Ignatian Discernment Resources
Ignatian Spirituality.com
http://ignatianspirituality.com/making-good-decisions/discernment-of-spirits/
Key Ideas About Discernment
Introduction to Discernment of Spirits
Good and evil spirits, consolation and desolation, and rules for discernment.
Discernment in a Nutshell
By Joseph Tetlow, SJ
The basics: spirits, feelings, and why they are useful.
Rules for Discernment
Ignatius distilled what he knew about discernment into 22 rules.
The Difference Between Consolation and Feeling Good
By Margaret Silf
The direction of our attention points out the crucial difference.
Using the Tools of Discernment
How Do I Know I’m Experiencing God?
By William A. Barry, SJ
Ignatius’s rules can help us sort out spiritual experience.
How to Know That a Choice Is Right
By William A. Barry, SJ
Barry discusses the most important criterion for confirming a good decision.
The Devil Comes Cloaked as an Angel of Light
By William A. Barry, SJ
Pitfalls and complexities in discerning spirits.
More Information about Discernment
YouTube: Discernment of Spirits
A video produced by the Jesuits of the California Province.
dotMagis Posts About the Discernment of Spirits
From the category archives of the dotMagis blog.
Video: Discernment of Spirits
The first part of this video explains the basic ideas of Ignatian discernment. Narrated by John Brown, SJ.
Discernment: Consolation and Desolation
by Margaret Silf
This excerpt from Margaret Silf’s Inner Compass can serve as a “Beginner’s Guide” to Ignatian discernment. Silf points to many of the elements of discernment but will leave most people wanting to know more.
How to Survive Desolation
By Thomas F. Fischer
A succinct summary of Ignatius’s advice for handling desolation.
Discernment: Recognizing God’s Voice
By Brian Incigneri
A general survey on spiritual discernment based on Thomas Green’s Weeds Among the Wheat. Article discusses rules of discernment, ways of making a choice, and consolation and desolation. Article finishes with a note on St. Teresa of Avila and discernment.
Discernment and Fluctuations of Mood
by Brian O’Leary, SJ
Emotional fluctuations bring self-awareness and can reveal the direction in which God is leading you. This short take on discernment by Irish Jesuit Brian O’Leary, SJ, places it directly within the context of the Spiritual Exercises.
The Affective Dimension of Discerning and Deciding (PDF)
by Franz Meures, SJ
Article exploring the place of the emotions in Ignatian discernment. Especially helpful for spiritual directors.
Books
Spiritual Consolation: An Ignatian Guide for the Greater Discernment of Spirits
By Timothy Gallagher, OMV
The Discernment of Spirits: The Ignatian Guide for Everyday Living
By Timothy Gallagher, OMV
Discernment
#77 – Podcast - Ron Mercer, SJ – Discernment and Life Choice
http://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/the-church-in-21st-century/id215350243
Webcast
http://www.bc.edu/church21/webcast.html?Mercier_03.26.09_256K.mp4#feature-area
Toward A Theology of Discernment - William Barry, SJ
The Way, 64, Spring 1989
Ignatian Spirituality
Howard Gray, SJ
Ignatius's Method for Letting God Shine through Life's Realities
http://www.companymagazine.org/v163/asiseeit.html
Ignatian Spirituality: What are We Talking about and Why?
Howard Gray SJ
http://www.jcu.edu/pubaff/eyeonjcu/gray_services.htm#Ignatian%20Spirituality
Decisions by Discernment, Fr Randy Roche, SJ
http://www.lmu.edu/libraries_research/CIS/Decisions_by_Discernment/Making_Decisions.htm#top
Decision-Making - A More Useful Format For Discerning
by John Veltri, sj
http://www.jesuits.ca/orientations/bob/Decision-Making%20Format%20For%20Personal%20Use.htm
Powerpoint on Discernment
Ignatian Discernment. Step one: Ask for openness to God's presence in your life. Step two: Imagine various outcomes of the particular decision. ...
academic.regis.edu/tleining/.../Ignatian%20Discernment%20Process.ppt
Making Life Decisions According to the Ignatian method of Discernment
is meant and aimed at by Ignatian discernment. "Criteria" are distinguishing marks, which should give clues for the. "correctness" of a matter. ...
www.sjweb.info/documents/cis/pdfenglish/200511008en.pdf
Catholic TV – Discerment of Spirits – Fr. Tim Gallagher
http://www.catholictv.com/shows/default.aspx?seriesID=43&videoID=522
Discernment in Everyday Life – Charles Shelton, SJ
http://www.spiritualitytoday.org/spir2day/823444shelton.html
Discernment of Spirits – Brian McDermott, SJ (six You Tube Series)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3G9oyk8Whv0