Sacred Space Daily Prayer Avis

Sacred Space is inspired by the spirituality of Saint Ignatius of Loyola, a sixteenth-century Basque, whose insights into God's working with the human heart have been of great assistance to countless people over the centuries and are found more helpful than ever today.

Permission to reproduce any material from the language versions can be directed to the local language editors - please locate the Sacred Space website information page, which can be found on the primary index page of this app.

Scripture quotations are from the New Revised Standard Version Bible: Anglicised Edition, copyright 1989, 1995, Division of Christian Education of the National Council of the Churches of Christ in the United States of America.

We offer the pages of the site to guide you through a session of prayer, in six stages, including preparing your body and mind, and culminating in reflection on a scripture passage chosen specially for the day.

All other material on our site is the copyright of Sacred Space.

The presentation, content and texts in use on the site have been developed in collaboration with the network of local language teams around the world.

Sacred Space is a joint apostolate of the Irish Province of the Society of Jesus - the Jesuits, and Loyola Press.

It might seem strange to pray at your computer, in front of a screen or using your smartphone, especially if there are other people around you, or distracting noises.

The site originated in the offices of the Jesuit Communication Centre in Ireland in 1999.

Each stage is a kind of exercise or meditation aimed at helping you get in touch with God, and God's presence in your life.

Within a short time, many other languages were introduced.

Although they are written in the first person - "I" - the prayers are for doing, rather than for reading out.

For more information about this translation see NRSV.net NCC websites.

But God is everywhere, all around us, constantly reaching out to us, even in the most unlikely situations.