10 St. Ignatius Loyola Things that Caught My Eye Today (July 31)

10 St. Ignatius Loyola Things that Caught My Eye Today (July 31) July 31, 2015

This is coming very late in the day. I started it and never got back to it. Because I know some of you find these things useful, some Ignatius Loyola links for his feast day, which has a few hours left in it!

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2. From Fr. Steve Grunow:

Ignatius had to become both spiritually and physically poor before Christ would make him rich in holiness. Through tremendous personal sacrifice, he became a saint and spiritual master. Christ used Ignatius’ gifts on behalf of the reform and renewal of the Church. Soon a community had formed around Ignatius — a community we know today as the Society of Jesus — the Jesuits.
The Jesuits were on the front lines of the reform and renewal of the Church. It was due in large part to their efforts that made the vision of the Counctil of Trent a concrete reality. Jesuit missionaries carried the faith throughout the world and their efforts at bringing the Gospel of Jesus Christ to the faithful of Europe revitalized the Church.
It is hard not to see many correlates in all this to the Church in our own culture, in our own time. Catholic Christianity is blossoming and vigorous in so many parts of the world, but closer to home, our spiritual energies are being spent, not so much in evangelization and works of mercy, but in the pursuit of power through ideology and antagonism, concern for worldly acceptability, shoring up our status through institutions and endless internal squabbling.
Further, we are in desperate need, not simply of more vocations or lay involvement, but in the bold witness of saints, of holy men and women, who would seek what Ignatius sought — to claim the world for Christ and to live in communion with Christ’s Church in fidelity, holiness and peace.
Let us pray that all of us, the spiritual descendents of St. Ignatius, might be moved by the Holy Spirit and inspired by St. Ignatius’ example to give our lives over to Christ and set about doing the Church’s mission in bold and courageous ways.

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4. Fr. Roger Landry on Giving Greater Glory to God.

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6. The retreat that changed Austen Ivereigh’s life.

7. Read and listen to Fr. Timothy Gallagher on prayer, Ignatius’s spiritual exercises, the Examen prayer, and the discernment of the spirits.

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9. A gift a dear friend gave to me.

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Some other things:


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