness by proposing what has been called the Daily Examen.
The Examen is a technique of prayerful reflection on the events of the day in order to detect God’s presence and to discern his direction for us. Try this version of St. Ignatius’s prayer. 1. Become aware of God’s presence. 2. 3. God will most likely show you some ways that you fell short. 4. 5. St. Related Links How to Make the Examen Part of Your Day Find links to more resources on the Examen, including several videos and MP3s leading you through the prayer. dotMagis Posts A Guided Examen (video) The “Examen”ed Life Questions for Your Examen. Contemplative Outreach Ltd. | Silence Solitude Solidarity Service. The value of silence. Three times a day, everything on the hill of Taizé stops: the work, the Bible studies, the discussions. The bells call everyone to church for prayer. Hundreds or even thousands of mainly young people from all over the world pray and sing together with the brothers of the community. Scripture is read in several languages. In the middle of each common prayer, there is a long period of silence, a unique moment for meeting with God.
Silence and prayer If we take as our guide the oldest prayer book, the biblical Psalms, we note two main forms of prayer. At times prayer becomes silent. How is it possible to reach inner silence? The turmoil of our thoughts can be compared to the storm that struck the disciples’ boat on the Sea of Galilee while Jesus was sleeping. The Word of God: thunder and silence At Sinai, God spoke to Moses and the Israelites. Does God speak with a loud voice or in a breath of silence? Loud words certainly make themselves heard; they are impressive. Silence and love. S. Rebecca Shinas, OP.