Hearts on Fire: Praying with Jesuits Book

	Introduction	xvii
	Prayer for the Beginning of a Retreat	xx
1	Prayers to Accompany the First Week of the Spiritual Exercises	1
	Soul of Christ	3
	I Choose to Breathe the Breath of Christ	5
	The First Principle and Foundation	7
	God's Grandeur	9
	My Help, My Hope / Psalm 121	10
	You / Psalm 90	11
	Prayers for the Start of the Day
	The Traditional Morning Offering: From the monthly leaflet of the Apostleship of Prayer	13
	You Have Called Me by Name	14
	A Morning Offering	15
	A Prayer for Spiritual Freedom	16
	God of My Life	17
	Jesus, Join My Life to Yours	19
	Examination of Conscience	21
	A Testament	25
	An Examination of My Use of Time	28
	Teach Me to Listen	30
	Prayers That Express Sorrow
	An Act of Contrition	32
	Prayer for Light and Help	33
	Prayer for the Grace to Name My Sins	34
	A Colloquy with Jesus	35
	Wash Me with Your Precious Blood	36
	A Bold Request	37
	Prayer for Detachment	38
	Prayer for Humility	39
	Forgiving God?	40
	A Prayer of Reconciliation	43
	"I am not worthy to have you come under my roof." (Matthew 8:8)	44
	May I Be Worthy of Your Trust	46
	The Inmost Fear	47
	Act of Hope and Confidence in God	49
	Scripture Passages for First Week	52
	Seedlings	53
	Broken Record	55
	An Awareness Examen at the End of the Day	57
	Prayer for Generosity	58
2	Prayers to Accompany the Second Week of the Spiritual Exercises	59
	The Windhover	61
	Prayer for What I Want	63
	Eternal Lord of All Things	64
	Praying with the Scriptures	66
	Summary: 6 "P's"	70
	Scripture Passages for Second Week	72
	Prayer Before Reading Scripture	75
	Incarnation	76
	In the Out House	78
	Draw Me into Your Friendship	82
	A Child My Choice	83
	An Intimate Request	85
	Threefold Prayer for Grace to Live Jesus' Values	86
	Prayer to Know God's Will	88
	Teach Me Your Ways	89
	Help Me Live Your Kingdom	91
	Live Eternally in Me	92
	Teach Me Thy Paths	93
	A Contemporary Annotation	94
	Center of Our Hearts	95
	Show Me Your Face, O God / Psalm 61	96
	Personal Prayer of Pedro Arrupe	97
	True Friend	98
	The Face of Christ	100
	Patient Trust	102
	As Kingfishers Catch Fire	104
3	Prayers to Accompany the Third Week of the Spiritual Exercises	105
	A Prayer for Compassion	107
	Thou art indeed just, Lord	108
	The Eucharist and Our Daily Lives	109
	Enfold Me in Your Heart	111
	I Take My Stand on His Word / Psalm 130	112
	May Jesus' Death Be My Life	113
	Perfect Resignation	114
	Prayer for Compassion	115
	Prayer for Obtaining Holy Self-Abandonment	116
	A Free Oblation of Self	118
	In the Hands of God	119
	All That I Have I Give	120
	An Offering of Self	121
	A Prayer to Seek the Consolation of the Cross	122
	A Commendation to the Providence of God	123
	A Prayer Asking to Stand Near Mary	125
	Prayer for New Life through Death to Sin	127
	O Deus, Ego Amo Te	128
	From Death to Life	129
	Scripture Passages for Third Week	130
	In Honour of St. Alphonsus Rodriguez	131
	Entrusting Myself to the Hands of Jesus	132
	Into the Mystery of Jesus' Life and Death	133
	A Hollowed Space to Be Filled	135
	Prayer to Mary to Understand the Cross	136
	Who Lives in Love	137
4	Prayers to Accompany the Fourth Week of the Spiritual Exercises	139
	Putting Love into Practice	141
	What I Want and Desire	142
	Glory Glory / Psalm 19	143
	Hymn to Matter	144
	Praise to the Father	146
	My Lord and My God	147
	Scripture Passages for Fourth Week	148
	From the Journal of St. Ignatius	149
	Help Us to Remain Close to You	150
	Pied Beauty	151
	God Bless the World	152
	Suscipe (Traditional)	153
	Suscipe (Paraphrase)	154
	Devotional Materials
	Litany of Jesuit Saints	155
	Litany of Contradictory Things	160
	Ignatian Litany of the Names of Jesus	164
	The Novena of Grace in Honor of St. Francis Xavier	167
	Prayer of the Faithful	168
	Novena Prayer of Thanksgiving after Communion	171
	My Mother	173
	Mary, My Advocate	174
	For My Parents	175
	Prayer of an Aging Jesuit	176
	Prayer for the Grace to Age Well	178
	A Prayer for Vocations	179
	Acknowledgments	181
	Authors	187
	Index	193