Table 1. Spatial stage and placeness of the ‘Spiritual Exercise’

Process Theme of Prayer Spatial stage of ‘Spiritual Exercise’ Placeness and images of the pilgrimage
1. Preparation Incarnation and birth of Christ The crib of a barn in a suburban town A place of humility and joy
Presentation of Jesus at the temple and flight into Egypt The temple and the coastline of the Mediterranean A place of waiting and prophesying
Infant Jesus at Nazareth The rural village adjacent to a foreign country A carpentry as a job and question-and-answer education
2. Public Ministry Baptism at the Jordan River Riverside with frequent flooding A place of renewal through full immersion into water and manifestation of heavenly sign
Temptation in the wilderness The white calcareous wilderness A place of test through which Jesus is emptied himself and become fully dependent on the Word
Calling the disciples Around Lake Galilee, as wide as the sea From the place of labor to the place of calling
Sermon on the Mount Hill that can gather more than 5,000 people A place of showing Truth to all people
Walking on water Lake Galilee that is sometimes calm and sometimes stormy A place of falling into the water without attentiveness
Sermon at the temple Inner/outer ward, in many parts of the castle A house of the Word and prayer (the analogy of plant growth and spiritual growth)
Resurrection of Nazarus The cave tomb carved from rock A place of both sorrow and resurrection
Contemplation on Palm Sunday The very crowded street in Jerusalem A entrance of making decision to meet the Passion
3. Passion week The Last Supper The house of a wealthy Jew A place of serving others through sharing flesh and blood
Dying on cross Gethsemane hill in the olive grove, rock of Golgotha hill A place of human weakness (a place where olive oil was ‘squeezed’)
Buried in a grave The cave in a rocky mountain A place of freedom through victory over death
4. Resurrection Jesus’ acts post-resurrection The graveside, roadside, lake and an attic of a house A place of commissioning to witness life