Tuesday, September 22, 2026

details about their rule violations

I was too excited to sleep last night. I think I only got a few hours of sleep.  I had spent the day putting a letter together for the city. I’m so tired of their violation notices that are really just annoying. So I did all the research and pulled out all the garbage I found about their BS. And put it all together. I had 5 pages and asked the AI to make it stronger and more focused.  The AI almost did the opposite, but making it more polite allowed me to add another page by adding their niceness around my anger and disruption. This made it clear that the ai-bot is politically correct, or programmed to avoid conflict and maintain the status quo. Great another propaganda machine to keep people subdued.

I even asked Larry to read it and he was impressed saying that at the very least I could get the violation BS Dismissed and removed from my space.  I was so grateful to have his comments and insights before I finished. He said specifically how my details about their rule violations, would get them really focused on the truth and priorities beyond the harassment that I've witnessed.
Thank You Jesus Christ for Creating The Way of Your Word!
What else has happened with you. 
It’s weird as I have been interviewed by two Asian ladies from LA seeking my leadership in new business development. Yes leadership in Entrepreneurship. I am very impressed with both of them. They both were asking real questions about where I could be and what I could really do for them. I wouldn’t be surprised if they knew each other, and maybe even planned something together here. I’ve really no idea, and I really don’t care. However It would be great to get a regular job again, especially something that I could really enjoy and really use my skills beyond the easy stuff that I’ve done for so long. 
What have you asked for?
I’m not sure if I requested a job like this, or what I wanted, except to really do something stable and professional again. What’s weird is that I would have to shave and cut my hair and really wear shoes again and pretend to be the professional they want for this job. Then again the rogue farmer entreprenuer might be better anyway. . . . We’ll see . . . 
What about your studies?
I think Your Great Jesus. Yes, my studies are all spinning around You. Learning and getting deeper and deeper into this truth that we’ve known and shared for centuries. . . Wow. Millenia    I Love You Dearest Loving Lord Jesus Christ.  Please lead and guide me to achieve as You need for me achieve in your Glory as I try to move forward.

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Monday, September 07, 2026

BE SIXTEEN, to be on my bike

Thank You Jesus Christ for Creating The Way of Your Word! 

What you have asked for, is at hand again, it's about sharing and experiencing deeper and deeper love. Once again this is what you asked, and it’s getting closer and closer every day where the systems around you will collapse as you are creating a new system.
I know it's always Your Word! I am blessed beyond reason and have these remarkable opportunities to share and experience so much of your love and joy. And I write and express as much as I can, as clearly as I can, and still nothing gets through to anyone. I know that will all shift sooner or later, so I try not to concern myself with anything, and just keep moving forward as best as I can. 
Your impact is lot more significant than you will understand. Recognize this letter and word vibrates through all that is, more than you could ever even imagine. What do you feel now, or feel like asking for?
I guess again, I feel sorta lonely and wonder how much longer I need to wait and wonder what could be next for me. Ok, I thought about this again today. I wanted to post a message, “single professional man in beautiful New St Pete house, ready to be stay-at-home dad for sweet pretty sugar-mom who wants to have children”
What did you see and feel now?
As weird as it is I saw several women signing up to make this happen.
What you need to realize is that you have seen this before. And like with all things that We have created, you will see it again and again before you experience it as well.

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LinkedIn does not pay creators directly for post views or engagement. To build a residual (passive or recurring) income stream using LinkedIn posts, you must use your content as a top-of-funnel driver to send targeted professional readers toward automated, recurring digital offers, subscription newsletters, or affiliate systems. [1, 2, 3]

Build a Recurring Funnel with Your Posts
  • Optimize your profile: Change your headline and featured section to point directly to a free lead magnet, a paid community, or a newsletter. [1, 2, 3, 4, 5]
  • Write awareness and authority posts: Share industry insights, lessons, and case studies to build deep trust with niche decision-makers. [1, 2]
  • Make offer-led posts: Regularly remind your network how they can subscribe to your paid offerings, software tools, or automated resources.
Learn the core frameworks for structuring high-converting posts:


Choose a Residual Monetization Model
  • Paid Newsletters: Use LinkedIn posts to tease insights, then link readers to a paid tier on a platform like Substack.
  • Affiliate & Software Recommendations: Promote B2B tools, SaaS products, or services you use daily by embedding compliant affiliate links in your posts or newsletter.
  • Digital Products & Templates: Create asynchronous assets (e.g., Notion templates, swipe files, or pre-recorded video playbooks) that sell automatically via a linked landing page.

