We are going on a journey of discovery. Our initial step is to move into our hearts, where we will practice interiority and selfawareness. We pause, become attentive, and begin to listen—to ourselves, to the movements within our hearts, and most importantly, to God. Our goal is to discover why the Lord has created us and what He is calling us to become. In the true Ignatian way, we will also begin to recognize what we are attached to—those things, desires, fears, expectations, and patterns that may prevent us from being truly free. As we become aware of these attachments, we learn to let go. And we let go with one purpose alone: to love better and to follow God more freely. As we keep this objective before us, we can expect to discover much about ourselves— and much about our God. He becomes our guiding light as we are gradually drawn into responding to His love for us. His love transforms us. It invites us to die to what keeps us from becoming fully alive, and to be resurrected in Christ.

And so the rhythm of our journey becomes:
Discover the Self.
Discover God.
Die to Self.
Allow Christ to live in us.

As St. Paul says:
“It is no longer I who live, but Christ who lives in me.”

— Galatians 2:20
This is ultimately where our journey of discovery leads—not simply to knowing ourselves better, but to discovering who we are in God, and allowing His love to transform us into the person He created us to be.

John 12.24 New Living Translation I tell you the truth, unless a kernel of wheat is planted in the soil and dies, it remains alone. But its death will produce many new kernels—a plentiful harvest of new lives.