The Spiritual Exercises: are not only addressed to Jesuits but also to the religious of other congregations; not only to religious people but also to lay people; not only to Catholics but also to Protestants. In other words, the Spiritual Exercises are aimed at all those who believe in God and base their spirituality on the message of the Gospel. First I will define what a spirituality of vocation is. Secondly I will explain what the Spiritual Exercises mean. Thirdly I will try to show how the Spiritual Exercises are a representation of a universal call to the Christian gospel. So I will conclude by stating my position. In his book Spirituality and Prayer, Kevin defines spirituality as a movement that involves humans' knowledge of God and their response to God. This suggests a calling from one party, God, and the response from one other part, human beings, which leads to a relationship. A Relationship, among human beings, is a sort of significant connection between two or more parties. This mutual involvement could be emotional. In other words, human relationships involve relationships, associations, affairs, contacts and even interactions. Keeping this in mind you can more or less easily build a relationship with God that can be defined as spirituality. A spirituality is based on a specific understanding of God, of God's relationship to the world, and of the human person in that world. As mentioned above, spirituality involves a response that presupposes a calling. From a religious point of view, the call can also be defined as a vocation. What then is a spirituality of vocation? This is essentially a universal call to the Christian gospel. In other words, it is an all-encompassing relationship that concerns the encounter... half of the paper... “Spiritual Exercises”. http://www.scu.edu/scm/summer2006/spiritual.cfm Accessed: 08 March 2011.Ignatius of Loyola. The Spiritual Exercises. Trans. George E. Ganss. Indian 2nd ed. Gujarat; India: Gujarat Sahitya Prakash, 1995. “Ignatian Spirituality.” http://ignatianspirituality.com/what-is-ignatian-spirituality/ Accessed: March 8, 2011.McNally, Robert E., SJ The Council of Trent, the Spiritual Exercises and the Catholic Reformation. History of the Church, vol. 34, no. 1. (March 1965), pp. 36-49. http://links.jstor.org/sici?sici=00096407%28196503%2934%3A1%3C36%3ATCOTTS%3E2.0.CO%3B2-Q Accessed: ‎08 ‎March ‎2011.Rulla, LM, SJ Anthropology of the Christian vocation. Vol.1: Interdisciplinary foundations. Rome: Gregorian University Press, 1986.Tetlow, Joseph A., S.J. “Explaining the Spiritual Exercises.” http://www.loyolapress.com/ Accessed: 08 March 2011.