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Healing Prayer: Practical Mysticism and St. Ignatius’ Spiritual Exercises by Fr. John Horn, SJ
Healing Prayer: Practical Mysticism and St. Ignatius’ Spiritual Exercises
By Fr. John Horn, S.J.
Healing Prayer is a necessary aid to all who guide others into a life of prayer. It is especially meant for spiritual directors and pastors. Several chapters of the book contain interviews with people from various walks of life who share their experiences of praying through the Spiritual Exercises of St. Ignatius of Loyola.
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TESTIMONIALS
“This book will be of help to those who wish to reflect more deeply on their own experience of the Spiritual Exercises, as well as those who guide others in the ministry of spiritual direction. Father Horn shows why the Spiritual Exercises is a true classic.” – Archbishop Paul S. Coakley, S.T.L., D.D. Oklahoma City, OK
“Healing Prayer: Practical Mysticism and St. Ignatius’ Spiritual Exercises implements masterfully the mystical practices that aim for a profound personal transformation through the experience of unity with the divine. Through the use of ‘case studies,’ we are offered a window into being drawn by our desires to be fully consumed in God’s desire for us through the deep seeking of both directee and director in the power of the Holy Spirit.” – Jane Guenther, Director of Catholic Renewal Archdiocese of St. Louis, MO
“Father John Horn, SJ, drawing upon the healing dynamics of the Spiritual Exercises, illustrates how the ‘everyday’ and the ‘practical’ provide the very substance of mysticism. The stories and reflections in this book offer tremendous hope and help the reader to see how everything human, brought to the light of prayer, becomes an opportunity for encounter and deeper communion with the Trinity.” – Fr. Christopher Murphy, Director of Spiritual Formation, Pontifical North American College, Rome, Italy
“For more than five hundred years, people have experienced powerful healing through encountering the transformational love of Christ in making the Spiritual Exercises of Saint Ignatius Loyola. In this book, Father John Horn, SJ uses real-life interviews with people who have made these exercises in conjunction with delving into the Theology underlying, to allow us to understand and appreciate more deeply the powerful gift that Saint Ignatius offers us in his teaching.” – Sheryl Moran, Spiritual Director and Co-Founder of Bethany Retreat Center, Archdiocese of St. Paul, Minneapolis, Minnesota
“The interplay of human memory and imagination at prayer is healing when connected to the living presence of Jesus. In my counseling, I have been privileged to witness the healing dynamic when psychological pain is allowed to be acknowledged and related to Jesus’ forgiving Heart that is described in this wonderful book. The Examen Prayer described in this work is a primary means through which we can daily access the forgiving, healing presence of Jesus’ Spirit. This work points the way to living in an on-going Pentecost.” – Dr. Richard Fitzgibbons, Director of the Institute for Marital Healing Philadelphia, PA
“With personal testimonies and sharing graces given from retreat participants, and the additional insightful theological contributions from Father Horn, this book is informative, challenging, and encouraging for both the retreatant and the spiritual director.” – Adrienne Novotny, Emeritus Director of The Cenacle Spiritual Direction Certificate Program (affiliated with Franciscan University, OH), Clearwater, FL
ABOUT THE AUTHOR
Following his ordination in 1985, Father John Horn, SJ served in the Jesuit Refugee Service in Bataan, Philippines. This assignment was followed by teaching in secondary education in the Maryland Province of the Society of Jesus. In 1992, he was privileged to be a co-founder of the Institute for Priestly Formation (IPF), an institute dedicated to serving diocesan seminarians and priests. In the Institute, he served as spiritual director and teacher in the ministry of The Spiritual Exercises of St. Ignatius Loyola and in administration. Currently, Father Horn is Professor of Spiritual and Pastoral Theology at St. Vincent de Paul Regional Seminary in Boynton Beach, Florida.
Father Éamonn Bourke was ordained to the priesthood in 1996 for the Archdiocese of Dublin, Ireland and served as Vocations Director for the diocese, as well as Pastor in a number of its parishes. Trained as a spiritual director in the contemplative style, he now serves as Chaplain to University College, Dublin, the largest University in Ireland. Father Bourke also serves as a spiritual director for the Institute for Priestly Formation summer program for seminarians in Omaha, Nebraska.
Laura Ercolino is a Catholic mother, writer, artist, and spiritual mentor, best known as the founder of Hope’s Garden, a ministry dedicated to helping women heal from trauma through the redemptive love of Christ the Bridegroom.
Ronda Chervin, PhD, is a professor of philosophy, widow, grandmother, and great grandmother. She has taught at Loyola Marymount University, St. John’s Seminary of Los Angeles, Franciscan University of Steubenville, Our Lady of Corpus Christi, and Holy Apostles College and Seminary. She is the author of numerous books about Catholic living and presents on EWTN and Catholic Radio. Most well-known of her books are The Way of Love, Treasury of Women Saints, Avoiding Bitterness in Suffering: How our Heroes in Faith Found Peace amid Sorrow, and, most recently, with co-author Albert Hughes: Escaping Anxiety on the Road to Spiritual Joy. 
Patricia (Patti) Hershwitzky, Ed.S., is the author of three other books: 
Mary Ott is new to the Christian publishing environment. A cradle-Catholic and a graduate of a Catholic college in California, Mary fully returned to the Catholic faith in early 2023, after a personal experience which she calls “nothing short of a miracle.” Following her illumination of conscience, she began a ‘journey of the soul’ back to Jesus.
