A Vacation with the Lord by Thomas H. Green


A Vacation with the Lord
Title : A Vacation with the Lord
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ISBN : 0898707781
ISBN-10 : 9780898707786
Language : English
Format Type : Paperback
Number of Pages : 156
Publication : First published January 1, 1986

Fr. Thomas Green, S.J., draws on his vast background as a retreat master and spiritual writer to make available to a much wider audience the retreat experience based on the classic Spiritual Exercises by St. Ignatius of Loyola. While many scholarly and professional treatments have been done on the Spiritual Exercises, for the"grassroots Catholic", St. Ignatius' classic is often too mechanical and hard to grasp.This book can be used in many ways. It can be used by retreat directors for one-to-one direction of retreatants; by retreatants making a retreat with a director; or by more experienced retreatants who wish to be "alone with the Lord". In addition, this work can be used for a closed retreat of eight days as broken down in the chapters. Or it could be used for a "retreat in daily life" where a person could devote 30 to 60 minutes a day to the themes of this book and prolong the retreat over several weeks or months.

A Vacation with the Lord Reviews

  • Fr Adam Zettel

    A great resource for doing your own personal spiritual retreat. Just you and Jesus for 8 days. I don't want to go back to listening to a preacher. So much happier with going at my own pace.

  • Jill

    It's a bit difficult to rate this book, having no other guide to the Ignatian exercises as a comparison. I thought at times Green drove home his points a bit too much, [look to the grace of the day, as an example], while at other times, [discernment during consolation], he did not illustrate or explain points very clearly at all. All in all, the book provided an outline for an 8-12 day retreat, but fell short on delivering the direction I was hoping for. Perhaps the best use would be to use this as a supplement coupled with a directed retreat.

    One year later, I changed my opinion. In comparison to other works, Green provides enough commentary and direction for one to make each of the retreat days grace-filled. I would recommend this without reservation.

  • Ms. S...........

    nice contemplation on the spiritual exercises of St Ignatius.