70 Scripture Passages for Imaginative Prayer
Here are 70 readings you can use for imaginative prayer (also known as Ignatian contemplative prayer). Page numbers refer to the location of the corresponding reading guide in the book Imagine You Walked with Jesus: A Guide to Ignatian Contemplative Prayer. Get this list as a free PDF.
| READING | SCRIPTURE | PG # |
| The Annunciation | Lk 1:26–38 | – |
| Mary Visits Elizabeth | Lk 1:39–49 | 33 |
| The Birth of Jesus | Lk 2:1–20 | 37 |
| Following the Star of the Messiah | Mt 2:1–12 | 43 |
| The Circumcision | Lk 2:21 | – |
| The Presentation | Lk 2:22–38 | – |
| The Holy Family Flees to Egypt | Mt 2:13–15, 19–21 | 47 |
| The Hidden Life of Jesus | Lk 2:51–52 | – |
| The Finding of Jesus in the Temple | Lk 2:41–51 | 51 |
| John Baptizes Jesus in the Jordan River | Mk 1:4–11 | 55 |
| The Temptation of Christ | Mt 4:1–11 | – |
| Jesus Calls His First Disciples | Jn 1:35–51 | – |
| The Miraculous Catch of Fish | Lk 5:3–11 | 59 |
| The Wedding at Cana | Jn 2:1–10 | 63 |
| A Busy Day in Capernaum | Mk 1:29–39 | 67 |
| Jesus Heals a Paralyzed Man | Mk 2:1–12 | 71 |
| Jesus Raises a Young Man from the Dead | Lk 7:11–17 | – |
| Jesus Heals the Centurion’s Servant | Mt 8:5–13 | 75 |
| Jesus Heals on the Sabbath | Mk 3:1–6 | – |
| Jesus Calms the Stormy Sea | Mk 4:35–41 | 79 |
| Jesus Forgives the Sinful Woman | Lk 7:36–50 | – |
| Jesus Cures a Demoniac | Mk 5:1–20 | – |
| Jesus Calls Matthew and Eats with Sinners | Mt 9:9–13 | 83 |
| Jairus’s Daughter and a Hemorrhaging Woman | Lk 8:40–56 | 87 |
| Jesus Sends His Disciples to Proclaim the Kingdom | Lk 10:1–12, 17–20 | 91 |
| Jesus Cures the Deaf and Mute Man | Mk 7:31–37 | – |
| Jesus Heals the Bent Woman | Lk 13:10–17 | 95 |
| The Samaritan Woman at the Well | Jn 4:4–30, 39–42 | 99 |
| Jesus Feeds the People | Mt 14:14–20 | 105 |
| Jesus Cures the Paralytic at Bethesda | Jn 5:1–18 | – |
| “I Am the Bread of Life” | Jn 6:22–69 | – |
| Jesus Calls Peter to Walk on Water | Mt 14:22–33 | 109 |
| Jesus Cures the Canaanite Woman’s Daughter | Mk 7:24–30 | – |
| Jesus Heals a Blind Man | Mk 10:46–52 | 113 |
| Peter Confesses Jesus Is the Messiah | Mt 16:13–23 | – |
| The Transfiguration of Jesus | Mt 17:1–8 | 117 |
| The Woman Caught in Adultery | Jn 8:2–11 | 121 |
| Martha and Mary | Lk 10:38–42 | 125 |
| Jesus and the Little Children | Mt 18:1–5 and 19:13–15 | 129 |
| Jesus Cures Ten Lepers | Lk 17:11–19 | – |
| Jesus Cures a Man Born Blind | Jn 9:1–12 | – |
| Jesus Invites Himself to Zacchaeus’s House | Lk 19:2–10 | 133 |
| The Raising of Lazarus | Jn 11:1–7, 17–44 | 137 |
| Jesus Enters Jerusalem | Lk 19:35–44 | 143 |
| Jesus Cleanses the Temple | Mt 21:12–17 | 147 |
| The Widow’s Mite | Mk 12:41–44 | – |
| The Anointing of Jesus | Jn 12:1–8 | 151 |
| The Last Supper | Lk 22:14–34 | 155 |
| Jesus Washes the Disciples’ Feet | Jn 13:1–20 | – |
| In the Garden of Gethsemane | Mt 26:36–46 | 161 |
| Jesus Is Betrayed and Arrested | Mk 14:43–52 | 165 |
| Peter Denies Jesus | Lk 22:54–62 | 169 |
| Jesus before Pilate | Mk 15:1–20 | 173 |
| “I Came to Testify to the Truth” | Jn 18:28–19:16 | – |
| The Way of the Cross | Lk 23:26–32 | 179 |
| The Crucifixion of Jesus | Lk 23:33–43 | 183 |
| “Behold Your Mother” | Jn 19:16–37 | – |
| The Death and Burial of Jesus | Lk 23:44–56 | 187 |
| The Resurrection of Jesus | Mt 28:1–10 | 191 |
| Jesus Appears to His Mother | * | – |
| Jesus Appears to Three Women | Mk 16:1–11 | – |
| Jesus Appears to Mary Magdalene | Jn 20:11–18 | – |
| Jesus Appears to Peter | Lk 24:33–34 | – |
| Jesus Appears to the Disciples | Jn 20:19–23 | – |
| Jesus Appears to Thomas | Jn 20:24– 29 | – |
| On the Road to Emmaus | Lk 24:13–35 | 195 |
| Jesus Forgives Peter | Jn 21:1–19 | 199 |
| The Great Commission | Mt 28:16–20 | – |
| The Ascension | Acts 1:1–12 | – |
| Jesus Appears to Paul | Acts 9:1–19 | – |
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