Examen prayer is the Holy Spirit’s application to our lives of scriptural teachings or descriptions of holiness in order to determine where we lack and/or succeed in living a holy life.
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…..Skehan, James W. “Format for the Practice of Christian Insight Meditation (CIM).” Page 12 in Place Me With Your Son: Ignatian Spirituality in Everyday Life. Washington, D.C.: Georgetown University Press, 1991.
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