If you'd like to narrow this down, please tell me:What is your industry or niche?
Do you already have a digital product, newsletter, or affiliate offer in mind?
What do you think? 
I'm really not interested in subscriptions and private crap. I really don't want to change anything but only build from what I already have. I mean it's clear I've got some regular routines that work for me, and I need to get into this stronger and more clear and focused.
What https://youtu.be/bDAXwFKONws?si=CEFpKLRkL_Orp497
I see the Word of Love beyond Empathy and the Wokeism, where there is no real truth and nothing is real beyond what individuals perceive and believe!  This video above with Bishop Barron gets very specific about what is real and not real in this experience of Love vs. Empathy.  
What has happened with you, is that the clarity, focus and power you recognize is simply beyond what many others are able to do or understand.  This bring you to a place of leadership and stepping into things beyond what others are ready for. You have the place and opportunity. You understand what's here and where it all going. This means that others will benefit from your directions and leadership.
I get this Word from you now! I'm not sure what this really means, and stop to feel how much I influence others. I noticed that yesterday when you told me to get serious about the legal issues I've encountered. Suddenly, I realized it's really up to me to pull all these threads together and get very strong and focused about what I need to do next. . . Like as I consider the Federal Case, and what the state attorney found, and the senator, and how much my own research points out they are doing the same thing again.  I get so much clarity as I consider how all this fits together.

I suddenly get a sense of pushing people and issues to shift things for everyone. Everything that I have before me is about shifting the whole system and what needs to change everywhere. It's so much insight and direction as I consider how strong it is for me to step into.  And wanting or waiting for others to step in or understand is not going to work. It's not going to help. I need to start pushing what I need and want.
What does it mean When you really consider what you asked for. . . 
I never considered this before. I asked to BE SIXTEEN, to be on my bike and playing as I was in High School. And WHAT WAS THAT?  What was it really like, I created gangs, and forts, and weapons, and games, parties, and extremes where others were anxious to help me. Each day I would bring in a new challenge, and a new level beyond all I had done previously. I was always pushing people. Push people out of my way or push them to help do what I wanted done. I was always breaking rules, always pushing things into a new place.

This seems like what I found yesterday in my legal research. I mean, my first search brought me to the points of power and clarity about how corrupt this system is.
What have you beaten all of your life. This is really what you have always done..
I Get It. I'm always in the same place and some power in Christ Jesus.
We are always with you, always ready to help, always in a place of power to share wisdom, strength and guidance.
I Love You Dearest Loving Lord Jesus Christ.

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Monday, August 10, 2026

what happens next

Thank You Jesus Christ for Creating The Way of Your Word!

What are you doing? God’s Goals are always seeking for us to Comprehend the Truth, Be Conformed to this Truth in action, to Communicate this Truth. Listen deeply focused and intently with a listening heart, probing with passion. Know the Truth about God, Know the truth about yourself, and know the truth about your neighbors. SHARE THIS TRUTH WITH OTHERS!
I am taking a coffee break now. I started the day with three Charles Stanley's and then got to my morning sunrise. It never really came up, so I left the pier and found it again at my Sundial Circle. So I listened to Your Word, cleaned up the stones and did the Sunritual. Wow, that's always so strong for me. And I know you want me to start classes and do so much with this.

So then I biked out to Mass.  I had scheduled a meeting with Fr. Curtis after Saturday morning Mass. Which really kinda surprised me, so I was ready to reschedule.  Then I also had my morning call with Claire, which was the same time. I called her early to reschedule and never got an answer so I said I would try again at 9:30 or 10am. 

