Emmaus Formation CentreEmmaus Formation CentreEmmaus Formation CentreEmmaus Formation Centre
DONATE
Login / Register
  • About
    • A Biblical Observation
    • Mission & Vision
    • Statement Of Faith
  • Leadership
    • Executive Director
    • Course Instructors
    • Board Of Directors
  • Spiritual Direction
    • The Potter & the Clay
    • The History of Spiritual Direction
    • What We Offer
    • Emmaus Society of Spiritual Directors
    • Membership Application
  • Training
    • School of Formation
    • Certificates We Offer
    • Become a Student
  • Spiritual Enrichment
    • Spiritual Direction: One-On-One
    • Spiritual Direction: Church Support
    • Spiritual Direction: Retreats (Group / Individual / Pastor’s)
  • Blog
  • Contact

RDL WK4 Day 5 Lenten Journey – Examen of the Week

    Home RDL Lenten Journey RDL WK4 Day 5 Lenten Journey – Examen of the Week

    Emmaus School of Spiritual Formation has been developed for those seeking
    a deeper and broader understanding and experience of Jesus Christ, with
    an opportunity for training in spiritual direction.

    RDL WK4 Day 5 Lenten Journey – Examen of the Week

    Today I turn to the Payer of Examen, a prayer that helps me review my prayer and experience of God over this past week.

    Below, you will find some reminders about entering into a time of examen.

    1. Settle into prayer with thanksgiving.
    I place myself in the presence of God, who is father and mother to us, so much more than we can imagine. I settle into His presence and thank Him for accompanying me on my journey.

    2. Ask for what you seek.
    I ask for the guidance of the Spirit to help me get in touch with my experience of the week. I ask for the ability to recognize, to sense—how the Spirit is leading me through this retreat experience.

    3. Reflect on your Experiences of the Week.
    …I remember moments of the week…
    …I remember resisting God on Day…
    …the Spirit was clearly with me on Day…

    Respond To God
    I dialogue with God who is with us and loves us profoundly in the midst of the reality of my life and experience of the retreat. I talk over with God how I am being called now.
    Adapted from “Orientations” by John Veltri S.J.


    Journal your experience and consider what you may bring to your spiritual director.

    You have finished 5 weeks of intentionally praying with the Scriptures.

    We hope that you have been able to receive the grace that God has offered you on this journey. For some of you, this has been a tiring, yet rewarding experience. For others, this has been a time of small but significant steps toward the Heart of God. And for others, this has been only the beginning.

    So, what’s next?

    • For some, seeking out a “spiritual friend” with whom to share your experience of God—will be the next step.
    • For others, you may desire to continue the relationship with your spiritual director. The spiritual directors with whom you met during this retreat are trained, and have answered a vocational call to this ministry. So, your director will charge a fee, one that will vary usually depending on their level of experience. Talk this over with your spiritual director.
    • To find a Spiritual Director, go to the Emmaus Formation Centre website: www.emmausformation.ca
      One way of continuing to meet with a spiritual director is to take the journey of the Ignatian Spiritual Exercises, upon which the RDL is based. These exercises are offered only by those directors who have done the journey themselves, and have been trained in that area.
    • There are also Franciscan Spiritual Exercises, focusing on St. Francis and his own journey as he gave up all he owned and dwelt with God’s creation, spreading the Gospel as he went.
      Please inquire at info@emmausformation.ca for more information.
    • Spiritual reading is a useful and important accompaniment to the journey. Modern authors such as David Benner, Henri Nouwen, John Ortberg, Richard Foster and Thomas Merton are among many who can enrich your journey as you see the journey through their eyes.
    • If you are interested in a group spiritual direction experience, please contact Sandy Broadus for more information at info@emmausformation.ca Groups meet monthly—as a safe place to share your spiritual journey with others, for the purpose of being with one another, and for one another in prayer.

