Facing East, Praying West: Poetic Reflections on The Spiritual Exercises

Facing East, Praying West is a collection of poetic reflections based on Ignatius’s Spiritual Exercises. The prayer poems in this book are arranged according to the four-week structure of the Exercises. They convey the reader through the four movements of Christ’s story: creation, living, dying, and rising to new life.

The poems in this volume are not merely literary pieces, but have a practical spiritual purpose. They draw on the reader’s imaginative and intellectual response to God’s grace...