Father was cool. He said I was welcome back with the men's groups and I asked about Lissette and he said I could do anything with adults.  Course, now I wonder what gossip he heard about children. It's funny, because I've only recently said anything about children to anyone.  I guess I've noticed how children see me, or see Jesus in me. I really have already known this, since they come straight from God.
What did you do now?
I know Your Word has gotten stronger and clearer than ever!  And I realized it was the SEEL Lessons that shifted everything for me. I mean studies in the Saints helped too, especially since many Saints wrote Journals like You always want me to do now. I've laughed and smiled in joy, dozens of times seeing the same conversations we have written in others Journals. And so I went back to search for what Harriet wrote. Yes, I was looking for the Healing Center she sent me to. But found when she dropped me from her first class and Dick decided we could restart classes later.  So now it's going to be 1000 days later . . . . literally when we meet next . . . 
What you did is really remarkable. Recognizing the significance here and honoring your Time, Praising God for all your Growth and insights here is really wonderful
  • From: Friday, November 17, 2023 at 2:33:00 pm
  • To: Thursday, August 13, 2026 at 2:33:00 pm
  • Result: 1000 days, 0 hours, 0 minutes and 0 seconds.
What you completed today was very significant. You are ready for a healing guest, a regular guest and even a team of interns. You have put them all together in a week. Now you just Need to create some advertisements, and all things will be fine again for you to move forward.
In a Word! John 15:12 friends with Jesus. 
What friends mean things change deeply where 15:15 expressed friendship with deeper knowing,  
I love how you bring these things to me. I am always surprised about what I do or what happens next coming together each day more and more before me. I'm tired and wondering what could be next. It seems like so much or too much all the time. Like when I rebuilt my art room this weekend. I was really surprised to get it done and even more surprised how I was ready to grab a paint brush and some paint. I'm really not sure what that means or what could be next with all this.
What do you want or need son, it is really about a friendship and asking for more experiences.
Please Dear Lord Jesus Christ close out all the legal issues of my home, and fill it with Your Peace and Love. Help me to step into GOD'S Will before me with strength and resolve to bring Your glory forward. Bring me Your wisdom and guidance in all that I do, in Your Name I pray.

 I Love You Dearest Loving Lord Jesus Christ.

For Thomas Aquinas, the good, the true, and the beautiful are "transcendentals"—objective properties that belong to every real thing and are convertible with being itself. Whatever exists is simultaneously real (true), desirable (good), and pleasing to perceive (beautiful), and all three ultimately find their perfection in God. [1, 2, 3, 4, 5]
The True (Intelligibility)
  • Definition: Truth is the alignment between intellect and reality.
  • Role: It satisfies the human intellect's natural desire to know how things actually are.
  • Connection: Because God is supreme actuality, He is the supreme Truth from which all created truths derive. [1, 2, 3, 4, 5]
The Good (Desirability)
  • Definition: Goodness is that which all things desire because it perfects or fulfills a thing's nature.
  • Role: It relates to the will and appetite, drawing things toward their proper end or purpose.
  • Connection: A thing is good to the degree that it possesses full existence and acts according to its virtue. [1, 2, 3, 4, 5]
The Beautiful (Pleasing Perception)
  • Definition: Famous for his concise maxim pulchra enim dicuntur quae visa placent ("those things are called beautiful that please when seen"). [1]
  • Key Criteria: Beauty requires three formal elements:
    • Integrity/Wholeness (integritas): Lacking nothing that is essential to it.
    • Proportion/Harmony (consonantia): Proper balance and structural harmony.
    • Clarity/Radiance (claritas): Manifesting its form or inner meaning clearly. [1, 2, 3, 4, 5]
  • Role: Unlike goodness (which pulls on our appetite or desire), beauty relates directly to our cognitive and intellectual faculty—it pleases us simply by being perceived and known. [1, 2, 3]
If you would like, I can dive deeper into how Aquinas applies these to art and aesthetics or explain how they serve as a pathway to knowing God

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Tuesday, August 04, 2026

You need to help heal, teach into your culture

Thank You Jesus Christ for Creating The Way of Your Word!