    Blessings to each and every one of you.
    DOWNLOAD a print copy.

    wave
    quote-right
    Spiritual formation gives us some really important Christian tools, primarily the spiritual practices to meet the deep longings and the big challenges of life.
    Rev. Dr. Paul Bramer
    Enter author information.
    The testimonies of people who had experienced the benefits of having a spiritual director were moving and inspiring. Your ministry is a wonderful expression of God's love and tender care for His treasures here on earth.
    Steve Read, PHD
    Enter author information.
    There's so much more you can learn with other people than when you're just reading scripture by yourself. The Spiritual Direction program has expanded my thinking about God, spirituality and how very different we all relate to Him. I highly recommend this program.
    Tammy Pierce, Emmaus Student
    Enter author information.
    The course has developed a new hunger in me for scripture. I also appreciate the time of group spiritual direction as we process together between classes.
    Lynne Ball, Emmaus Student
    Enter author information.
    Taking time in spiritual direction to reflect on where God is, day-to-day, has awakened in me, a clarity of vision. It has renewed my passion and continues to be a crucial part of my spiritual discipline. The impact of spiritual direction affects not only me, but my congregation and the community we serve.
    Rev. Angie Song, Associate Pastor, Vaughan Community Church
    Enter author information.
    The first course – Introduction to Spiritual Formation – gave us high quality instruction that incorporated visuals, art, music, spiritual direction exercises as well as teaching that reflected a scholarly breadth of understanding and insight into both historical and current Christianity. I’d recommend this course, alone, for anyone interested in gaining a solid introduction into ancient-contemporary Christianity, and grasping something of how our orthopraxy and orthodoxy can fit even better together! Emmaus is a long-waited for gift, to believers and churches in the GTA and surrounding areas.
    Naomi Johnson, Emmaus Student
    Enter author information.
    Ministry is challenging and can leave those who pursue it feeling depleted and lonely. Spiritual direction replenishes me. It deepens my perspective, keeps me grounded in God’s Word and reminds me that I am connected with Jesus and his community of friends.
    Rev. Andrew Gordon, Pastor, Compass Church
    Enter author information.
    I discovered that I was serving out of a depletion—a growing depletion of soul. And so I knew that I needed someone to come alongside of me, and not listen for me—but to listen with me. And I think every emerging leader needs a spiritual director. Not to replace God. Not to replace the discipline of being in silence, in solitude, and listening to God through scripture, through His holy word, through the presence of the Holy Spirit—but to help clarify the questions.
    Rev. Marc Gauvreau – PAOC Discipleship & Spiritual Direction
    Enter author information.
    Spiritual direction and spiritual formation has been a journey that I will continue for as long as I’m in ministry, and as long as I have breath because the benefits are just so astounding, and I can’t imagine carrying on in ministry without it.
    Rev. Ron Shantz, Executive Director, Front Line Outreach
    Enter author information.
    How is your relationship deepened and nurtured in the context of your ministry? Many in ministry often say it’s not, and we’re all running around like a chicken without a head. It’s crucial, that we all have—especially in ministry—a spiritual director. These conversations about spiritual direction are immensely helpful because it starts where you are at—of your own ego and of your own desire to be somebody important in ministry. Now I can lead a life where I'm responding to God, rather than soliciting a response from God.
    Rev. John Kim – Pastor Bridgeway Church
    Enter author information.
    The Individual Retreat is a process over a period of days where you interact with scripture, learn ways of praying, and develop that kind of personal connection with God. So it’s a process of developing our soul-connection—spirit-connection—with God, so that we are seeing God’s work in daily life, and that we are creating space for God in the crush of the normal things that happen in our daily lives. So that is one of the formation processes that an organization like Emmaus can facilitate or help with in churches—is to run retreats like that, that help people get into that mindset.
    Rick Wukasch – Associate Pastor, The Meeting House
    Enter author information.
    quote-right

    Menu

    DONATE
    Login / Register
    • About
    • Leadership
    • Spiritual Direction
    • Training
    • Course Schedule
    • Spiritual Enrichment
    • Contact
    • Sitemap

    Get In Touch

    Subscribe to our mailing list

    info@emmausformation.ca

    Contact

      © 2020 EMMAUS FORMATION CENTRE / SITE BY RIORDON / ALL RIGHTS RESERVED
      DONATE
      Login / Register
      • About
      • Leadership
      • Spiritual Direction
      • Training
      • Spiritual Enrichment
      • My Account
      Emmaus Formation Centre