The winner of our IgnatiusFest book prize is Susan Sabahi of Alta Loma, California. Her name was drawn at random from the 139 entrants. She will receive a copy of An Ignatian Pathway by Paul Coutinho, SJ. Congratulations, Susan, and thanks to everyone who entered the raffle. Share or bookmark this post:
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The Spiritual Exercises are the heart of Ignatian spirituality, but John Coleman, SJ, thinks that the Jesuit Constitutions are important too. Ignatius spent fifteen years writing and editing these texts, which govern the Society of Jesus. They illuminate the Ignatian way. For example, here are principles for choosing a ministry that can be applied widely: [...]
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Sunday is the big day–the feast of St. Ignatius. I decided to end our month-long IgnatiusFest by posting my favorite Ignatius video. The amazing story of Ignatius has been told many times, but rarely as well as in this production from the Fairfield University Media Center. The narrator is a stuffed Spanish olive. Really. (Click [...]
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Pedro Ribadeneira reports a conversation between Ignatius and his close associate Diego Lainez. “Master Lainez, if God were to say to you: If you want to die at once, I will give you eternal glory, but if you choose to live, I do not guarantee you the gift of final perseverance. If you thought that [...]
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Would Ignatius spend a lot of time on Twitter and Facebook if he was around today? Perhaps not, says Lisa Kelly: With all our technology we truly have the capacity to live our lives in almost constant contact with others virtually anywhere. So really, I don’t ever have to say goodbye. “We” can live on [...]
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Ignatius Loyola, writing to a Jesuit who hesitated to work in the king’s court, fearing for the safety of his soul: My own opinion is that even the argument based on your personal safety is not relevant. Obviously if our religious profession has no other purpose but to ensure our security, and if we were [...]
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What do you like about Ignatius and Ignatian spirituality? Here’s a sampling of some responses here and on our Ignatian Spirituality page on Facebook. Add your own reflections in the comments. Carol Voss: The freedom to explore and stretch the talents I have been given all AMDG, the knowledge that something is NOT just my [...]
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Something to think about | We are challenged by Ignatius in much the same way that he was challenged by Francis and Dominic. And that may be the best purpose for books of saints: to have our complacency and mediocrity goaded, and to highlight our lame urge to go forward with the familiar rather than [...]
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Trust is very much a central feature of Ignatian spirituality, just as it was for Luther. Trust became a focal point for Luther out of his reading of St. Paul. It became a focus for Ignatius out of his reading of Gospel stories, for there he encountered a Jesus who had nowhere to lay his [...]
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Pedro Ribadaneira, one of the first Jesuits, describes Ignatius: “We frequently saw him taking the occasion of little things to lift his mind to God, who even in the smallest things is great. From seeing a plant, foliage, a leaf, a flower, any kind of fruit; from the consideration of a little worm or any [...]
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