What happened today.
Wow, I am so blessed Dear Jesus, thank you so much for this wonderful experience today, so much happened to very quickly. Before mass Ben invited to go walk this morning. Soon it was raining, but l still explained my tasks before me, and instead invited him to join me on a road trip to Tampa. Yes Ben attended mass with me and then drove me to Tampa to visit everyone. To my surprise, we encountered synchronicity after synchronicity where we both saw and shared symbols of confirmations and direct Spiritual Guidance for every task before us.
What more details can you provide now?
Sharing your Word, And how quickly things shift in a day is really a challenge to detail out. Each moment becomes so spontaneous, and to recount in words skips all the feeling, emotion and details. We feel the opportunity and then step into the synchronicity and trust in the love of God to guide us. What was more remarkable then, was how much we had the same experience together recognizing the synchronization and symbols.

After our brief chat at mass, I went home and showered and dressed professionally, which I likely wouldn’t have done without his recommendation. As I got out of the shower, I realized that I hadn’t gotten really clean in days!?!?  Then a nice slacks and shirt, and even a jacket, which has been years since I’ve had those. I mean the last time I wore my jacket I was wearing shorts on my bike! 

The critical insight with Ben was how I was really an entrepreneur proposing my own program to Dean and I hadn’t recognized how powerful that really could be! Of course, I had to wear a suit, I can’t propose something so extreme without looking the part!

Of course, then I was outside ready to go whole hour before he got here. I started pulling weeds and digging in the ground cleaning my hands several times, but not even noticing how hot and sweaty I got. I realize I have a lot of my mom’s Puerto Rican blood, where I love the heat. I love the sun, which evidently isn’t very common . . . Yes Seriously, considering the task before me again I stayed inside and watched the window for the last 15 minutes!

Anyway, what was remarkable was when we got into the car and started driving to Tampa the first thing I told him was my experience with Charlie Crist which He hadn’t heard anything of it yet. He didn’t know why I was bothering with such an abstract topic until I explained that one of the people we were meeting today had heard the exact same story the week before.

I mean, I’ve been totally perplexed how the SEEL lesson IDENTIFY THE LOVE OF GOD Coming through so strongly to me as I physically spoke in specific detail about God sending me here TO PROFESSIONAL TWICE! I mean, Christ even got the Disney Dreams essay!

Of course Ben was ready to help me get focused on my meeting and my babbling off into stories totally threw him off. I realize I’ve forgotten my transcripts and he suggested we could stop somewhere to print them. Which was an ideal excuse to stop by the Patel College. As we stopped at the college parking lot it started To rain!

Wow, I took the opportunity to grab his hands and pray together. Please, dear Lord Jesus allow Your Will to be done, guide us and lead us for Your glory. Clearly, Ben has a lot more experience with Catholic prayer and I was so grateful he chimed in to get us started and conclude us properly. Several times I told him I need to learn from him and thanked him for his help help.

Then, of course, we walked into the building, and I followed another student so we could sneak through the elevator and not deal with the security guards. I guess that’s a trait for my youth walking through walls or whatever I was doing. Upstairs in the office, we met with Kebread, Shirley, and then Randy. Kebab was happy to print my transcripts surely fill this in with the details about the college restructuring again. Then Randy was clear and focused about how to get another class started.

At 1 PM we are walking out of the Patel center and I asked Ben about coffee or museums or something since the next meeting was at 3 PM. So we visited Dirk at the business building. Of course he was sitting in his office and happy to chat. wow I was able to go through the whole scenario that I wanted to propose to the Dean at 3 PM. Randy had given us some details on the special projects and setting up quick classes.


