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Chapter
12
Second
Week Rules for Discernment
This chapter covers the Rules for Discernment in the Second Week of the
Spiritual Exercises. There is a commentary on each Rule.
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Chapter 12 --
it will be helpful
to study the
Second Week Rules
[328] to [336]
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Pray
and Reflect:
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How God calls
us beyond "good and bad" to love and work with God more intimately.
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The actions
of God in the Second Week discernment are "delicate, gentle, and
delightful."
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Wonder
and Discuss:
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The Second Week Rules
are about subtleties. They do not apply to everyone. They are
for "devout souls."
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The Rules for Discernment
can be applied to groups as well as individuals.
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Contrast a First Week
person with a Second Week person. How will you know the difference?
Why should you know the difference?
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The Rules for Discernment
encourage a careful monitoring of "spontaneous movements of affectivity."
What discipline is needed to get one's head, heart, faith, and body together
is discernment for decision-making?
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