PRAYER OF EXAMEN

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1.     Acknowledge God’s presence.
Ask for grace to review your day. 

2.     Review your day with a posture of gratitude. 
Ask for God's view on the events of your day. 

3.     Recognize the moments of consolation or desolation. 
Ask for help to see either a moment or an overall tone to my day. 

A consolation may be an experience in which you feel close God. 
A desolation may be an experience in which you feel far away from God.

4.     Reflect deeper on the consolation or desolation. 
Ask for insight, understanding, forgiveness, or gratitude.

5.     Look forward to tomorrow with hope.
Ask for grace to live fully into the present and an awareness to be present to your life.