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The Examen Prayer – Themes and Content
Finding God in All Things
- Examples of Awareness of God’s Presence
- Past use of the Examen
- Problem of narrow moralism or Pelagianism
- Conscience and Consciousness
- Paying attention to experience
- Also a tool of discernment, fidelity to grace
Gratitude
- Positive value of gratitude
- Gratitude in trials
- Ingratitude worst sin
- Giving thanks
Enlightenment/Review
- Ask light and courage to see our day
- Tendency to blindness or avoidance
- Simplified or extensive review
Forgiveness/Mercy
- God is forgiving
- Experience of Mercy
- Sins, wounds, imperfections/desolations
- Self-acceptance
- Forgiving others
Renewal
- New energy to serve – gospel examples
- Resolution
- Hope for future
- FAQ’s about Examen: sequence, emphasis, necessity of successive steps
Discernment of Spirits (introduction)
- What is discernment?
- Psychological vs. spiritual
- Spiritual consolation
- What to do in consolation
- Spiritual desolation
- What to do in desolation