That sounds like a wonderful, Spirit-filled week you had. I've always wanted to a retreat with the Jesuits but I've had a hard time finding something on the island that I live on. At any rate, it sounds like you got a lot of the week which is really important.
I know you wrote about cutting down on reading, but continuing the Jesuit influence, there is a really good book by a popular Jesuit priest named Fr. James Martin, the book is called The Jesuit Guide to Almost Everything. Absolutely fantastic and brings to life the Jesuit spirituality in our modern day world. He has a whole chapter on practical ways to bring the examen into our daily lives (which is what made me think of the book reading your post).
I am partial to structured prayer for the bulk of my interaction with God (we have those spontaneous "just-Him-and-I moments but the structure I finds keeps me praying even in the dry spells). So I've mostly stuck to the Roman Daily Office for most of my adult life. I am curious if you've ever prayed Morning or Evening Prayer before from the Divine Office?
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I know you wrote about cutting down on reading, but continuing the Jesuit influence, there is a really good book by a popular Jesuit priest named Fr. James Martin, the book is called The Jesuit Guide to Almost Everything. Absolutely fantastic and brings to life the Jesuit spirituality in our modern day world. He has a whole chapter on practical ways to bring the examen into our daily lives (which is what made me think of the book reading your post).
I am partial to structured prayer for the bulk of my interaction with God (we have those spontaneous "just-Him-and-I moments but the structure I finds keeps me praying even in the dry spells). So I've mostly stuck to the Roman Daily Office for most of my adult life. I am curious if you've ever prayed Morning or Evening Prayer before from the Divine Office?