Retreat

I came across an audio version of a Spiritual Exercises type retreat given by Larry Gillick SJ. The retreat lives on this Creighton University page, and there are 14 mp3 files to it, plus written blurbs for each part. Here's what the introduction says ....

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These Retreat Conferences begin with a short introductory prayer followed by a thirty-minute conference based on the Spiritual Exercises of St. Ignatius. Though the retreat was shared with seventy men at the Jesuit Retreat House near St. Paul, Minnesota, the spirit and direction of the retreat is for women and men of all Christian faiths. Poems used during the conferences are taken from the book Gitanjeli by Tagore.

This retreat may be made in a variety of ways, by individuals or a group:

* over a 3 day weekend
* over 14 days, one conference a day
* over 14 weeks, one conference a week.

INTRODUCTORY CONFERENCE
[this is the blurb for the first mp3 file]
There is no Owner's Manual for our relating with God; God does the initiating of this relationship. We put ourselves in postures of receptivity and availability. We are all in "recovery" from the results of choosing those things which are not good for us. We can fear what God is going to take from us, but the truth is that we watch and wonder what God is going to give us. "It takes reckless courage to face our personal abyss." Silence of body, mind and heart might be fearful at first, but silence becomes communication in time. Psalm 139 ........

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I've listened to the first introductory talk and liked it - think I'll try to listen to one each day til I'm done :)