On retreats and in prayer, we often seek graces to be liberated “from” something that holds us back and to be liberated “for” some greater good. Here is a list of some conditions in which we desire to be freed for some new and life-giving aspect in our lives.
• Freedom
• Righteousness
• Peace with God and with others
• Confidence in life
• New creation
• Restoration of all things
• Joy
• Happiness
• Living
• Life in eternal glory
• Love
• Hope
• Sanctification
• Ethical commitment to the good
• All that is noble, true, just, pure, attractive, deserving of love
• To be generous and warm to each other
• To overcome evil with good
• To share goods for healing and making whole
• To be imitators of God
• To walk in love as Christ loved us
John Predmore, S.J., is a USA East Province Jesuit and was the pastor of Jordan's English language parish. He teaches art and directs BC High's adult spiritual formation programs. Formerly a retreat director in Gloucester, Massachusetts. Ignatian Spirituality is given through guided meditations, weekend-, 8-day, and 30-day Retreats based on The Spiritual Exercises of St. Ignatius of Loyola. Ignatian Spirituality serves the contemporary world as people strive to develop a friendship with God.
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