Moment by Moment: A Retreat in Everyday Life

by Carol Ann Smith, Donald Doll (Photographer), Eugene F. Merz (Joint Author)

Overview

Drawing on the classis retreat model, The Spiritual Exercises of St. Ignatius,Moment by Moment offers a new and inviting way to find God in our often busy and complex lives. In a series of 32 "Moments", the text guides the reader with thought-provoking questions, practical suggestions, and excerpts carefully chosen from scripture and The Spiritual Exercises. Its simple format can be used by an individual or by groups in a number of ways: as a way of making the Spiritual Exercises in daily life, as a guide for daily prayer, as a companion for reflection, or as suggested themes for a retreat.

Drawing upon their extensive experience as spiritual directors, the authors write in their introduction, "This book offers a way to reflect and sift through one's multiple life experiences and to discover in them the leading thread of God's longing and desire to make us a holy people who are given in service to others."

Anyone seeking spiritual growth will discover that Moment by Moment offers wise direction and fosters a holistic spirituality firmly rooted in the daily experience of God in one's life.

University. She has written two other retreat guidebooks; Abundant Jubilee (1996) and Living Wells (1998) that were produced privately by Society of the Holy Child Jesus. Carol Ann Smith resides in Wauwatosa Wisconsin.

Eugene F. Merz, SJ also ministers at the Center for Ignatian Spirituality at Marquette University. He has written one book; Pathway to God which was printed privately by Wisconsin Province of Society of Jesus, 1997. Eugene F. Merz resides in Milwaukee Wisconsin.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780877939450
Publisher:	Avenue Records
Publication date:	08/28/2000
Pages:	96
Product dimensions:	9.98(w) x 6.84(h) x 0.28(d)

Table of Contents

	Acknowledgments	9
	Introduction	10
	Using This Book	11
Prelude I15
Moment 1	Moment by Moment	16
Moment 2	Listening to God	18
Moment 3	Longing for God	20
Moment 4	Loved by God	22
Moment 5	Free to Respond	24
Moment 6	Turning to God	26
	Replaying the Moments I	29
Prelude II31
Moment 7	The Reality of Sin	32
Moment 8	Blinded by Sin	34
Moment 9	The Lesson of Death	36
Moment 10	The Tender Mercy of God	38
	Replaying the Moments II	41
Prelude III43
Moment 11	Ready and Alert to Answer God's Call	44
Moment 12	"The Word Was Made Flesh and Dwelt Among Us"	46
Moment 13	"God So Loved the World ..."	48
Moment 14	The Ordinary Days in Life	50
Moment 15	My Identity in Christ	52
Moment 16	Call and Discipleship	54
Moment 17	This Amazing Man, Jesus	56
Moment 18	My Personal Vocation	58
Moment 19	Cultures and Choices	60
Moment 20	My Responses and Choices	62
Moment 21	Decisions in My Life	64
Moment 22	The Decisions of Jesus	66
	Replaying the Moments III	69
Prelude IV71
Moment 23	"When You Do This, Remember Me"	72
Moment 24	Faithful Love in Suffering	74
Moment 25	Companions in Suffering	76
Moment 26	A Suffering World	78
Moment 27	Waiting in Hope	80
	Replaying the Moments IV	83
Prelude V85
Moment 28	A New Dawn	86
Moment 29	Christ the Consoler	88
Moment 30	Peace and Promises	90
Moment 31	In Service of Others	92
Moment 32	Graced by God	94
	Gathering the Graced Moments	96

What People are Saying About This

E. Michael McCann

This is Ignation spirituality at its best -a warm and welcoming path for the heart keenly desirous of seeking and living greater love God and neighbor. (E. Michael McCann, District Attorney of Milwaukee)

David L. Fleming

Moment by Moment is a wonderfully constructed book modeled os St. Ignatious' Spiritual Exercises. Smith and Merz, along with Don Doll providing evocative photographs, set a new standard for the Ignation retreat in everyday life. (David L. Fleming, SJ, author Draw Me Into Your Friendship)