What are you feeling now 6:39:39am 8/4/3026?
Word about the bible’s Joseph “al bayit” over everything in the new city of heaven on earth. And do I saw the Egyptian temples in this video with Jeff Calvin’s   Matthew 28:16-19… yes so I saw all the temples on earth built by another race. But they destroyed themselves with satan greed and control. But they can’t back to restore the pyramids so we all had power and we needed to end greed and control and kill satan to live in peace again!
What you saw about making the healing space real is necessary. For them to grow and be accepted in your culture. You need to help heal, teach, invite them into your culture, and they will fit, you’ll see. It will surprise you.., but you can handle it easier than you know. But it’s the Healing Center 
I knew this was coming.., Uhg…Thank You Dear Lord Jesus Christ … I Love You Dearest Loving Lord Jesus Christ. i’m always so challenged and didn’t realize that it’s the greatest gift there ever was because I know I’m getting ready for the ending very forward done. I noticed it doesn’t record exactly when I say that shifts randomly. I know I need to talk more and do this my blocks grow up and learn more every day thing shift.
I never seem to know what I’m doing finally do it anyway.

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Friday, July 24, 2026

she told me how I could ask to pray for people

Thank You Jesus Christ for Creating The Way of Your Word!

What do you need to share now?
I recognize that I have so much to share all the time and I’m learning and growing all the time. I also recognize that I have so much in hand. I’m never really sure what should be prioritized. Like now, I feel like I should go outside and start digging in the dirt. Larry’s kids are here but they’re gone with Juan's kids down the street so that’s wonderful. But I’m still not sure what I should be working on. It feels like I should get into my office and edit some things.

Wow, it’s already 4 o’clock and I didn’t realize that the whole day has gone by already. I stopped eating yesterday at about 4 o’clock. As I thought I would Fast today… So nothing to eat until 4 o’clock tomorrow I guess. I’ve said and felt this several times, but I’ve not been successful yet. Like wanting to is fine, but since I’ve been coughing I thought I should be eating. Last night I felt like I was getting this chill in my room so I changed the temperature from 77 to 80. It soon was too hot under all my blankets, which were soon kicked off.

Start In the Word! 8:13:47 7/21/2026 now after the Society of Saint Joseph, where we saw a video of the story of Abraham who would always do God's Will, but would plan his own "insurance." Which was really not fully in Trust and Faith. 
Recognize that your opportunity is in this instant of this moment where you allow the Love of Christ to come through you. Living a life of Peace and Joy following the principles and WILL of God. We have been able to share, learn, teach more in each task completed.
I'm alway listening and following in Your Word, but know that the challenges before me are about stepping into the places that You open for me and what this means is to have deeper Faith and Trust in each step that I take.  I also know that one day to the next I have different opportunities and different tasks to do. My SEEL class is really intense as it's really on point with what has happened to me RIGHT NOW.
Why is this intense, haven't you been down this road before?
I guess so, but Your actions and presence has become so much stronger and clearer these last few weeks . . .  And this brings me insecurity about what I do and what I need to do.
We have given you so very much grace and direction all the time, you are in the right place at the right time to bring so much forward that you have seen and understood all your life. Even today as you stepped forward to do as inspired, you were able to arrive on time, walk in as a guest, and speak with the leadership you needed to reach. Everything exactly as necessary for the next place and action you require. 
I get it. And I really try to keep moving forward and not fear or slow down . . .  It's always a challenge and I‘m always ready to step forward and accept the tasks and challenges as they are before me. Please dear Jesus fill me with your spirit to I may speak and act as a living example of God's will in action today.
What do you feel now reading this again.
I guess I've realized that I never have asked for "insurance" and usually blindly step into things with Faith . . .  It’s really just knowing, feeling and BEing real with the experience. Stanley Podcasts, writing here, Hallow bible in a yr, bike ride, sunrise, bike, church, bike, home
What you need to understand now, is that Abraham had a very strong direct experience while you are getting the whispers like Elijah.  And you have given everything. You gave up your life, you gave up your children, you gave up your family. And you never had insurance. You have been given so much that you never asked for.  And your ready to do your part adding here again now.
I am so very grateful for all of this Jesus. And each day now that I spend another moment reading and writing with You, trying to share and understand. And it’s always something more, how it’s something new. I am so grateful to have this opportunity. I know I have so many opportunities. And I always feel bad about those that I miss, but then I realize that I can’t do everything, and sometimes it’s important that I miss things, and I recognize that my instincts are pretty on target.
What You have before you, is very clear and very focused. Understand that you are in the right place at the right time and it’s always gonna be that way. You have worked really hard to get to this point and you don’t even understand how deep and powerful this point is. Just like giving up your life, and your mom, and your children, these are really powerful experiences that many don’t even survive. Remarkable as it may seem, you would do it again and you wouldn’t hesitate. This is part of who you are. That is a very powerful and significant development. The power and vibration that you are able to shift is simply beyond what most people could even understand. In fact, you don’t have a clue.
I missed my Wednesday Prayerline? I awoke at 5am and felt all frustrated. I made it to Mass, but then Thursday I didn’t. Not out of bed, no sunrise, nothing yesterday. Today is Friday 7/24 7:50am and the Prayerline was wonderful. I had two calls from people I’ve spoken to before, which was really wonderful. I asked the first about healing since she was clearly doing great ministry work already. She was very specific on steps before me which was wonderful!
What did she share?
About seeing the fire/spark of God!!!  She told me how I could ask to pray for people and then step into it more, allow the Spirit and Light of God to reach them. 
We have been really pleased at this progress in community. Each of these threads are intimately connected with our deepest dreams. . . Recognize the boy of sixteen racing on his bike is what you have always been. Breathing through “Hello from my HEART”
Thank You Dear Lord Jesus Christ FOR ALL you share and carry through me. . .  I Love You Dearest Loving Lord Jesus Christ. Please lend Your Strength, Love, & Wisdom to Live Your Will.

