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Foreword by the Rt Revd Christopher Chessun, Bishop of Southwark
Preface – That in all things, God may be glorified
What is the purpose of this book?
ST FRANCIS OF ASSISI and ST IGNATIUS OF LOYOLA
Introduction – In my beginning is my end
The priest as a ‘walking sacrament’
‘The Lord’s breast is the sponge of the heart.’
1. What Do You Seek? A passion for God
The compassionate Heart of Jesus
2. Still I Rise – Confession, Absolution and Reconciliation
RANSOMED, HEALED, RESTORED, FORGIVEN
‘All may; none must; some should’
What happens in Confession?
Confession and conversion
No one will come!
Trained and prepared
Penance, advice and absolution
The ‘seal’ of the Confessional
Devotional Confessions
Confession and spiritual direction
Guilt, shame and remorse
3. The Heart of a Servant – The diaconate as the wellspring of the priesthood
I was blind but now I see
IN THE WORLD BUT NOT OF THE WORLD
Paradigm shifts
‘White space’
Waiting for God
CALLED TO OBEDIENCE
Pride
CALLED TO HUMILITY
CALLED TO BE A SERVANT
The beauty of service
The Practice of the Presence of God
CALLED TO BE A PROPHET
Herald of the Great King
4. Formed in the Likeness of Christ –Formators and formation
Christ’s oblation and our formation
FORMATIONAL SUPERVISION
The Examen
Learning agreements
Basic norms of supervision
Formators and formation
TRANSFORMED INTO THE LIKENESS OF CHRIST
Secret ways to successful ministry
A career in the Church
Formed for heaven
Formed for compassion
5. The Land of Spices – Prayer beyond the beginnings
Prayer
PRIESTLY PRAYER
Our image of God determines our prayer
Varieties of prayer: imaginative
Paying attention
Place your mind in your heart
PRAYER AND MINISTRY
Prayer and overactivity
Be silent, still, aware
Prayer is not easy
Distractions in prayer
FELT ABSENCE OF GOD IN PRAYER
Poustinia
When prayer becomes dull
THIRSTING FOR GOD
Time for the Heart of Jesus
Seeking and finding God in all things
Everyday contemplation: the example of the Little Brothers and Sisters of Jesus
Love divine, all loves excelling
6. Seven Times a Day I Praise You – The Daily Office
The place of the Office in the life of the Church
Ora et labora
WHEN THE OFFICE LOSES ITS FRESHNESS
‘I don’t need to say the Office’
Joining with an unseen host
A PRAYER BEFORE THE OFFICE
Preparation of place
THE BODY AT PRAYER
Sitting, standing, bowing, kneeling
PRAYING THE OFFICE
The psalms
Praying the psalms
Praying with Scripture
In Christ alone
7. Eucharistic Living – The sacrament of cosmic communion
Holy living
Presiding and praying
THE ICONIC NATURE OF THE PRIESTHOOD
The priest as an alter Christus
The priest as an icon of Christ
What is an icon?
Mary, mother and priest?
The Church as the icon of Christ
CELEBRATING THE MYSTERY
Preparing
Vesting
Liturgy of the Word
Intercessor
The Eucharistic Prayer
Saved by disability
A living sacrifice
‘MASS OF THE WORLD’
Living Eucharistically
Christ present in all people
8. Living in Ordinary Time – Developing a wholesome life
SPIRITUAL DIRECTION
What is spiritual direction?
The desire for God
A note for spiritual directors
RETREATS AND QUIET DAYS
PASTORAL SUPERVISION
RULE OF LIFE
Discernment
Making choices in life
THE SINGLE LIFE
CELIBACY
Anglicans and celibacy
PARTNERS FOR LIFE
PARTICULAR RELATIONSHIPS
HEALTHY LIVING
THROUGH DARKNESS AND PERPLEXITY
Growing into Christ
9. Being Beneath the Role – Discovering our personal vocation
‘What a piece of work is a man!’
THE PARADOX OF BEING
Putting on masks
Engulfed by Church
Spirituality and sexuality
BEING HONEST
BEING DIFFERENT: LGBTI
BEING IN CHRIST
Beneath the role
The call to sanctity
THE PERSONAL VOCATION
Letting go
10. In My End is My Beginning – Life in the Trinity
Retiring?
LOVE WAS OUR LORD’S MEANING
In my end is my beginning
Indifference
LETTING GO
To the glory of God
Abandoned to love
ATTAINING THE LOVE OF GOD
All in the end is harvest
