If you can put up with the sheer intricacy of Dr. Ivereigh's new 2024 book, you will most likely learn a lot about the thought of the doctrinally conservative Pope Francis.
In Dr. Ivereigh's "Introduction" (pp. xv-), he says that he was asked to lead an eight-day preached retreat for the British Province of Jesuits in July 2020 at the Jesuit spirituality center in North Wales. However, the coronavirus pandemic prevented that retreat from being preached in person. Instead, the participants were "linked by screens" (p. xv). Dr. Ivereigh says, "Getting vaccinated and staying at home for the sake of the elderly and vulnerable reminded us that there is a common good that comes before our own interests" (p. xvi).
Dr. Ivereigh also says: "Days One, Two, and Three [of the eight-day preached retreat] belong to the first 'week' [of the four so-called 'weeks' in the Spiritual Exercises of St. Ignatius Loyola]]; Days Four through Six belong to the second 'week'; Days Seven and Eight belong to the third and fourth 'week.' There are four reflections for each day and suggestions for prayer" (pp. xix-xx).
The subtitle of Dr. Ivereigh's new 2024 book says, "On Retreat with Pope Francis." On the page titled "Note on Acronyms" (p. xxi), Dr. Ivereigh lists the most frequent acronyms he uses in in-text parenthetical documentation, including eight works by Pope Francis - including seven papal documents (dated 2013, 2015, 2016, 2018, 2019, 2020, and 2022) and the 2020 book Let Us Dream. In-text parenthetical documentation is also used for scripture quotations.
The other parts of Dr. Ivereigh's new 2024 book include the following:
Day One: "Wonderfully Made" (pp. 1-19);
Day Two: "To Come Out from Ourselves" (pp. 21-42);
Day Three: "The Lord of the World [Satan]" (pp. 45-63);
Day Four: "Called, Chosen, Sent" (pp. 65-85);
Day Five: "The Ecology of Mercy" (pp. 87-109);
Day Six: "Around the Common Table" (pp. 111-133);
Day Seven: "The Triumph of Failure [failure = the crucified Jesus Christ]" (pp. 135-155);
Day Eight: "A New Imagination of the Possible" (pp. 157-178);
"A User Guide" (pp. 179-181);
"Overview of the Retreat" (pp. 182-183);
"Leaving the Exercises" (pp. 185-188);
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