by admin | Jul 29, 2021 | Guest Author
Join us in praying a novena to St. Ignatius, ending on his feast day, July 31, 2021! Day 7, July 29 – Consolation and desolation Reflect: In a section of the Spiritual Exercises that treats the discernment of spirits, St. Ignatius explains how to respond to...
by admin | Jul 28, 2021 | Guest Author
Join us in praying a novena to St. Ignatius, ending on his feast day, July 31, 2021! Day 6, July 28- Indifference Reflect: Another of Ignatius’ emphases throughout his Spiritual Exercises is indifference. At the very beginning of the text he writes, “Human beings are...
by admin | Jul 27, 2021 | Guest Author
Join us in praying a novena to St. Ignatius, ending on his feast day, July 31, 2021! Day 5, July 27- Imagination Reflect: In the Spiritual Exercises, St. Ignatius reveals how important he believes the imagination to be for conversion and contemplation. In a book on...
by admin | Jul 26, 2021 | Guest Author
Join us in praying a novena to St. Ignatius, ending on his feast day, July 31, 2021! Day 4, July 26 – Men and women for others Reflect: In a 1973 address in Valencia, Spain, the Superior General of the Jesuits, Pedro Arrupe, called for the education and...
by admin | Jul 26, 2021 | Philip Kosloski
St. Ignatius Loyola wasn’t always a saint. In fact, he was quite the womanizer, gambler, and fighter. He didn’t find much joy in practicing his Catholic faith, it seems. Instead, he loved the battlefield and his imagination was enraptured by classic tales of knights...