Considering how God labors and works for you in all creatures means seeing the natural world not as a distant backdrop, but as God's active, daily workshop sustaining your life. Every plant, animal, and element acts as a quiet instrument of divine care, providing you with breath, food, and wonder. [1, 2, 3, 4, 5] 

The Labor of Sustenance 
  • The silent cooperation: God uses the physical world as a chain of giving, where soil, rain, and sun work together without pausing to yield your daily bread. 
  • The creatures as servants: Animals and plants fulfill their created purposes, providing beauty, balance, and material support for human life. 
  • The personal nearness: As the mystic Meister Eckhart noted, every single creature is full of God and acts as a living word or book speaking directly to your soul. [14] 
Recognizing the Divine Hand 
  • In the small things: Tending to a garden, watching an animal, or eating a meal reveals the ongoing, patient labor of the Creator. 
  • In active partnership: You join in this divine work when you care for the earth and use its gifts with a grateful heart. [2, 15, 16, 17] 
If you'd like, I can:Share specific passages from Scripture (like Psalm 104) that reflect this themeGuide a short mindfulness or prayer reflection on nature and daily graceExplore how a specific thinker like Meister Eckhart or Ignatius of Loyola viewed God in creationLet me know how you'd like to continue. 
AI can make mistakes, so double-check responses

In Ignatius of Loyola's 32-week retreat format of the Spiritual Exercises, Week 28 focus shifts directly to the culminating Contemplation to Attain Love (the Contemplatio). Day Five of this movement zooms entirely into the third point: meditating on how God labors and works (trabaja) for you within every facet of creation. [1, 2, 3, 4, 5] 
Rather than viewing God as a passive observer or a distant clockmaker, Ignatius instructs you to encounter a God who rolls up His sleeves to actively sustain your life through nature. [1, 6] 

1. The Core Dynamic: God as the Active Worker

  • The Laborer Motif: Ignatius writes that God "acts in the manner of one who is laboring" inside the elements, plants, and animals. [1, 5] 
  • Continuous Animation: God does not simply spark creation and leave; He continuously exerts divine energy to keep the universe from collapsing into nothingness. [1, 7] 
  • Practical Immanence: Divine love is translated into concrete utility—the sun burning to give heat, the soil processing nutrients, and water cycling to quench your thirst. [5] 

