Silent Examen

The Examen prayer is one of the foundations of Ignatian prayer. This audio version of the God In All Things-adapted Examen is without music. The track begins and ends with a chime from a singing bowl and offers silent pauses between each prompt. While the Examen can be prayed at any time of day, it is ideally prayed at the close of the day so you can reflect on the last 24 hours.

Transcript

Your desire to pray this examen indicates a deep interior desire to know God and know yourself in a deeper way.

This desire indicates God's presence right now and God's desire to enter into this prayer time with you.

Let us ask the Holy Spirit to shed light onto this examen.

For a moment,

Notice God gazing upon you in love.

Now go through all the events of your day.

Let them come to mind naturally,

Without effort.

What did you do?

Whom did you meet?

What happened to you?

Re-experience these events.

Let any feelings come on their own.

Feel free to express to God what was good,

What was hard.

God is listening right now.

Notice the feelings that have arisen within you.

You may have experienced all kinds of feelings and emotions,

Joys,

Sorrows,

Delights,

And sadness.

Express those feelings to God and know that God experiences those feelings with you.

As you've taken note of all the goings on and feelings of the day,

There may have been one feature you kept going back to.

One thing,

Either something that happened,

Perhaps an interaction,

A relationship,

Or a feeling you felt that kept drawing you back to examine more.

What is that thing?

Take some time to pray with just that.

What can you take from that thing?

What might God have been teaching you through that?

Finally,

Consider today what you have done for God.

How have you lived the gospel message of peace,

Charity,

And bold love?

And based on your prayer and reflection in the last few minutes,

What more can you do in your daily living?

This is what Jesuits call magis,

Which is Latin for more.

What is the magis that will change how you live and love tomorrow?

What is the magis that will change how you live and love tomorrow?

Father,

I seek refuge with you from Christ.

Reviews

Lovely. Thank you.

Excellent

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Wonderful, great spacing for meditation 🧘‍♀️ namaste 🙏🏽

Andy❣️
Thank you for this “Silent” version of the “Evening Examen”. I really love the stretches of silence to consider, quietly, the day which is coming to an end.
I use both the “Morning Examen” and the “Evening Examen” to begin snd end my days; they have been such a blessing. 🙏🏻💕

Wonderful. Thank you.

Very nice! Thankyou 🙏🏻

Love this time to sit and reflect with my God. 🙏💕

Excellent examen. Really enjoyed it. Thank you.

Helpful. Thank you!

Great way to reflect on the day and God's presence.

Thank you for the reflection on my day and the question about how I can improve. I enjoyed the silence and the presence of God. 🙏