The spiritual exercises of St. Ignatius

A manual of guided meditations and practical directions organized around an eight-day retreat and six tridiums, presenting preparatory considerations and daily meditations on human purpose, sin and contrition, death and judgment, and the life, passion, resurrection, and ascension of Christ. It offers reflections on indifference, imitation of Christ, humility, temptation, vocational vows, and the interior spirit, with practical points for confession, prayer, devotion to the Virgin, and generous service. The sequence emphasizes discernment, conversion, and gradual interior growth through structured contemplative exercises and suggested applications for annual retreats and vow renewals.