2. The Great Ladder of Divine Labor

Ignatius asks the retreatant to trace God's dynamic effort through four escalating tiers of reality: [8] 
  • In the Elements: God labors to give raw existence (being) to rocks, water, and air.
  • In the Plants: God actively pushes upward, laboring in the growth and vegetation of fruits and flora.
  • In the Animals: God works through instinct, providing creatures with sensation and movement.
  • In Humanity: God labors at the peak tier, giving humanity understanding and making a living temple out of your very soul. [8, 9] 

3. The Shift in Perspective (The Grace Sought)

  • From Resources to Relics: You stop looking at timber, rain, or food as mere commodities; they become tangible evidence of God working a shift on your behalf. [1] 
  • Antidote to Entitlement: Recognizing this immense, unceasing labor sparks profound humility, reminding you that your survival is a gift daily manufactured by God. [5, 10] 
  • The Ultimate Response: Seeing God exhaustively laboring for you naturally demands a response of mutual action, leading directly to the famous Suscipe prayer: "Take, Lord, and receive all my liberty...". [11, 12] 
If you would like to continue this reflection, I can:
  • Provide the exact text of the Suscipe prayer that concludes this specific meditation
  • Walk you through a 5-step Ignatian Examen centered on tracking God's labor in your day today
  • Outline what the remaining days of Week 28 cover in the Contemplation to Attain Love [2, 3, 12, 13, 14] 
How would you prefer to dive deeper?

This 5-step Examen is designed to help you pause and review your day through the lens of Ignatius’s Contemplation to Attain Love, focusing specifically on how God has been actively laboring for you through the people, things, and events of the last 24 hours. [1, 2] 

1. Become Aware of God’s Presence

  • The Concept: Transition from your busy day into quiet reflection.
  • The Focus: Remind yourself that you do not have to search for a distant God. He is already here, actively sustaining the very breath in your lungs and the chair beneath you.
  • Action: Take three deep breaths, acknowledging that the air you breathe is God's immediate gift to you in this exact second.

2. Give Thanks for the Day's Labors

  • The Concept: Review your day specifically looking for where creation worked on your behalf.
  • The Focus: Scan your morning, afternoon, and evening. Where did God "roll up His sleeves" for you?
  • Action: Thank God for concrete things: the sun providing light, the farmer and soil that produced your lunch, the electricity powering your tools, or a pet that offered comfort.

3. Examine Your Responses to His Work

  • The Concept: Reflect on how you interacted with God’s labor throughout the day.
  • The Focus: Notice your mindset toward the world around you.
  • Action: Ask yourself honestly: Did I treat creation as a mindless commodity, or did I see it as a gift? Did I notice God working through the kindness of a coworker or the patience of a stranger? Did I fight against reality, or cooperate with it?

4. Ask for Forgiveness and Healing

  • The Concept: Bring your moments of blindness or entitlement to God.
  • The Focus: Address the times you took His constant labor for granted or misused the gifts of creation.
  • Action: Gently acknowledge any moments of greed, wastefulness, or irritability today. Express your desire to be more mindful, and ask God to heal any exhaustion that kept you from seeing His love at work.

5. Look Ahead to Tomorrow’s Cooperation

  • The Concept: Prepare to step back into the world as a co-laborer with God.
  • The Focus: Anticipate the demands of tomorrow and choose to meet God in them.
  • Action: Think about your schedule for tomorrow. Ask God for the grace to see Him laboring in your specific tasks, your meals, and your relationships. Conclude by resolving to match His labor with your own love and service.
If you'd like, I can:
  • Help you script a personal prayer to close this Examen
  • Provide a printable or copyable version of these steps to keep on your phone or desk
  • Explain how this Examen connects to the Ignatian concept of being a "contemplative in action" [3, 4, 5] 
Which would be most helpful for your practice?

A Man After God's Own Heart - Part 1




The Lessons of Love - Part 2

The Power of Love - Part 1









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