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Although this book is intended for Jesuits, all Christians can benefit from the Spiritual Exercises of Saint Ignatius. The original exercises are meant for a month long retreat. By being reorganized for eight days, more people can take advantage of these holy exercises. The Text of the Spiritual Exercises of St. Ignatius, as translated into English from the Spanish Autograph, and edited for private circulation by Rev. John Morris, S. J., is printed in a small volume of only 125 pages. That little work contains all that the Saint composed in the Grotto of Manresa, and he never afterward wrote any additions to the text. But in explaining his Exercises to his first companions, and to others who made the retreat under his direction, he would adapt the details to their characters and the various circumstances. His followers did the same, without writing further additions or commentaries on the original text; they followed in their practice the traditional method as it had come to them from Their saintly founder. In the course of time, as was natural, considerable departures from the first process took place, some of which induced the danger of gradually losing the very spirit of the original Exercises. Among the learned men of our Society who labored most successfully to check such tendency, one of the most distinguished was the Father General John Roothaan, who in 1834 addressed a circular letter to all his subject, earnestly warning them against this peril. At the same time he furnished them a masterly work on the original Spanish and Latin texts, which he accompanied with a most valuable commentary. For those preferring a Latin guide book, whether in making the Exercises themselves, or in explaining them to others, no work is more commendable than that masterpiece of Father Roothaan. Still, both before and since its publication, many other editions of the Exercises and commentaries on the same have been printed, both in Latin and in various modern languages, with full approbation and warm commendations of the Superiors of the Society; and excellent reasons appear to exist why successive generations of Jesuits should continue their efforts to enrich this valuable literature. In particular the eight days retreat, which all our members perform every year, gains additional interest and impressiveness when a wider range is presented, affording a choice among a large number of approved guide books to direct them through this fertile region of spirituality. The spirit permeating all of these must ever be the same, so too the main outline of the truths proposed and the general plan of the Exercises. Yet experience shows that there remains a wide room for variety in comments, suggestions and practical applications. Therefore, when the time for each one's annual retreat comes round, there is shown by many Fathers an earnest desire for some late publication on the subject, that will lend new zest to the familiar solid doctrine. To satisfy such reasonable wishes is the chief reason why the present pages are modestly presented to his brethren by THE AUTHOR
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The aim of The Spiritual Exercises of St. Ignatius of Loyola is to help people fill their everyday lives with the Christian faith. Created in the 16th century (1522–1524), this book remains a topical guide on how to improve our spiritual growth. The book is split in four thematic chapters, called "weeks", entitled "God's Mercy, My Sin," "God's call to me in Christ," "Sharing in the Cross of Christ,""The Resurrection". Each week has a program of meditations, prayers, considerations, and contemplative practices. They are all aimed to help people improve their religious intentions in practice, so that every life decision is based on the faith and devotion to the Christ. The book's popularity has grown considerable since 1980's and also spread to other Christian denominations. Ignatius of Loyola (1491–1556) was a Spanish Catholic priest and theologian, co-founder of the Society of Jesus (The Jesuits). He was also selected as the first Superior General of the Society of Jesus, at Paris, in 1541.He was a spiritual director of Jesuits and developed his method of devotion and recommendation for his brotherhood in Spiritual Exercises. After his death, Ignatius was beatified and received a title of a saint in 1622. Ignatius is a patron saint of soldiers.