Finding and amplifying your voice before God remains essential to the health and vitality of your spiritual life. Your awareness of the Celtic tradition and the Ignatian exercises will always remind you that the divine and the mundane are not separate, but intimately interwoven. Through your prayer, you will continue to ask for (and receive) God’s assisting presence in understanding and responding to your personal vocation.
 
Still, it is important that you find the forms of prayer that suit you and your personality. You may find that the prayer techniques used in this program continue to nourish your spiritual life, and They will become an organic part of your daily routines  with continued time and practice. This may take you deeper into the Celtic traditions or the Ignatian exercises, giving you both the language and the structures to express God's activity in your life and the world around you.
 
However, you may choose to incorporate other follow paths of prayer quite different from those which you walked during your time in this program. If so, do not be afraid to experiment with new approaches to prayer. If you approach prayer (both as an activity and a style of communication) with a discerning heart, you will be able to know whether they are helping you understand the graces of God which surround you or are becoming an impediment to that understanding.
 
Some books which may help you find the styles of prayer best suited to you include Prayer: Finding the Heart’s True Home by Richard J. Foster, Prayer and Temperament by Chester P. Michael, and Prayer Personalities by Janet Holm McHenry.
 
In your prayer, regardless of the form it takes, all you need to do is to continue asking for God's assistance in helping you become a better instrument of God’s love in the world.

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