Savary has put together The New Spiritual Exercises, In the Spirit of Pierre Teilhard de Chardin which follows the spirituality of St. Ignatius and has been developed since then. This section emphasizes spirituality that began with St. Anything that brings us closer to God, our neighbor, God's creation, is to be commended. Therese and Dorothy Day or the Universal Peace Covenant. Since this web-site is connected to an integral, universal, and macro peace with justice and care for creation, our common home, the reader may be looking for something like the little way of love in our daily lives of St. Later on when he began to write his Spiritual Exercises he used this experience to illustrate what he meant by discernment of spirits. Worldly thoughts left him sad thoughts of following the saints left him full of joy. Ignatius did not pay attention to this until one day, in a moment of insight, he began to marvel at the difference. When he thought of following the saints he not only experienced pleasure when he actually thought about it, but even after he dismissed these thoughts, he still experienced great joy. But when he became weary of them and gave them up, he felt dry and depressed. Ignatius reflected on worldly thoughts, he felt intense pleasure. Dominic did?" Then other more familiar romantic thoughts would flood his imagination. Since only a life of Christ and of the saints was available, he read at first reluctantly, then with attraction, and finally with sheer fascination!Īt times he would reflect on what he had read. When his battle wound was improving, he asked for romantic books to pass the time. 1565, 66) " Ignatius was passionately fond of reading worldly books of fiction and tales of knight-errantry. Ignatius from his own words by Luis Gonzalez: ( Liturgy of the Hours, III, pp. Francis Xavier and began the Society of Jesus.įrom the life of St. A student at the University of Paris, he attracted followers like fellow student St. He spent his early years at court and as a soldier. A Basque, Saint Ignatius of Loyola was born in 1491.
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