IM25: Ignatian Earthing
Prayer Eight Ways
with deep affection
To bring to memory the benefits received
– creation, redemption, and particular gifts,
pondering with deep affection
how much God our Lord has done for me,
how much he has given me of what he possesses,
further, to give me himself.
St Ignatius Loyola, The Spiritual Exercises [234]
Join Us
Join our international online convocation to deepen your spirituality and connect with new and old friends.
If you’re curious about Ignatian Spirituality, teach or use it professionally, or live and love it, this is for you…
You will receive training, through experience, in all eight Ignatian forms of prayer found in the Spiritual Exercises of St Ignatius.
You will be introduced to an ‘affectionate’ relationship with God that personal, relaxing, appreciative, supportive, and enjoyable, to both God and you.
You will be helped to ‘ground’ in the gift of creation, the earth and the Creator who has given so much.
You will experience four sacred earth forms, moving with graces received from one environment to another, so making all places scared.
ONLINE IN MAY 2025:
Sunday 4 May
Monday 5 May
Tuesday 6 May
Wednesday 7 May
TWO OPTIONS EACH DAY:
10am – 12noon OR
6.30 – 8.30pm AEST
(adjust to your timezone)
The Four Sacred Places
Ocean, Desert, Mountain, and City
To pray the metaphors of new life and God’s loving action within them.
The IM25 sessions are not beside the ocean, in a desert, on a mountain top or amongst the city
You use your imagination and memory as you might when praying the Gospels upon the Sea of Galilee, in the Judean desert, upon the Mount of Olives, or living in the city of Jerusalem. You use your own memory of place to ‘compose’ the exercise place.
The Complete Set of Ignatian Spiritual Exercises
Day One
1. Meditation
2. Contemplation
Day Two
3. Imaginative Contemplation
4. Awareness Examen
Day Three
5. Prayer of Consideration
6. Prayer of Meaning and Delight
Day Four
7. Prayer of the Senses
8. Prayer of the Breath
The Dynamic of each IM25 Session
Learn the form of prayer, choose to pray it in the Ocean, Desert, Mountain or City, enter a small group and be guided in the exercise, share in spiritual conversation.
Three Support Guides:
An Earthing Discernment Guide to notice the movements of the two spirits.
An Earthing Listening Book to note graces after each exercise.
Earthing Prayer of Repetition to taste more deeply graces received.
We look forward to welcoming you!
You can join for any session or all four sessions, and if these dates don’t work for you, we will make the resources available to download afterwards.
Price: $50 per session, or $185 for all four sessions. Resources download afterwards $120.
Online in May 2025:
Sun 4, Mon 5, Tue 6 and Wed 7 May 2025
2 options each day:
10am – 12noon OR 6.30 – 8.30pm AEST
Hosted by JISA’s First Spiritual Exercises
and Being with God in Nature ministries
