Forty Weeks: An Ignatian Path to Christ with Sacred Story Prayer

by William M. Watson

Publisher:

Sacred Story Press

, 2018

Overview

What kind of person becomes a saint? The answer is any kind of person. Sacred Story Institute’s pioneer program Forty Weeks is based on the spiritual practices of St. Ignatius of Loyola, the last man anyone expected to become devoted to God, let alone a Saint. He was graced by God with an understanding of the human psyche that was far ahead of his time, and, with that gift, he developed not only his Conscience Examen, but also his Spiritual Exercises and Rules for Discernment. Forty Weeks offers a highly practical, easily understood, week-by-week process to find integrated healing and peace in Christ. It is the narrow road which thousands of people all over the world have taken since we first published the program in 2012. It has been translated in Spanish and Italian, and we look forward to many other translations in the future. If you are ready to make Christ the center of your life, you will find no better daily spiritual prayer discipline. Divine love is an abiding relationship that God invites you to share in daily. The wisdom found in Forty Weeks will help you to enter this daily abiding love relationship with God. That relationship is your Sacred Story.

Contents

Top Highlights

“You can confess current issues and past issues that have been overlooked.” (Page 109)

“Do I denigrate my spouse by comparing her/him to others” (Page 75)

“There is no greater gift you give to Christ than your sinfulness and weaknesses as you ask for His healing love, mercy, and forgiveness. By doing so, you take seriously the gift of His life, passion, death, and resurrection. You are telling Jesus you need His cross to be healed. You are thanking Jesus for suffering and dying for you so you can be renewed in Him.” (Page 110)

“these unloving actions have both generational and evolutionary consequences” (Page 176)

“I will begin each fifteen-minute prayer period by sitting in a comfortable position. I will speak God’s name, and with personal words from my heart, I ask to be open to my own heart and life story.” (Page 96)

Product Details

• Title: Forty Weeks: An Ignatian Path to Christ with Sacred Story Prayer
• Author: William M. Watson
• Edition: Second Edition
• Publisher: Sacred Story Press
• Print Publication Date: 2018
• Logos Release Date: 2021
• Pages: 378
• Era: era:contemporary
• Language: English
• Resources: 1
• Format: Digital › Logos Research Edition
• Subjects: Devotional exercises; Prayer › Catholic Church; Discernment (Christian theology)
• ISBNs: 9781985446564, 1985446561
• Resource ID: LLS:FRTYWKSSTRYPRYR
• Resource Type: Monograph
• Metadata Last Updated: 2024-03-25T19:50:47Z