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Acknowledgments | |
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Introduction: When Faced with a Major Life Choice | |
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Text of St. Ignatius | |
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Preparation | |
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The Question: Which Choice Does God Want? | |
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The Foundation: God's Infinite Love and Our Response | |
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�We Love Because He First Loves Us� | |
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�To Do Your Will Is My Delight� | |
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The Disposition: Openness to Whatever God Wills | |
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�Whatever You Want, Lord� | |
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�Loved to the Death by Jesus Christ� | |
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Sent by Jesus | |
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The Means | |
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Spiritual �Exercises� | |
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Holy Eucharist | |
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Sacred Spripture | |
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Silence | |
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Spiritual Direction | |
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Review of Spiritual Experience | |
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From Preparation to Discernment | |
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Clarity beyond Doubting: The First Mode | |
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�He Could Not Doubt about the Matter� | |
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�This Certitude and Deep Peace� | |
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�There Was No Doubting It� | |
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�It Had Always Been Clear� | |
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First Mode of Discernment: Questions to Consider | |
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An Attraction of the Heart: The Second Mode | |
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�With Deep Devotion and Tears� | |
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�Experience of Consolations and Desolations� | |
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�Again That Consolation Would Be Given Me� | |
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�Only When There Was Peace in My Heart� | |
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�The Room in My Heart� | |
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�When I Was Most Joyful� | |
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�Like a Magnet Drawing Me� | |
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Second Mode of Discernment: Questions to Consider | |
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A Preponderance of Reasons: The Third Mode | |
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A Further Mode of Discernment | |
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A Time of Tranquility | |
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Third Mode of Discernment: First Way | |
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�She Suggested Looking at the Advantages and Disadvantages� | |
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Third Mode of Discernment: Second Way | |
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�When I Took the First Point� | |
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Third Mode of Discernment: Questions to Consider | |
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Fruit | |
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The Value of the Process of Discernment | |
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Concluding the Process | |
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The Process and Growth | |
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The Process and Grace | |
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The Fruit of Discernment | |
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�And This Gives Me Peace and Joy� | |
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�In Your Will Is Our Peace� | |
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Appendix: Complete Text of St. Ignatius | |
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Notes | |