In celebration of the 175th anniversary of Holy Trinity’s Church building, the Ignatian Spirituality & Jesuit Identity Committee offers these guided Ignatian imaginative prayers (also called Ignatian contemplation). St. Ignatius teaches us that we can use our imaginations to pray – that we may encounter God, especially when we ask. In his Spiritual Exercises, St. Ignatius often invites us to imagine a Gospel scene and place ourselves in it using all of our senses. He also proposes scenarios that don’t appear in scripture for the retreatant to imagine – moments of holy encounter. We propose something similar with these prayers — a moment to encounter our own history, and the people who lived it, through prayerful imagination. We trust that God’s Holy Spirit is present and active with us as we pray in this way.
Holy Trinity
Catholic Church
1315 36th Street, NW
Washington, DC 20007
Washington, DC 20007