The editor of the present volume, Father Jacques Servais, SJ, has thematically arranged texts on the Ignatian Exercises that he has drawn from the entire corpus of Hans Urs von Balthasar’s writings. The result is a systematic commentary on the Exercises that will be of value both to retreat-masters and to theologians working on Ignatian thought and spirituality. At the same time, the anthology opens a window into the heart of Balthasar’s own theology, which can be understood as an unfolding of the spiritual attitude at the core of the Exercises.

First German edition (1993) was translated into French and Spanish; in 2022, Johannes Verlag published a fundamentally revised new version with new texts. The American translation corresponds to the 2022 edition.