| Introduction | xvii |
| Prayer for the Beginning of a Retreat | xx |
1 | Prayers to Accompany the First Week of the Spiritual Exercises | 1 |
| Soul of Christ | 3 |
| I Choose to Breathe the Breath of Christ | 5 |
| The First Principle and Foundation | 7 |
| God's Grandeur | 9 |
| My Help, My Hope / Psalm 121 | 10 |
| You / Psalm 90 | 11 |
| Prayers for the Start of the Day | |
| The Traditional Morning Offering: From the monthly leaflet of the Apostleship of Prayer | 13 |
| You Have Called Me by Name | 14 |
| A Morning Offering | 15 |
| A Prayer for Spiritual Freedom | 16 |
| God of My Life | 17 |
| Jesus, Join My Life to Yours | 19 |
| Examination of Conscience | 21 |
| A Testament | 25 |
| An Examination of My Use of Time | 28 |
| Teach Me to Listen | 30 |
| Prayers That Express Sorrow | |
| An Act of Contrition | 32 |
| Prayer for Light and Help | 33 |
| Prayer for the Grace to Name My Sins | 34 |
| A Colloquy with Jesus | 35 |
| Wash Me with Your Precious Blood | 36 |
| A Bold Request | 37 |
| Prayer for Detachment | 38 |
| Prayer for Humility | 39 |
| Forgiving God? | 40 |
| A Prayer of Reconciliation | 43 |
| "I am not worthy to have you come under my roof." (Matthew 8:8) | 44 |
| May I Be Worthy of Your Trust | 46 |
| The Inmost Fear | 47 |
| Act of Hope and Confidence in God | 49 |
| Scripture Passages for First Week | 52 |
| Seedlings | 53 |
| Broken Record | 55 |
| An Awareness Examen at the End of the Day | 57 |
| Prayer for Generosity | 58 |
2 | Prayers to Accompany the Second Week of the Spiritual Exercises | 59 |
| The Windhover | 61 |
| Prayer for What I Want | 63 |
| Eternal Lord of All Things | 64 |
| Praying with the Scriptures | 66 |
| Summary: 6 "P's" | 70 |
| Scripture Passages for Second Week | 72 |
| Prayer Before Reading Scripture | 75 |
| Incarnation | 76 |
| In the Out House | 78 |
| Draw Me into Your Friendship | 82 |
| A Child My Choice | 83 |
| An Intimate Request | 85 |
| Threefold Prayer for Grace to Live Jesus' Values | 86 |
| Prayer to Know God's Will | 88 |
| Teach Me Your Ways | 89 |
| Help Me Live Your Kingdom | 91 |
| Live Eternally in Me | 92 |
| Teach Me Thy Paths | 93 |
| A Contemporary Annotation | 94 |
| Center of Our Hearts | 95 |
| Show Me Your Face, O God / Psalm 61 | 96 |
| Personal Prayer of Pedro Arrupe | 97 |
| True Friend | 98 |
| The Face of Christ | 100 |
| Patient Trust | 102 |
| As Kingfishers Catch Fire | 104 |
3 | Prayers to Accompany the Third Week of the Spiritual Exercises | 105 |
| A Prayer for Compassion | 107 |
| Thou art indeed just, Lord | 108 |
| The Eucharist and Our Daily Lives | 109 |
| Enfold Me in Your Heart | 111 |
| I Take My Stand on His Word / Psalm 130 | 112 |
| May Jesus' Death Be My Life | 113 |
| Perfect Resignation | 114 |
| Prayer for Compassion | 115 |
| Prayer for Obtaining Holy Self-Abandonment | 116 |
| A Free Oblation of Self | 118 |
| In the Hands of God | 119 |
| All That I Have I Give | 120 |
| An Offering of Self | 121 |
| A Prayer to Seek the Consolation of the Cross | 122 |
| A Commendation to the Providence of God | 123 |
| A Prayer Asking to Stand Near Mary | 125 |
| Prayer for New Life through Death to Sin | 127 |
| O Deus, Ego Amo Te | 128 |
| From Death to Life | 129 |
| Scripture Passages for Third Week | 130 |
| In Honour of St. Alphonsus Rodriguez | 131 |
| Entrusting Myself to the Hands of Jesus | 132 |
| Into the Mystery of Jesus' Life and Death | 133 |
| A Hollowed Space to Be Filled | 135 |
| Prayer to Mary to Understand the Cross | 136 |
| Who Lives in Love | 137 |
4 | Prayers to Accompany the Fourth Week of the Spiritual Exercises | 139 |
| Putting Love into Practice | 141 |
| What I Want and Desire | 142 |
| Glory Glory / Psalm 19 | 143 |
| Hymn to Matter | 144 |
| Praise to the Father | 146 |
| My Lord and My God | 147 |
| Scripture Passages for Fourth Week | 148 |
| From the Journal of St. Ignatius | 149 |
| Help Us to Remain Close to You | 150 |
| Pied Beauty | 151 |
| God Bless the World | 152 |
| Suscipe (Traditional) | 153 |
| Suscipe (Paraphrase) | 154 |
| Devotional Materials | |
| Litany of Jesuit Saints | 155 |
| Litany of Contradictory Things | 160 |
| Ignatian Litany of the Names of Jesus | 164 |
| The Novena of Grace in Honor of St. Francis Xavier | 167 |
| Prayer of the Faithful | 168 |
| Novena Prayer of Thanksgiving after Communion | 171 |
| My Mother | 173 |
| Mary, My Advocate | 174 |
| For My Parents | 175 |
| Prayer of an Aging Jesuit | 176 |
| Prayer for the Grace to Age Well | 178 |
| A Prayer for Vocations | 179 |
| Acknowledgments | 181 |
| Authors | 187 |
| Index | 193 |