I have long since lost the shame of saying “I’m going on retreat”… Shame in places to go on retreat, to talk to God? It seems old-fashioned or crazy. The reality is that every time I go back I wonder how I could do without this powerful tool. And if it is so powerful and nourishing for me, how can I not share it.

Many years ago I came to know the experience of the Spiritual Exercises, a “way of praying” developed by St. Ignatius of Loyola. I apologize if any expert in exercises reads any definition not so accurate, I am open to corrections. This is just my personal experience and some notes I took.

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