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Zusatztext Praise for Seek God Everywhere “In this latest book! Father de Mello shares the treasures of St. Ignatius Loyola's classic text The Spiritual Exercises! opening up the centuries-old text in his trademark no-nonsense style. Let de Mello introduce you to the time-tested practices of Ignatian spirituality and help you find God in all things.” – James Martin! S.J.! author of The Jesuit Guide to Almost Everything “Anthony de Mello is a true spiritual master. The author of the greatest book on prayer! Sadhana ! now offers the greatest book ever on the Spiritual Exercises of St. Ignatius and Jesuit spirituality. It will take you deeper into the spiritual life! deeper into God. This is the real thing! an instant spiritual classic.” – John Dear! S.J.! author of Living Peace! The Questions of Jesus! and Transfiguration Informationen zum Autor Anthony De Mello Klappentext The Spiritual Exercises of St. Ignatius is one of the great masterpieces of the Christian canon. A series of meditations and practices that guides seekers on a journey to spiritual perfection, this manual has been used by millions of religious and lay persons alike for centuries. Now, in the first new Anthony de Mello book in more than fifteen years, the bestselling author of Awareness takes readers on an in-depth exploration of the practices of St. Ignatius and offers simple guidance and wisdom to help readers navigate the sometimes-confusing byways on the journey to God. Drawn from a series of talks de Mello gave before his untimely death in 1987, this book challenges us to achieve new levels of understanding and inner exploration, with chapters on how to hear the voice of the divine, the need for repentance, and how to ascend to love in our day-to-day life,. A must-have for fans of de Mello's work and anyone interested in learning to pray in profound and meaningful ways, Seek God Everywhere is an inspirational and practical work that will transform your life. Introduction For all those who cherish the legacy of Father Anthony de Mello, S.J. (1931–1987), this book reveals and presents something that has so far been missing in his published works: the wellspring of his own spiritual life. For Tony de Mello, making the Spiritual Exercises of St. Ignatius Loyola (1491–1556) for himself, directing those doing the Exercises, and teaching others to become skilled directors of the Exercises was the heart of the matter— his speci?cally Jesuit way to God. In 1973 de Mello founded near Pune, India, the Sadhana (“Way to God”) Institute, a center for training spiritual guides and directors of “retreats,” a place to lead those who withdraw from their normal occupations for days or weeks of solitude and intense prayer. The third Sadhana Group consisted of seven Jesuit priests and seven religious sisters. From July to November 1975, de Mello began the course for that group by lecturing on the Spiritual Exercises. Two or three times a week he gave hour- long talks that were taped. Several members of the group then typed out the talks and gave the others a carbon copy. Thirty years later one of the participants, Father Albert Menezes, S.J., made his copy available to us. The pages were dif?cult to read: the typists had frequently used old ribbons, adopted single spacing throughout, and left very little room for margins. In any case a tropical climate had played havoc with the paper. There was no chance of scanning the text and transferring it directly to a computer. A grant from the Jesuit Foundation of the University of San Francisco enabled us to have the pages retyped entirely as a computer document. Then we faced the task of editing the material. While preserving as much as possible the words and conversational style of de Mello, we have inserted headings and set his talks out in readable para...
