St. Ignatius encourages the reader to take on an attitude of indifference or balance to all created things, which is also called... this.
What is detachment?
100
This central meditation of the Second Week involves imagining Christ and Lucifer as the commanders of opposing armies, and rallying their followers.
What is the Meditation on the Two Standards?
100
Dean Brackley, S.J., uses this word to refer to Christ taking on the suffering and death of humanity. It is also one of the Four Essential Themes of the Ignatian Way!
What is solidarity?
100
This final meditation of the Spiritual Exercises has the reader recall all of the blessings, gifts, and labors God has done for them.
What is the Contemplation to Attain Love (or, Contemplation on the Love of God)?
100
This organization's name is represented by the acronym AJAN.
What is the African Jesuit AIDS Network?
200
In discussing sin, we identified two types: personal sin and this second type.
What is social sin?
200
In the article we read while discussing servant leadership, Rachel Naomi Remen described this type of activity - also known as "fixing" - as the opposite of serving.
What is helping?
200
Central to the Third Week is the idea of this as the ultimate expression of love.
What is sacrifice?
200
This scene, which does not appear in the Gospels, is the first one that St. Ignatius asks retreatants to meditate on in the Fourth Week.
What is Jesus appearing to His mother?
200
This early Jesuit was born into a powerful family, but gave up his title of Duke of Gandia in order to join the Jesuits. He ended up becoming the third Superior General of the Society.
Who is St. Francis Borgia?
300
St. Ignatius considered this review-based prayer the most important, and said that all Jesuits should do it at least twice a day, for fifteen minutes.
What is the Examen?
300
St. Ignatius says that it's important to never make a major decision or change in a time of this emotional state.
What is desolation?
300
Fr. Ignacio Ellacuria coined this name for the world's poor and marginalized, referring to how Christ's suffering and death is still present today in them.
What is "the crucified people"?
300
In the prayer "Take, Lord, Receive," what does the petitioner say is "enough" for them?
What is God's love and grace?
300
This Spanish Jesuit spent much of his life in the city of Cartagena, where he ministered to slaves shipped to the New World from Africa.
Who is Peter Claver?
400
David Fleming, S.J., identifies this as the root of all sin.
What is "a lack of gratitude"?
400
Of the Three Types of Person, this one is referred to as "all talk, no action."
What is the First Type of Person?
400
Through the darkness of the Third Week, we're supposed to remember the promise of... this.
What is the Resurrection?
400
The resurrection, and the Fourth Week, are rooted in an experience of this emotion.
What is joy?
400
"Remember, remember, the Fifth of November..." English Jesuit Henry Garnet was executed after being falsely implicated in this 1605 plot to blow up the British Parliament.
What is the Gunpowder Plot?
500
This important statement at the beginning of the Spiritual Exercises explains that while all of the things of the world can be used to lead us to God, we must avoid making any of them the center of our lives.
What is the First Principle and Foundation?
500
The Second Week relies heavily on contemplating scenes from Christ's life. The first step in this type of prayer is particularly important, since it involves filling in the details of the scene. It is called... this.
What is composition of place?
500
This Dutch Jesuit became the most recent Jesuit martyr when he was killed in Syria earlier this year. We discussed his life as an example of finding hope through suffering, a major theme of the Third Week.
Who is Fr. Frans van der Lugt?
500
The prayer "Take, Lord, Receive" is also known by another name, the Latin word for "receive."
What is the Suscipe?
500
This American Jesuit was involved in many peaceful protests and acts of civil disobedience, including the anti-nuclear weapons Plowshares Movement. He's also the only Jesuit of the Day who's still living.