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    The Jesuit Guide to (Almost) Everything: A Spirituality for Real Life
    The Jesuit Guide to (Almost) Everything: A Spirituality for Real Life
    The Jesuit Guide to (Almost) Everything: A Spirituality for Real Life
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    The Jesuit Guide to (Almost) Everything: A Spirituality for Real Life

    By Patrick Robinson

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    NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER. WINNER OF THE CHRISTOPHER AWARD.

    The Jesuit Guide to (Almost) Everything by the Revered James Martin, SJ (bestselling author of Jesus: A Pilgrimage) is a practical spiritual guidebook that shows you how to manage relationships, money, work, prayer, and decision-making, all while keeping a sense of humor.

    Inspired by the life and teachings of St. Ignatius of Loyola, the founder of the Society of Jesus, this book will help you realize the Ignatian goal of “finding God in all things.” Filled with relatable  examples, humorous stories, and anecdotes from the heroic and inspiring lives of Jesuit saints and average priests and brothers, The Jesuit Guide to Almost Everything will enrich your everyday life with spiritual guidance and history.

     

    Inspired by the life and teachings of St. Ignatius of Loyola, the founder of the Society of Jesus and centered around the Ignatian goal of “finding God in all things,” The Jesuit Guide to Almost Everything is filled with user-friendly examples, humorous stories, and anecdotes from the heroic and inspiring lives of Jesuit saints and average priests and brothers, The Jesuit Guide to Almost Everything is sure to appeal to fans of Kathleen Norris, Richard Rohr, Anne Lamott, and other Christian Spiritual writers.

    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherHarperCollins
    Release dateMar 9, 2010
    ISBN9780061981401
    Author

    Patrick Robinson

    Rev. James Martin, SJ, is a Jesuit priest, editor at large of America magazine, consultor to the Vatican's Dicastery for Communication, and author of numerous books, including the New York Times bestsellers Jesus: A Pilgrimage, The Jesuit Guide to (Almost) Everything and My Life with the Saints, which Publishers Weekly named one of the best books of 2006. Father Martin is a frequent commentator in the national and international media, having appeared on all the major networks, and in such diverse outlets as The Colbert Report, NPR's Fresh Air, the New York Times and The Wall Street Journal.  Before entering the Jesuits in 1988 he graduated from the Wharton School of Business.

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    • 4/5
      This book is an introduction to just about every aspect of the Jesuits: history, spirituality, you name it, but it is more importantly a great introduction to/refresher course in Ignatian spirituality. What more to say than that after reading it, I want to buy a copy for our library?
    • 4/5
      interesting and amusing
    • 4/5
      Lent book 2017. An introduction to the Jesuits, and a practical guide to ways to pray, and how to find God in your daily life.
    • 4/5
      A good introduction to Ignatian spirituality, both historically and how it applies to real life decision-making.
    • 4/5
      Very interesting read, but I allowed myself to get sidetracked by other books.
    • 4/5
      I'm not Catholic and not religious, but I saw the author on the Colbert Report and had to have this book. The author does come down to the ultimate goal being a relationship with God, but he does a good job of making the book accessible to those with different beliefs. It gave me a lot to think about in how I live my life.
    • 4/5
      A more in depth look at the Examen and Ignatian spirituality thrpugh the eexperience of James Martin, SJ. The God in all things approach and the history of these intrepid missionaries is uplifting and settling at the same time. Focus on the every day experience while striving for something greater all th ewhile being aware of God or the Eternal Presence and how it is alive in all experienced and the people met.These Jesuit readings along with family and life are bringing me back to the Catholic Church. All in all not a bad thing.
    • 5/5
      This book changed my life. One of my favorite authors of all time.
    • 5/5
      Fascinating information; easy going and articulate writing style. I now understand why the Jesuits scare so many people: they get out there and do things! Am looking forward to reading more of Father Martin's books.
    • 5/5
      Wonderful book, Although I personally learnt some of the things in my own and from other friends, this book helped me to connect all the methods. I think all Christian traditions have similar insights on Spirituality.
      I would thank this author for helping me to understand the quote in a more profound way, "Take God in all things in your life."

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    • 5/5
      This is a very useful book for me in spiritual growth. It's about practical applications of the Spiritual Exercises. The thoughts and 'advice' applies to real people who live in a real (busy/confusing/demanding) world. I bought another copy for my son because I thought he would like it, and I don't want to give up my copy. I will go back and read parts of this book over and over. I really don't think I can recommend this book too much.

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    • 2/5
      I'm sorry, but no. I understand, to an extent, what he's trying to do, but trying to "apply the insights of Ignatius" to people in "other faith traditions" is utter nonsense. Ignatius isn't just a Christian, he's Catholic, Roman Catholic all the way down. Trying to ignore that fact, for whatever motive, is just stupid.

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    • 5/5
      I went into this book expecting humor at every turn. Instead, what I got was an informative and insightful guide to spirituality with stories of saints, as well as personal stories from the author. And yes, there was some humor, but it wasn't the focus of the book (I believe my expectations of humor can be mainly attributed to the brought orange and yellow cover, as well as the (almost) because for some reason brackets in a title makes me expect humor.) Still, despite my expectations, once I got into the book and realised that this was not a book of Jesuit, or even Catholic jokes, but an excellent introduction to Saint Ignatius's teachings, I found that I really enjoyed it, and learned a great deal. I also admired the fact that that the author, a Jesuit, was able to take practices and insights from Judaism, Islam and even Buddhism, and use their rituals to praise the God of the Trinity in a way that was still very Catholic. I listened to this via audiobook, but I also own a physical copy, for which I am grateful, because this book would be a good one to be able to go back to chapters and re-read parts.

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    • 5/5
      A wonderfully candid and practical guide to Ignatian spirituality.
    • 5/5
      Its hard to sum this book up enough for a synopsis or a review. Martin doesn't assume anything when he is talking to his reader, which is very nice for a change and helpful to me, since I am a returning convert to Catholicism and actually, embarrassingly, know very little. There is so much that is helpful and very down to earth and practical in this book, but I find it hard to rip it out of its context. One of the most interesting parts for me was the beginning when he described the six paths of belief (or disbelief) people find themselves on. Without judgement he weighed pros and cons and drew on his brief time as an atheist to illustrate points. I've been on the path of belief, the path of return, I think it was the path of independence and.. most often in the last 20 years I think I've occupied the path of the confused.

      Much of the book helped me see ways I could relate to the world without feeling false or the condemning sort of guilt "which leads to despair and away from God" I thoroughly recommend it. I do kind of recommend that you take a tablet and look up words on your computer though. It slowed me down not knowing various words and I felt that I didn't get a full grasp of them in context. In the end I downloaded a vocubulary sheet from Scribd documents that came up when I was looking for something else (a Day Planner) to keep track of them. Writing is at least high school vocabulary, rather than the middle school vocabulary stuck to by some religious figures.

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