A higher Power: Revisiting the Parallels between the Spiritual Exercises and the Twelve Steps
The article presents the author's experience of attending a weekly Alcoholics Anonymous meeting, doing thirty-day Spiritual Exercises, and following twelve steps that helped him leave alcohol and connect with Jesus. It mentions that during the process, discernment is made by alcoholics with the...
| Published in: | The Way |
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| Format: | Electronic Article |
| Language: | English |
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Jesuits
2022
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| In: |
The Way
Year: 2022, Volume: 61, Issue: 2, Pages: 65-69 |
| Further subjects: | B
Christian Life
B Spiritual Exercises B TWELVE-step programs B Alcoholics Anonymous B Discernment of spirits |
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| Summary: | The article presents the author's experience of attending a weekly Alcoholics Anonymous meeting, doing thirty-day Spiritual Exercises, and following twelve steps that helped him leave alcohol and connect with Jesus. It mentions that during the process, discernment is made by alcoholics with their sponsors, both being empowered by their respective Higher Powers, which leads the alcoholics to a new path of transformation and discipleship. |
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